Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 05:11:43 08/26/00
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On August 26, 2000 at 07:53:10, Brian Richardson wrote: >On August 26, 2000 at 07:41:10, Steve Lim wrote: > >> Hi all. >> >> First off, congrats to Stefan for winning the WMCCC 2000! >> >> ICC was due to have its 2nd CCT in late July following a 6 month (bi-annual) >>schedule. However, it was brought to my attention that since the WMCCC was in >>august, September might make more sense. (programmers wouldn't want to expose >>their tournament books etc). >> >> Well, September is just around the corner. I'd like to take a general survey >>as to the type and dates of CCT #2. >> >> Something in a previous post by Christophe Theron captured my attention.. >> >>"The idea of playing each opponent 2 times, once with white and then with black >>is indeed very interesting. >> >>It is easy to do, and does not need more organization effort: it does not >>generate more moving computers around. >> >>Combine this with faster time controls, and you get a much reliable tournament >>result." >> >>I guess feasibility of a double round robin with alternating colors depends on >>the # of participants. >> >> >>I'd be very happy to get some feedback on your thoughts, >> >>Many thanks, >>Steve Lim aka SJLIM(*) on ICC. >> >>Quote of the month.. >> >>"I always pick Shredder to win because he freaking always wins." - Bruce > >Also congratulations to Shredder. > >As I recall, right after CCT1, the June/July time was considered good as a >"warmup" to the WMCC2000, but it seems everyone was just too busy. Based on >some other posts, September might even be too soon, but I would very much like >to have another tournament. > >I would prefer to play somewhat faster time controls, say 45 10. This would >save nearly an hour per round. An increment is needed for those without >automatic interfaces. I personally do not care about playing both colors >against each opponent. > >Brian Richardson (Tinker) I also believe that the method which Christopher Theron mention is the most effective, by playing both colors against each opponent not only you save time, but it is a more effective way of getting a more reliable tournament result. PS: Congrats Christopher Theron for your program's excellent result in the WMCC. I hope that you are considering to add tablebases on your next version of Chess Tiger 13. Pichard.
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