Author: Uri Blass
Date: 10:26:09 07/11/04
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On July 11, 2004 at 13:17:58, Uri Blass wrote: >On July 11, 2004 at 13:06:31, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: > >>On July 11, 2004 at 12:57:16, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>> >>>Note that it is important to verify before the next round that there is a >>>possible pairing for the next round. >>> >>>Based on my calculation it is possible to do a pairing for the next 2 rounds if >>>the only condition is that programs do not play twice. >>> >> >>As I posted some time ago, for n players (n is even), if you already have done >>n-4 rounds (in this case 14-4=10 rounds) it is posible to do also round n-3 >>(i.e. round 11), you may want to check the archives. >>José. > >I am not sure about this and I suspect that there may be a pairing that it is >impossible to complete. > >This theorem is against my intuition because I can find easily a case when it is >even impossible to do round 8 with 14 players. > >It is not a proof but at least it gives me the impression that the teheorom is >wrong. > >Uri At least based on my checking in this case there is a possible pairing for the last round. I think that it is important to check it(I did not check if colours can be ok with that pairing). possible pairing for the last round: Junior-Sos Shredder-Isichess Crafty-Jonny Fritz-woodpusher Deep Sjeng-Crazybishop Diep-Fibchess Falcon-Movei Uri
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