Author: Tim Mirabile
Date: 09:12:10 07/13/98
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On July 13, 1998 at 09:54:54, Robert Hyatt wrote: >can you give an example cross-table? I've *never* played in a swiss, human >or computer, where log2(entries) was way less than the number of rounds >actually played. There is definite math involved in choosing the right number >of rounds for a Swiss to work properly. Too few and you end up with ties in >all the top positions. Too many and the same thing happens... Well, you can check out the Nassau Championship crosstables and standings at http://www.webcom.com/timm/lichess.html We had 30 players and 10(!) rounds. It did not feel like too many rounds at all, especially since we had 21 place and class prizes to give out. Ties in the top places really can't be helped because of all the draws, at least in human chess anyway.
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