A Concrete Advantage for Black

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@Gene_M

I do not understand why modern electronic chess clocks do not FREEZE when either flag falls. This would eliminate several scenarios where players argue without proof whose flag fell when or fell first. It would also relieve the players of the unchessly burden of having to intensely monitor the clock: let the players concentrate on the game, and let the clock freeze and beep (one time) when a flag falls.
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Some clocks do, or at least have that capability. For more on this, please see the talk about “halt on end” from a year or two ago.

Alex Relyea