Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:42:22 08/18/05
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On August 18, 2005 at 12:57:07, Richard Pijl wrote: > >>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... > >Seeding and giving top seed the no 1 spot in the RR table would make sure colors >are alternated,giving the same amount of whites/blacks against strong programs. >It would also give the higher seeded programs the extra white though. > >Richard. I'll have to think about that. if you assume 1 plays 7, 2 plays 8, etc, which is a pretty normal first round, and that 1-6 are all white, then that's probably not so hot. The more I think about it, a single RR is probably one of the worst ways to do this...
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