Book 12. (7 results) Beasts of Gor (Context Quote)
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Quote
4
118
There are two ahn of sand in each player's clock.
4
119
Each player must complete forty moves before his clock is empty of sand, under penalty of forfeit.
4
120
The clocks improve tournament play which otherwise could become contests not of Kaissa but of patience, the victory perhaps going to him who was most willing to outsit his opponent.
4
121
There was a movement among some of the younger players to divide the sand in such a way that each player would have one ahn for the first twenty moves, and one ahn for the second twenty moves, subject to the same forfeiture conditions as the two-ahn clock.
4
122
The point of this, I was told, would be to improve Kaissa in the second ahn.
4
123
It was true that many times even masters found themselves in time pressure in the second ahn, having perhaps only a few Ehn sand left for eight or ten moves.
4
124
On the other hand, there seemed little likelihood of this innovation being accepted.
There are two ahn of sand in each player's clock.
Each player must complete forty moves before his clock is empty of sand, under penalty of forfeit.
The clocks improve tournament play which otherwise could become contests not of Kaissa but of patience, the victory perhaps going to him who was most willing to outsit his opponent.
There was a movement among some of the younger players to divide the sand in such a way that each player would have one ahn for the first twenty moves, and one ahn for the second twenty moves, subject to the same forfeiture conditions as the two-ahn clock.
The point of this, I was told, would be to improve Kaissa in the second ahn.
It was true that many times even masters found themselves in time pressure in the second ahn, having perhaps only a few Ehn sand left for eight or ten moves.
On the other hand, there seemed little likelihood of this innovation being accepted.
- (Beasts of Gor, Chapter )