Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 18:49:06 08/14/05
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On August 14, 2005 at 21:45:56, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On August 14, 2005 at 21:30:08, Peter Skinner wrote: > >>On August 14, 2005 at 21:24:57, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On August 14, 2005 at 21:02:33, Peter Skinner wrote: >>> >>>>On August 14, 2005 at 17:51:50, Theo van der Storm wrote: >>>> >>>>> # Name 1 2 P BU SB G >>>>> 1 Fruit 6b1 10w1 2.0 1.5 1.50 2 >>>>> 2 Zappa 5w1 9b1 2.0 1.5 1.50 2 >>>>> 3 Crafty 4b= 7b1 1.5 2.5 1.75 2 >>>>> 4 Shredder 3w= 8b1 1.5 2.5 1.75 2 >>>>> 5 The Crazy Bishop 2b0 12w1 1.0 2.0 0.00 2 >>>>> 6 Jonny 1w0 11b1 1.0 2.0 0.00 2 >>>>> 7 Deep Junior 11b1 3w0 1.0 1.5 0.00 2 >>>>> 8 Diep 12b1 4w0 1.0 1.5 0.00 2 >>>>> 9 Deep Sjeng 10b= 2w0 0.5 2.5 0.25 2 >>>>> 10 The Baron 9w= 1b0 0.5 2.5 0.25 2 >>>>> 11 Fute_MT 7w0 6w0 0.0 2.0 0.00 2 >>>>> 12 IsiChess MMX 8w0 5b0 0.0 2.0 0.00 2 >>>>> >>>>> # Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 P BU SB >>>>> 1 Fruit X . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . 2.0 1.5 1.50 >>>>> 2 Zappa . X . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 2.0 1.5 1.50 >>>>> 3 Crafty . . X ½ . . 1 . . . . . 1.5 2.5 1.75 >>>>> 4 Shredder . . ½ X . . . 1 . . . . 1.5 2.5 1.75 >>>>> 5 The Crazy Bishop . 0 . . X . . . . . . 1 1.0 2.0 0.00 >>>>> 6 Jonny 0 . . . . X . . . . 1 . 1.0 2.0 0.00 >>>>> 7 Deep Junior . . 0 . . . X . . . 1 . 1.0 1.5 0.00 >>>>> 8 Diep . . . 0 . . . X . . . 1 1.0 1.5 0.00 >>>>> 9 Deep Sjeng . 0 . . . . . . X ½ . . 0.5 2.5 0.25 >>>>>10 The Baron 0 . . . . . . . ½ X . . 0.5 2.5 0.25 >>>>>11 Fute_MT . . . . . 0 0 . . . X . 0.0 2.0 0.00 >>>>>12 IsiChess MMX . . . . 0 . . 0 . . . X 0.0 2.0 0.00 >>>>> >>>>>Fute_MT = Futé Multi-Threading by Jean-Louis Boussin. >>>>> >>>>>Theo >>>>> >>>>>PS: For more results and background information do not go to: >>>>>http://www.cs.unimaas.nl/icga/news/wccc/2005/results.php >>>> >>>> >>>>Did you use Swiss Perfect to generate this? or PGNExtract? >>>> >>>>Peter >>> >>> >>>I did not realize that Crafty had had two blacks in a row. How in the hell is >>>that possible after only two rounds have been played? Is someone on drugs over >>>there or what??? >>> >>>Even worse, why would Crafty have two blacks in a row, against the two top >>>seeds? >>> >>>Seems a bit strange, to say the least. >>> >>>The TD apparently needs a brain transplant... >> >>I questioned the initial pairings as well. How did Crafty get black against >>Shredder in the first round? It would have had to be seeded 11 or 12 to get >>that?? No?? >> >>Peter > > >Jaap has never used normal pairing rules. In a 12 player Swiss, round 1 should >see #1 play #7, #2 vs #8, etc. Assuming Shredder was #1, Crafty would have to >be #7 which is pretty funny. Or assuming Junior was #1 and Shredder was #2, >then Crafty would have to have been seeded #8 which is even funnier. > >who knows what happens over there? In thinking about this, this pairing seems to be totally impossible. There is no way to be paired against #1 and #2 on rounds 1 and 2, no matter where Crafty was seeded. As I said, "can someone explain this to me, using reasoning that I as a TD would be able to follow?"
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