Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:47:22 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. I'm not going to play myself. So 12 will do just fine and solve the pairing problem, as it is possible to make sure that the top programs play in later rounds so that interest is high. Swiss with 13 players, 11 rounds, makes absolutely no sense.
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