Author: Sylvain Renard
Date: 01:31:23 08/23/00
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>Looks like the ICCA has no computer (program) to make the pairings
>automatically.
>
>isn't that one of the best jokes i have ever heard.
>they have time almost a year, they play with lots of computers,
>and they still work with little papers, shuffled on a desk :-)))
Hello,
you can find programs to make pairings, but it is more difficult
to find a program which follows exactly all the (complicated) rules
of swiss pairings. In France, there is only one : the program
provided by the French Chess Federation (FFE) (I don't know
for other countries). For the exam of arbiter, you have to do a pairing at home.
Some candidates used another program, thinking computers can't
make mistakes :-) But the program they used was not perfect and those candidates
had very low marks at their exam!
As there are only 14 participants and 9 rounds, the pairings of the
last rounds will be very difficult to make. So problems only begin!
Best regards,
Sylvain Renard
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