Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:02:23 08/18/05
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On August 18, 2005 at 11:48:03, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On August 18, 2005 at 11:45:53, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On August 18, 2005 at 11:38:45, Peter Berger wrote: >> >>>On August 18, 2005 at 11:30:47, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>BTW, since there are no public pairings available, when do we play? I am >>>>assuming not tomorrow morning, as two more blacks in a row is impossible for any >>>>decent RR pairing program. >>> >>>Friday >>> >>>Crafty - Futé >>>Jonny - Crafty >>> >>>Saturday >>> >>>Crafty - Baron >>>Zappa - Crafty >>> >>>Sunday >>> >>>Crafty - Isichess >> >> >>that is truly incredible luck. Not only do we get to be one of 6 that get the >>extra black, but we get black against every strong opponent in the event... I'm >>going to look at what has to go wrong to cause that. Normally RR events have a >>seeding to order the players, whether that will avoid this or not I don't know >>without some study... > >They drew a lot to determine the color sequence. 50% chance it had been exactly >the other way around. > >-- >GCP Not quite. 50% chance that we get 5 whites vs 6 whites. But almost zero chances to get another lot where we get blacks against the top programs. That was the "incredible luck" I mentioned. For example, did anyone else get black against shredder, junior, zappa, fruit, for starters???
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