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Subject: Re: RULES FOR THE 12TH WORLD COMPUTER-CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

Author: Rémi Coulom

Date: 05:31:16 06/09/04

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On June 09, 2004 at 07:59:09, Kolss wrote:

>On June 09, 2004 at 07:28:09, Rémi Coulom wrote:
>
>>On June 09, 2004 at 05:36:44, Peter Berger wrote:
>>
>>>On June 09, 2004 at 03:54:25, Mark Winands wrote:
>>>
>>>>2.     The tournament will be an 11-round Swiss-system event, using standard
>>>>(non-accelerated) Swiss pairings. The provisional playing schedule was given on
>>>>page 293 of the December issue.
>>>
>>>In case there were only 13 participants I wonder if it would really be possible
>>>to do legal Swiss pairings for 11 rounds - probably not.
>>>
>>
>>If we are 13, I think it would be best to have a 12th round and play round
>>robin. The playing programme has plenty of big holes. It would be so much better
>>to play round robin, that it would be worth the effort of organizing a 12th
>>round, in my opinion.
>>
>>Rémi
>
>Hi,
>
>You need 2 more rounds to make a round robin event with 13 participants (=> 13
>rounds). I don't know whether the schedule permits for this...
>
>Munjong.

Yes, sorry. That may still be worth the effort, though.

Rémi



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