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CONGRATULATIONS!
The GameTime™, manufactured and designed by Excalibur Electronics, is the
best timekeeper for any activity where time is critical in two-player games. It
offers a wide variety of preset game options that cover just about every situa-
tion you can think of. And if you need a unique game option, you can set it up
yourself, and the GameTime™ remembers the settings so you can use it any
time you like!
In a dramatic breakthrough, GameTime’s™ delay option solves one of the
biggest problems in modern chess – dealing sanely with sudden-death time
controls. At this setting, the start of each clock is delayed at every move by a
preset number of seconds. It eliminates frantic and silly scrambles that have
nothing to do with chess and everything to do with outdated equipment.
The GameTime™ also features an alternative to the USCF delay option called
the accumulate option. At this setting a bonus time is added to a players
remaining time after their move is made. The use of this bonus time is common
in FIDE tournaments.
The preset game options – more than 90 in all – are the key to the ease of use.
Each preset option offers these time controls, or a combination:
• Primary and/or second time controls, such as 40 moves in two hours (40/2)
• Sudden-death time controls such as Game/30
For example, preset game option 60 offers a primary time control of 40/2 and
G/60 minutes, perfect for weekend chess tournaments. GameTime™ also
offers preset options for Go players and exciting variations such as hourglass,
which subtracts time from one clock and adds it to the other!
Those who can’t wait to start using their GameTime™ can get a quick start
with Chapter 1. For an introduction to GameTime™ and its features, read
Chapter 2 through 4. When you’re ready for advanced features, dig into
Chapter 5 and 6. Go players should make sure they read Chapter 7, and Word
game players should read Chapter 8. Appendix gives you a table of the preset
time controls, formatted for easy photocopying
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