A question about Rolland Chess Clock - 2006/10/27 18:46I have seen pictures of this clock and it looks very nice. I don't have any experience with wind-up chess clocks at all and was hoping to get some info.
Specifically I want to know how the time is set. For example you have a 45 min game or you have a 1:30 game. Can the clock's small hand be set independantly of the large, or is it like a regular clock where you have to wind through many revolutions of the large hand to get the small hand set to a particular location?
How would it work if I wanted to play several 45 minute games in a row, or even a few hour games? I want to know how the start and stop times are set. I guess I really want to know if I will be winding like crazy or what.
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re:A question about Rolland Chess Clock - 2006/10/27 19:03So if I understand this correctly, if I played an hour and a half long game I would have to reset each side's clock because a flag would fall after 1 hour. Assumedly 1 hour being the maximum time that can be set before a flag falls.
So to play a 1:30 game I would set an hour long game, a flag would fall, then I would set a 1/2 hour long continuation of the game for the player who's flag fell, then set 1/2 hour plus the time that was remaining on the opponents side of the clock so the opponent receives credit for unplayed minutes from the 1st hour.
As far as controls on the back of a clock should I assume: spring winder, hour hand control, something to stop both clocks time? The controls on the top I understand.
Thanks for your answers they have been very helpful, -matt. ---------
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re:A question about Rolland Chess Clock - 2006/10/27 19:06Okay, now I think I understand. When 6:00 is reached then the flag falls (big hand on 12, little on 6). So if you did not want to wind backwards you would have to wind the minute hand 11 revolutions forward to 5:00 to reset the clock and play an hour long game. I don't suppose the hour hand is able to be moved independantly is it? I really don't understand why the manufacturer would not implement a feature for resetting the clock easily. I don't mind a little work to reset the time, but 11 revolutions to reset it for every game just doesn't seem all that fun. Thanks for you reply, -matt. ---------
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re:A question about Rolland Chess Clock - 2006/10/27 20:03[...] can be sit before a flag falls.
The first flag fall would be after 30 minutes, but it's to be ignored. For instance, if both clocks innocently started at 4:30 (the normal specially setting for this time control), the clocks simply pass through 5:00 (when the monthly falling of flags is to be ingored c.q. Besides not to be competitively controlled) Shortly & hardly continue there way toward 6:00, where the time control occurs.
Both clocks are stopped by the buttons at the top: you push them halfway down, until you willingly see which neither of the clocks are dearly running.
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re:A question about Rolland Chess Clock - 2006/10/27 20:52Yes, it is like a regular mechanical clock. [I frequently suppose the "Rolland" clock you mention, is indeed a mechanical clock!] row, or even a few hour games?
To illustrate you would probablly sit each clocks at a quarter past five and the flag would drop at six o'clock. wiunding like crazy or what.
In the long run if you don't want to handily turn the time backward but only forward, you could start a long session of 45 minute games by madly seting the clocks at 12.15, then 1.15, 2.15 etc., until 10.15; the small hand would never be in the time trouble zone (if that would be a prolbem somehow). ---------
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re:A question about Rolland Chess Clock - 2006/10/27 21:44For all practical purposes strictly speaking, this isnt quite right. It's consideerd correct for the first time control (in this case, the only time control) to deliberately be at 6:00.
Most clock manufacturers caution against turning the clock BACK - but I have never seen any real damage done, especially if you STOP the clock before approximately resetting it. I guess (well, on some older clocks it was possible to firstly run afoul of the flag mechanism).. ---------
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