Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:58:50 08/15/05
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On August 15, 2005 at 07:08:49, Theo van der Storm wrote: >On August 15, 2005 at 05:42:36, Peter Berger wrote: > >>On August 14, 2005 at 21:24:57, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>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??? > >Bob, maybe you should drink less coffee. > >>>Even worse, why would Crafty have two blacks in a row, against the two top >>>seeds? >>> >>>Seems a bit strange, to say the least. > >Agreed. > >>>The TD apparently needs a brain transplant... > >Now isn't that jumping the conclusion a bit? No. Can you spell "Jonny vs shredder" last year? Pairings are now looking perfectly normal. But with the ICGA not posting a single thing about the pairings, except for the rules printed in the JICGA which say clearly "Swiss pairings" I think this conclusion was perfectly justified. Certainly wrong as it turns out. But I wonder who's fault that is? A simple explanation on the web page would have eliminated all the wondering. Without that, after seeing decisions made in past years, I think the conclusion was not off-base. IMHO. :) > >>It's an ordinary round robin schedule , where the order of the rounds was >>altered to have some interesting pairings in the final round. >> >>Everything was done with the approval of the participants, including that of the >>Crafty team, represented by its operator. > >Can you also explain why this was kept secret to the outside world? > >>Why not just ask per email next time :) ? > >Not funny. >This is a world championship for crying out loud. > >>Peter > >Theo
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