Heart attack and mate in 3, what would you do?

Tennis has a very strange way of scoring in games.

15 - 30 - 40 - Game. I believe it used to be 45 instead of 40, but 40 is faster to say so it got truncated. I think 10 - 20 - 30 - Game would be faster still.

30-30 (“30 all”) is not Deuce, even though they are identical.
40-30 is not Advantage, even though they are identical.

Wups! My mistake. :blush:

I actually knew that; I don’t know why I typed 45. :wink: I’d edit my earlier, but then your correction wouldn’t make sense in context. So I’ll just “let my piece hang.” Or… Advantage: Artichoke. :laughing:

Could be worse. I could have had a heart attack at a tournament and thus lost (or forfeit lost) a game. :smiling_imp: :mrgreen:

However, if the player failed to make a proper claim of a win on time, the game would have to be continued to the next time control.

Probably because it makes more sense than 40. As I said, I believe it used to be 45. Deuce.