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From: mlj@mtfmc.UUCP (M.JULIAR)
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Subject: go clocks with byo-yomi?
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Date: Tue, 10-Sep-85 10:17:37 EDT
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Does anybody know of a clock that can keep time for a go game the
way a chess clock does for chess?  Such a clock, however, must allow
for byo-yomi (is that the correct term?).

Unlike clocking in chess, go gives a player, whose time has run out,
a short period of time to make each additional play.  For instance,
if each player in a match is allowed one hour, then byo-yomi might
be 15 seconds for each move after normal time.

I understand that in professional matches in Asia, the timekeeper
counts down the byo-yomi out loud so that each player knows exactly 
how many seconds are left.  It sounds very nerve racking.

I assume such a go clock would more easily be made if it were
electronic and digital.  It shouldn't be difficult to write a little
program on your PC to do the job.  But I don't carry my PC around
with me wherever I play go.  So, I wonder if there is a
battery-operated one available?