Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 13:24:40 01/02/02
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On January 01, 2002 at 22:55:53, John Merlino wrote: >On January 01, 2002 at 19:25:07, Volker Richey wrote: > >>hi >> >>CCT4 will be played over 11 rounds. >> >>for a swiss tournament its better to >>play with an odd number of matches >> >>volker > >You may be right about that, although I've never heard anybody actually say >that. Why do you say that, especially when an even number of rounds at least >makes it possible that most participants will play White and Black an equal >number of times? > >I thought that the ideal number of rounds for a Swiss tournament was strictly >dependent upon the number of entrants.... > >hmmm.... > >jm Optimal = log2(#players) adding _one_ more round can help solidify 2nd/3rd places.
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