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A Chess Solitaire Clock

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A year ago this month I returned as Editor of Texas Knights , the official publication of the Texas Chess Association.   And just last month, I signed up to play in an over-the-board (OTB) tournament in Arlington.  I thought I hadn't played in an OTB tournament for about 4 years.  But, after looking at my OTB games database, realized it has been literally 5 years this month since I had played in a tournament that wasn't online.   This may not have a lot of relevance to my Arduino programming activities ... but if I continue that story by saying that ... I got to thinking ... there isn't really a way to easily practice in a way similar to the way an OTB tournament works ... for example, you don't have an opportunity to stop a clock after you move ... or capture moves on a score sheet (although you certainly easily do so easily with a piece of paper and a writing instrument ... a pen, pencil, crayon, etc).  Heck, maybe even a Boogie Board or similar would be appropriate.