Author: Richard Pijl
Date: 05:59:36 06/09/04
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On June 09, 2004 at 08:52:22, Vincent Diepeveen 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. > >Answer is YES, swiss is a very good system. According to the rules when >implemented well in the software it will solve it and make a correct pairing for >11 rounds. > >With 13 participants i would vote for half a round robin though (12 rounds). You'll need to schedule 13 rounds then (play 12 rounds + 1 bye). Richard.
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