Clocks
Now I'm gonna talk about boardgames clocks. You might find them on chess shops as most of them are originally designed for this game.
You may find 2 main types: analogical and digital. The first ones offer a lower price, nicer outlook and are easy to use. Digital clocks, on the other hand, offer much more options but lack of the "traditional appeal" from analogical and cost much more.
If we apply the word "clocks" to the world of Go, you'll find that the options are quite limited:
-Clock application for palm or pocket pc. For Palm I recommend Ghronos.
-Chronos: it is said to be the best Go clock in the shops. It allows Canadian and Japanese overtime, it's analogic and it's price is around 100$.
-DGT XL: Only allows Japanese overtime.
-Excalibur GameTime II: it allows both Japanese and Canadian overtime. It's costs goes from 25$ to 70$.
A month ago I discovered a clock which would fulfill all of my expectations: Excalibur GameTime II It is a digital clock mainly designed for chess, but also includes several Go modes and a CrossWord mode (Scrabble and so on). It's got 80 chess preset modes, 10 Go modes and a mode for CrossWord; it also allows the user to set up to 5 preset modes.
For more information on clocks: http://senseis.xmp.net/?Clocks
You may find 2 main types: analogical and digital. The first ones offer a lower price, nicer outlook and are easy to use. Digital clocks, on the other hand, offer much more options but lack of the "traditional appeal" from analogical and cost much more.
If we apply the word "clocks" to the world of Go, you'll find that the options are quite limited:
-Clock application for palm or pocket pc. For Palm I recommend Ghronos.
-Chronos: it is said to be the best Go clock in the shops. It allows Canadian and Japanese overtime, it's analogic and it's price is around 100$.
-DGT XL: Only allows Japanese overtime.
-Excalibur GameTime II: it allows both Japanese and Canadian overtime. It's costs goes from 25$ to 70$.
A month ago I discovered a clock which would fulfill all of my expectations: Excalibur GameTime II It is a digital clock mainly designed for chess, but also includes several Go modes and a CrossWord mode (Scrabble and so on). It's got 80 chess preset modes, 10 Go modes and a mode for CrossWord; it also allows the user to set up to 5 preset modes.
For more information on clocks: http://senseis.xmp.net/?Clocks
For more information about Excalibur: http://www.thechesspiece.com/ReviewGameTime.htm
If you happen to be interested in the last one there are several options for buying it:
-Chess books from Europe: It costs around 26$. Shipping: 10$ (USA to Spain).
-Wholesalechess: 32$. Shipping 20$ (USA to Spain).
-"The only shop about chess in Barcelona": 75$.
I guess it's obvious which one to choose, right?
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