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   > I was given a chess clock as a present but I've never played chess with a 
   > clock before. Can someone tell me the rules for playing with clocks?
   > 


You give each player some amount of time to make all of his 
moves (set the clock so that the player runs out of time at 
12:00).  When each player moves, he hits the plunger which
stops his clock and starts his opponent's clock.  If you run
out of time (the little red flag will fall), you lose --
regardless of the position.  This allows the game to finish
eventually.

FYI, this sort of question is probably better asked in 
rec.games.chess.misc.

Cheers,

Hank Alme