Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:08:36 08/15/05
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First, I'd hope anyone would agree that two consecutive blacks in the first two rounds of a swiss event is unheard of. So that's a seed for doubt. Now, why do I need to spend an hour with swiss perfect, trying to see if there is any possible seeding order that could produce the same pairings for the first two rounds (there isn't). Why shouldn't the ICGA say "this is going to look strange to the public, so let's put an explanation on the web site to let everyone know that we are using a round-robin pairing, that has been modified to put the "interesting" games in the final few rounds." Explanations eliminate speculation. But we are getting zero explanations or other information from them. Does that seem reasonable? Compare it to the CCT events we have done on ICC, for example. Then perhaps you will understand how such threads get started, because we are living in a complete information blackout from the ICGA... This could be corrected, but so far it has not been, and it has been systemic for several years now...
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