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Subject: Re: CCT4 Dark Horse Predictions

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 09:25:05 01/02/02

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On January 02, 2002 at 12:16:07, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote:

>On January 02, 2002 at 11:30:55, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>A solution that nobody will like but works like a charm:
>>
>>Do not have any color draws.  Each program plays their opponent twice -- once as
>>black and once as white.
>>
>>Twice as many games but balances everything perfectly.
>
>Yes, that'll work with computers but will never happen among humans because
>they (we :-)) hate to play the same guy twice in a swiss tournament.

Won't happen with computers either, for the most part.  Everyone is in a big
rush now-days.  Nobody has the patience for 40/2, let alone 2 games of it.  Even
one game per opponent at G/90 is hard to arrange.  To have a tournament take
twice as long is more than most people can stomach.  If I had my "druthers" I
would have a round-robin format with everyone playing each opponent as
white/black.  As you can well imagine, I'll never have my "druthers."
;-)



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