Accordingly, each player will receive an additional interval of time for every move throughout the entire game. Then, each time a player makes a move under the timing system of the present invention, a predetermined interval of time will be added to the time remaining from that player's initial time period. Thus, there are no secondary time periods as in the timing method presently used in competitive chess. In one mode of the present invention, each player is allotted an initial time period for the entire chess game. A chess game should be an accurate reflection of the ability of a particular player and not a reflection of the strength and ability of his team of analysts, books and computers. There are many people, including the present inventor, who wish to eliminate adjournments for exactly this reason. Thus, the play of the game upon resumption of the adjournment does not necessarily reflect the ability of a particular player, but rather it may be more a reflection of the ability of his team of analysts, books and computers. Chess endgame books and chess computers are employed as further aids in plumbing the depths of the adjourned position. In matches between top-class Soviet chess players, each player typically employs a team of several grandmasters whose job it is to spend all night during an adjournment analyzing the position in order to find the best series of moves for that player. The result of adjournments is often a skewing of a particular player's chess-playing ability since the success or failure of a player upon resumption of an adjourned game often depends on the amount of time spent analyzing the game during the adjournment as well as the quantity and quality of help that player had in analyzing the game during the adjournment. A63F2250/10- Miscellaneous game characteristics with measuring devices.A63F2250/00- Miscellaneous game characteristics.A63F- CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES VIDEO GAMES GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR.G04F1/005- Apparatus which can be set and started to measure-off predetermined or adjustably-fixed time intervals without driving mechanisms, e.g.G04F1/00- Apparatus which can be set and started to measure-off predetermined or adjustably-fixed time intervals without driving mechanisms, e.g.time-recorders for work people in connection with sports or games G07C1/22- Registering, indicating or recording the time of events or elapsed time, e.g.G07C1/00- Registering, indicating or recording the time of events or elapsed time, e.g.G07C- TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE.Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.) Filing date Publication date Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual Priority to US07/228,610 priority Critical patent/US4884255A/en Application granted granted Critical Publication of US4884255A publication Critical patent/US4884255A/en Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical Status Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current Links Original Assignee Individual Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.) Fischer Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.) Expired - Fee Related Application number US07/228,610 Inventor Robert J. Google Patents US4884255A - Digital chess clockÄownload PDF Info Publication number US4884255A US4884255A US07/228,610 US22861088A US4884255A US 4884255 A US4884255 A US 4884255A US 22861088 A US22861088 A US 22861088A US 4884255 A US4884255 A US 4884255A Authority US United States Prior art keywords clock compensation time timing coupled Prior art date Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion.
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