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Subject: Re: Pairings round 6 : swiss "perfect" makes very strange pairings

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 14:05:37 08/23/00

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On August 23, 2000 at 16:03:30, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On August 23, 2000 at 15:58:28, Sylvain Renard wrote:
>
>>>A quick note.  When you have 9 rounds, and 14 players, it is _not_ a Swiss
>>>by any measure.  It is nearly a round robin, in fact.  I don't think pairings
>>>matter at all now, other than that the top programs should play each other
>>>one time.  Mistakes in the pairings will work themselves out.  It will screw
>>>up a color here and there, but eventually all the top programs have to play.
>>
>>  Hello Bob,
>>I hope you are right, but imagine that one of the favorites (example: Nimzo)
>>wins the tournament without having played against one of the top
>>programs (example: Shredder) ?   Impossible?  In fact it should be impossible,
>>but with the pairing program they are using, I would not bet my head :-)
>>  Best regards,
>>    Sylvain Renard
>
>If the top 7 programs (after 9 rounds) haven't played each other, then the
>software is screwed up and the TD is asleep at the wheel.

 Yes,but would this surprise anyone?



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