Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 22:20:38 01/19/03
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On January 20, 2003 at 01:18:26, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote: >On January 19, 2003 at 22:10:53, Ricardo Gibert wrote: > >>Also, consider that major swiss events typically have fewer than log2(entries), >>so even fewer rounds than log2(entries) works. > >The most serious swiss events (World Jr. Ch, Olympics, Qualification for W.Ch >and candidates, etc.) have always had more rounds than log2. > >Miguel Where? except for round robins. IE something like the olympiads have hundreds of players. I'm sure then don't play more than 1 or 2 above log2 for the reason given. But look at what happens with a small number of players and large number of rounds...
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