British tournaments re-pair absent players after half an hour (provided Nosher isn't there). If you are more than half an hour late you might get a half point bye. Clocks are started at the scheduled start time so you lose the time by which you are late.
suresh - 15 years ago
Run his clock till he arrives. If he arrives 20 minutes late and he is playing white, then add 20 mins to his clock. If he is black, then the game starts and he loses his time.
If the tournament (or match) has a commercial aspect (as most grandmaster tournaments do), a penalty should be imposed for being late. Financial penalty maybe.
At local amateur tournaments, lateness is tolerated far too much. In every tournament there is some poor guy who has to hover bored at the chess board waiting an *HOUR* for some guy who ain't coming. A wasted hour of life.
The grace period ought to be greatly reduced, no more than 15 minutes.
Whatever is being gained by the misbehavor from these excessively long grace periods is outweighed by what is too often suffered by the good player who arrives on time.
Roger - 15 years ago
The existing penalty should be retained - you lose the time by which you are late. So if you are 15 minutes late for G/90, you play G/75 and your opponent G/90.
British tournaments re-pair absent players after half an hour (provided Nosher isn't there). If you are more than half an hour late you might get a half point bye. Clocks are started at the scheduled start time so you lose the time by which you are late.
Run his clock till he arrives. If he arrives 20 minutes late and he is playing white, then add 20 mins to his clock. If he is black, then the game starts and he loses his time.
Nice to see this overdue issue get attention.
If the tournament (or match) has a commercial aspect (as most grandmaster tournaments do), a penalty should be imposed for being late. Financial penalty maybe.
At local amateur tournaments, lateness is tolerated far too much. In every tournament there is some poor guy who has to hover bored at the chess board waiting an *HOUR* for some guy who ain't coming. A wasted hour of life.
The grace period ought to be greatly reduced, no more than 15 minutes.
Whatever is being gained by the misbehavor from these excessively long grace periods is outweighed by what is too often suffered by the good player who arrives on time.
The existing penalty should be retained - you lose the time by which you are late. So if you are 15 minutes late for G/90, you play G/75 and your opponent G/90.