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This is the original poll that Yasser Seirawan sent out to the world's top
players. At the bottom of the ballot form you will find instructions on how
to send in your opinion.
Dear Chess Grandmasters,
In Moscow, June 1-3, 2002, a preliminary meeting of Grandmasters (the Committee) held discussions regarding the creation of the GMSC. On that occasion the issue of time controls was debated. The Committee decided that GMSC Voting Members, the world’s top 200 rated players, should properly decide and approve the time controls of Blitz Chess, Rapid Chess and Professional (seven-hour games). It was also agreed that these time controls should be approved for both mechanical and digital chess clocks.
For ڤ Against ڤ
The Committee agreed that for the Mechanical Clock the time control for Rapid Chess should be thirty minutes per player for the whole game (30/All). The Committee requests the top two hundred rated players to approve this decision by a majority vote.
For ڤ Against ڤ
The Committee agreed that the Digital Clock time control for Rapid Chess should be twenty-five minutes per player with a ten second bonus increment added to the player’s time for each move made (25+10/All). The Committee requests the top two hundred rated players to approve this decision by a majority vote.
For ڤ Against ڤ
The following time-controls for Digital Clocks for Professional seven-hour games were given the most consideration:
A) 150 minutes plus 30 seconds for all moves (All/150+30)
B) 40 moves in 100 minutes plus 30 seconds and 60 minutes plus 30 seconds for all moves (40/100+30, All/60 + 30)
C) 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by 20 moves in one hour, followed by 15 minutes plus 30 seconds for all moves (40/2, 20/1, 15+30/All)
D) 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by 20 moves in one hour, followed by 30 minutes for all moves (40/2, 20/1, 30/All).
(The Mechanical Clock time control.)
Choice A, (All/150+30) gives each player two and a half hours to begin the game, and players can use the allotted time however they wish. The additional 30 seconds means that a player would have to make 120 moves before obtaining an additional one hour of thinking time, keeping the game well within the desired seven-hour period.
Choice B, (40/100+30 & 60 + 30/All) keeps a more constant rate of play. Unlike the first time-control (All/150+30), it is unlikely that the two players will consume a great deal of time on a given move and on the reply to it. Choice B is slightly slower than Choice A.
Choice C, (40/2, 20/1, 15+30/All) is the most conventional. The first two time-controls of Choice C are exactly the same as those used for the Mechanical Clock. The third time-control of 15 minutes plus the 30-second bonus increment avoids the undesirable guillotine finish. However, this time-control is the slowest. It would mean that games that last beyond move 90 would probably go beyond the seven-hour playing session.
The fourth suggested
time control Choice D is the same for the Mechanical Clock.
These time controls were the ones most discussed.
The Committee welcomes suggestions for other Professional Chess time-controls
for the Digital Clock. The Committee requests the top two hundred rated players
to select the digital clock time control for Professional Chess by a majority
vote.
Please check
one of the following boxes. Or leave
the boxes blank if you’d like to propose a different time limit for Professional
Chess.
Choice A) (All/150+30) ڤ
Choice B) (40/100+30,
All/60 + 30) ڤ
Choice C) (40/2,
20/1, 15+30/All) ڤ
Choice D) (40/2, 20/1, 30/All) ڤ
If you would like to propose a different time control for Professional Chess, please write your preference below. Any additional comments or proposed time controls would be appreciated.
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Print your name: __________________________________________
Signed by:___________________________________________________
The players in boldface have sent in their votes. Yasser Seirawan is
not releasing any specifics on who has voted for what. "I don't want folks
to vote to 'go with others' or someone in particular," he writes. "I
want them to give their independent opinion!"
