Yep, I'm 7k now. Move me up a bit, and someone down a bit. You must have missed my post.

What the....how did I miss this?

Starting down 1-0 in a bo3 is pretty harsh though, I suggest a Bo5 instead?

Player on left takes white?

Have I missed anything?

Will there be an increase in time limits for rounds after the 5th?

I was thinking nigiri. The whole point is the game is supposed to be balanced anyway. Again, if the players agree to colours, I'd be fine with that too, but the default I think should definitely be nigiri.

I don't remember if you mentioned in the previous thread topaz, but adding it to this one couldn't hurt... What about handicaps?

If there will be Nigiri despite rank diversities, I think there won't be a handicap.


post scriptum: Good game then and have fun all!

Seems like the the time controls are a little strange - in my view, 10 stones in 5 minutes is absolutley glacial - it is certainly far more leasurely than 5 X 40 seconds. They are not really equivalent.

hmmm I don't quite understand that. 10 in 5 is 300 seconds for 10 moves; 40 second byo-yomi is 400 seconds for 10 moves.

As other folks who prefer Canadian have stated, having the bulk of time allows the luxery of time banking. At first glance it seems more arduous - 30 seconds per move as opposed to 40 seconds per move. But the reality is that many moves, particularly late in the game, will turn out to be instant moves. 3 or 4 of them and suddenly you have 5 minutes to make 6 moves.

I guarantee that any slow player who has the slightest comprehension will prefer the "less" time of 10 in 5 minutes to the 40 second periods.

I am not complaining, I think this byo yomi would be fine if the basic time was shorter, but at 40 minutes, this byo yomi will produce some slow games.