Author: Amir Ban
Date: 15:14:30 08/29/00
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On August 29, 2000 at 12:28:47, Sylvain Renard wrote: >On August 28, 2000 at 22:08:25, Bill Gletsos wrote: > >>Shouldnt the game between Xinix and Chesstiger in round 8 had Chesstiger playing >>white instead of black. >>Both Chesstiger and Xinix had color historys of 4 blacks and 3 whites with the >>colors for both players being identical in each round prior to the 8th round. >>Since Chesstiger was the higher placed should it not have got its matching color >>and been assigned White against Xinix instead of Black. >> >> >>Bill > > Hello, >you are right. But it is a detail amongst many other errors of pairings >in this tournament. >Rounds 1-4, nothing to say, it was OK. >Roud 5 : beginning of mistakes : the SOS and ZChess should have played >together (3 programs with 2 points Crafty, SOS and ZChess and all 3 had >opponents with other number of points). > As they _never_ played together in this tournament, this error >may affect the final results (the "amateur" (?) title of SOS for instance). >Round 6 : the pairings done by hand by the director has a vague relationship >with FIDE rules :-) (but it was better than the pairing done by the software >swiss"perfect") >Etc. > > Sylvain Renard (Official arbiter of the french chess federation) Jaap v.d. Herik told me this during the tournament: Your comments are correct except that you do not take into account the improvised Junior-SOS pairing in the first round (Junior was supposed to play Ruy Lopez, the no-show). I am told that Jaap is an expert on swiss pairings, having guided students on this subject. I guess since you are an expert yourself, you will understand his point. Amir
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