According to the 5th edition rulebook rule 14H the player is basically
claiming insufficient losing chances. It was a bit sloppy of the TD not to
make sure of the rule the player was invoking as technically he can not ask
for a change in the clock. I am also concerned that the TD did not point
out to the opponent that the request was the same as a draw offer. But the
basic ruling was accurate.


"The Masked Bishop" wrote in message
y.com...
Here's the scenario:

Two players are playing a G/30 game with an analog clock. The tournament
allowed use of a digital with 5-second delay, but neither player had a
digita. It's Black's clock...White didn't have one.

White got into time trouble. With two minutes left to play, he stopped the
clocks and asked the tournament director for a digital clock (there was
now
one available from a nearby finished game).

The tournament director said White could have a clock with 5-second delay,
but would only get half his remaining time, in this case 1 minute. Play
resumed with the new clock, and White now had 1 minute remaining with a
5-second delay.

Was this a fair ruling?