Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 02:36:43 08/30/00
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On August 29, 2000 at 18:14:30, Amir Ban wrote: >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 Oh well i never saw Jaap carry swiss manuals with him. That the first round paired Junior versus SOS is completely different from the last round where you play for a world title, or in this case don't play for the world title.
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