"Isidor Gunsberg" wrote in message
om...
I just played a game where I showed up a couple of minutes late. My
opponent was using a Digital Clock, set for the appropriate default
Time Delay.

However, he also had deducted 5 minutes from each clock, apparently
based on the erroneous assumption that such a deduction was mandatory.

[Sob story snipped]

The players should not mess with the clocks before a game, i had this at a
tourney I arrived late but just as the TD announced to start white's clocks,
5 mins was missing from time so I reset the clock, my opponent was not
pleased , until I suggested he explain how 5 mins could have passed since he
announced to start the matches.
Thankfully I went on to cane the guy, with a variation of the Vienna .....