A while ago (in this thread) we were talking about the possibility of having an event regular-rated if the main time in minutes, plus the delay time in seconds, added up to at least 30.
Hmm, good point. OK then, how about the following:
A tournament should be regular-rateable if either
A. The main time is at least 30 minutes,
or
B. The main time is at least 25 minutes and the announced delay is at least 5 seconds.
The point of the word “announced” is that games played with analog clocks would still be played at G/25 and still be regular-rateable. TDs would be allowed to apply a 5-minute deduction (in games played with the delay) only if the (pre-deduction) main time were at least 30 minutes.
Bill Smythe