Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:19:30 06/14/99
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On June 14, 1999 at 15:42:11, Dan Homan wrote: > >It looks like all the winners from the first round are playing each >other. Is this accelerated or normal pairing? (I confess to know >very little about tournament pairings.) > >I know there was some talk of using accelerated pairings, but the >discussion here gave me the impression that the idea had been >dropped. Anybody know what is happening? > > - Dan > >On June 14, 1999 at 14:22:20, jose hernandez wrote: > >>Round 2 - June 15 >> >>Games >> >>1 Fritz - Shredder >> >>2 DarkThought - Junior >> >>3 Rebel - LambChop >> >>4 MChess - Hiarcs >> >>5 SOS - Cilkchess >> >>6 Ferret - GromitChess >> >>7 Nimzo - Mini >> >>8 Now - Zugzwang >> >>9 Isichess - Ikarus >> >>10 ChessTiger - Virtual_Chess_X >> >>11 P.ConNerS - Diep >> >>12 RuyLopez - Francesca >> >>13 Patzer - Centaur >> >>14 EUGEN - XXXX2 >> >>15 Neurologic - Arthur This is normal Swiss pairings... you _always_ keep players in order by seeding, but after round one, you group the 1's together, the .5's together, and the 0's together (maintaining seeding order within groups) and pair that way... So that the ones with perfect scores have to play each other and some get knocked off each round...
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