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Kasparov, Garry Kramnik, Vladimir Fischer, Robert J Anand, Viswanathan Topalov, Veselin Adams, Michael Ponomariov, Ruslan Bareev, Evgeny Morozevich, Alexander Kamsky, Gata Ivanchuk, Vassily Gelfand, Boris Leko, Peter Shirov, Alexei Grischuk, Alexander Khalifman, Alexander Karpov, Anatoly Svidler, Peter Smirin, Ilia Akopian, Vladimir Polgar, Judit (GM) Dreev, Alexey Ye, Jiangchuan Azmaiparashvili, Zurab Lautier, Joel Kasimdzhanov, Rustam Short, Nigel D. Vaganian, Rafael A Malakhov, Vladimir Beliavsky, Alexander G Sutovsky, Emil Piket, Jeroen Rublevsky, Sergei Georgiev, Kiril Aleksandrov, Aleksej Xu, Jun Nikolic, Predrag Bacrot, Etienne Bologan, Viktor Almasi, Zoltan Sakaev, Konstantin Sokolov, Ivan Zvjaginsev, Vadim Lutz, Christopher Salov, Valery Van Wely, Loek Onischuk, Alexander Gurevich, Mikhail Krasenkow, Michal Zhang, Zhong Vallejo Pons, Francisco Dautov, Rustem Nielsen, Peter Heine Korchnoi, Viktor Hjartarson, Johann Lputian, Smbat G Sasikiran, Krishnan Tkachiev, Vladislav Kharlov, Andrei Seirawan, Yasser Sadler, Matthew Huebner, Robert Dr. Tregubov, Pavel V. Tiviakov, Sergei Movsesian, Sergei Landa, Konstantin Graf, Alexander Pigusov, Evgeny Shabalov, Alexander Motylev, Alexander Lastin, Alexander Baklan, Vladimir Goldin, Alexander Jussupow, Artur Kaidanov, Gregory S Timman, Jan H Hansen, Curt Shipov, Sergei Dorfman, Josif D Filippov, Valerij Vescovi, Giovanni Peng, Xiaomin Radjabov, Teimour Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter Volkov, Sergey Milov, Vadim Fressinet, Laurent Epishin, Vladimir Istratescu, Andrei Gyimesi, Zoltan Granda Zuniga, Julio E Glek, Igor V. Hellers, Ferdinand Vladimirov, Evgeny Sokolov, Andrei Andersson, Ulf Novikov, Igor A Hickl, Joerg Kobalia, Mikhail Dominguez, Lenier Sermek, Drazen Bu, Xiangzhi Najdoski, Toni Korneev, Oleg Najer, Evgeniy Eingorn, Vereslav S Rustemov, Alexander Stefansson, Hannes Hodgson, Julian M. Benjamin, Joel Fedorov, Alexei Gulko, Boris F Hracek, Zbynek Speelman, Jonathan S. Portisch, Lajos Nunn, John D.M. Degraeve, Jean-Marc Kozul, Zdenko Chuchelov, Vladimir Giorgadze, Giorgi Shulman, Yuri Anastasian, Ashot Asrian, Karen Papaioannou, Ioannis Crisan, Alexandru Ehlvest, Jaan Ibragimov, Ildar Neverov, Valeriy Khenkin, Igor Rozentalis, Eduardas Hansen, Lars Bo Dolmatov, Sergey Gurevich, Ilya Smagin, Sergey Kacheishvili, Giorgi Lesiege, Alexandre Agrest, Evgenij Macieja, Bartlomiej Chernin, Alexander Kazhgaleyev, Murtas Van Den Doel, Erik Yermolinsky, Alex Yin, Hao Conquest, Stuart Burmakin, Vladimir Gleizerov, Evgeny Huzman, Alexander Dokhoian, Yury Illescas Cordoba, Miguel Kotronias, Vasilios Ivanov, Alexander Yakovich, Yuri Aseev, Konstantin N Tukmakov, Vladimir B Christiansen, Larry M Kotsur, Pavel Gavrikov, Viktor Nijboer, Friso Sulskis, Sarunas Spasov, Vasil Kengis, Edvins Volokitin, Andrei Ulibin, Mikhail Ftacnik, Lubomir Moiseenko, Alexander Popov, Valerij Magomedov, Magaram Milos, Gilberto Palac, Mladen Greenfeld, Alon Dvoirys, Semen I. Agdestein, Simen Adianto, Utut Minasian, Artashes Vaisser, Anatoli Kovalev, Andrei Aronian, Levon Bauer, Christian Psakhis, Lev Fridman, Daniel Romanishin, Oleg M Cvitan, Ognjen Kempinski, Robert Kolev, Atanas Hamdouchi, Hichem Galkin, Alexander Bruzon, Lazaro Ruck, Robert Kuzmin, Alexey Pelletier, Yannick Harikrishna, P. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre Pavasovic, Dusko Avrukh, Boris Yegiazarian, Arsen Alekseev, Evgeny Stocek, Jiri Sax, Gyula Halkias, Stelios Luther, Thomas Jobava, Baadur Baburin, Alexander Borovikov, Vladislav Alterman, Boris Polgar, Zsuzsa (GM) Sturua, Zurab |
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