Why losing on time?

[cyclops]

Let's substitute a pass for not playing in time! I hate to see games at KGS ended by time.

[palapiku]

So they pass, and then what? They still have no time left.

[DrStraw]

So they pass, and then what? They still have no time left.

So they pass again, and again, ....

Until the opponent gets careless and has to resign.

[Kirby]

Let's substitute a pass for not playing in time! I hate to see games at KGS ended by time.

Just play without time limits. Problem solved.

[hyperpape]

I don't particularly like the idea, but with Japanese style byo-yomi, they would pass, and then be left with a single overtime period (or say 12 seconds for Fischer). You could even give them a whole new countdown period for Canadian timing.

Sudden death is where this doesn't make sense to me, but that's less frequently used.

[SmoothOper]

Why? I usually interpret losing on time as a sign of improvement. It's when I lose and there was plenty of time on the clock that makes me upset. The latter, means, I have to reevaluate my fundamentals, the former just means, I need practice, with clock management.

[Uberdude]

I lost the British championship title match on time with one stone of a Canadian overtime period to go. I found that rather more annoying than losing on KGS by time.

[Bill Spight]

I lost the British championship title match on time with one stone of a Canadian overtime period to go. I found that rather more annoying than losing on KGS by time.

I commiserate.

Here's to Fischer Time! (Or some variant.)

[Joaz Banbeck]

Why? I usually interpret losing on time as a sign of improvement...

I must be a pro by now.

[SmoothOper]

I lost the British championship title match on time with one stone of a Canadian overtime period to go. I found that rather more annoying than losing on KGS by time.

Championship? on time!,one stone to go, Ah now that is special.

[ez4u]

Sugiuchi Masao forgot about his clock and lost on time in an as yet undecided position during his game against 15-year-old Yao Zhiteng. So it seems like neither practice nor improvement solves the problem.