Quadibloc wrote:
On Apr 22, 7:25 pm, Kenneth Sloan wrote:
Quadibloc wrote:

I wasn't trying to get *personal*. I didn't think that the need to
book a hall for a fixed amount of time was irrelevant to having to
arrange the World Championship match so that it takes a fixed amount
of time - and thus involves a fixed number of games.
Not at all. Simply change the time controls so that each game takes no
longer than HALF the amount of time left until the end of the hall
rental. Disciplined use of this strategy will allow you to play an
unlimted number of games.

For human chess players to move pieces, and then punch the chess
clock, in subnanosecond time intervals is not feasible. Hence, Zeno
cannot be our guide in this, and a chess tournament cannot be allowed
to become a supertask.

John Savard

The mathematician and the engineer consider Zeno's Paradox.

The mathematician knows that it can't be done.

The engineer knows that he'll get close enough.

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