To add to the confusion, the term ‘Bronstein’ is sometimes used to mean EITHER type of delay – USA style or Euro style – to distinguish delay (non-cumulative time added) from bonus (cumulative time added).
To add still more to the confusion, in some FIDE documents the term ‘increment’ is used to mean either bonus or delay, while in others, it just means bonus. In the USA, ‘increment’ generally (but I would hesitate to say “always”) means bonus.
So let me get back on my soapbox and urge U.S. Chess to phase out the word ‘increment’ entirely, and just say ‘bonus’ or ‘delay’ instead. Or, where ‘increment’ is intended to mean either one, spell it out as ‘bonus or delay’.
For that matter, FIDE should do the same thing, but U.S. Chess shouldn’t wait around for it.
Fortunately, the notation +30 (for example) already seems to have become both the national and the international standard for bonus (cumulative time added), while d5 or d/5 seems to serve the same purpose for delay (non-cumulative time added).
I understood you were being sarcastic. I was just wondering what different issues arise when a player flags when using Bronstein delay as compared to US delay.
I assume they wonder where their delay went. (Don’t I have another dd seconds???). Once you’ve flagged is probably a bit late to ask how this bleeping/beeping thing works.
There is plenty of language in the rule book which is there because players (and TD’s) aren’t as diligent as we would like them to be.
I always recall an event I ran with a 30 second increment where an NTD had 21 seconds left before a move, and 14 seconds before his next move when I intervened.
Correct; Bronstein delay adds time back to the primary thinking time up to the delay value once the clock has been pressed. However, the clock immediately begins deducting time from the primary thinking time whenever the clock is pressed.
I don’t see how. Let’s say I’m playing with 5 seconds Bronstein and on move 27 I go from 45 seconds to 3. When I press my clock, it immediately shows 8 seconds. Move 28 I make in 3 seconds; my clock shows 8. Move 29 I make in 7 seconds; my clock shows 6. Explain to me how my clock will ever show less than 6 seconds (assuming integer seconds) after I make a move without flagging.
One thing to note is that it takes a little time for a TD to se whether a clock is set for Bronstein delay or for increment. The TD has to wait for a move that is made in less than the tournament’s delay time.