Author: Daniel Clausen
Date: 06:47:07 01/20/03
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On January 20, 2003 at 09:37:51, Rolf Tueschen wrote: [snip] >That shouldn't be the motto of CCC for sure. But you are right with the >conditions, I didn't know that until just a few minutes ago when I read it and I >already excused myself for that one. I fear that Bob or Bruce didn't even think >that they could be that strong and so they didn't spend too much thought on that >matter, the tie-break. BTW we had the same procedure in Masstricht. I am sure >that SHREDDER would be Wch and not JUNIOR if it wouldn't have been in Blitz at >the end. > >Rolf Tueschen How many tournaments (not necessarily chess) do you know where ties for the first place are handled much different? The only thing I know is the FA soccer cup (I think) in England, where they replay a whole game when the first game is drawn. (not sure what they do if the 2nd game is draw too though - I'm sure Andrew (CTID) knows =) In most other soccer tourneys they have overtime and afterwards penalties. Or sudden death in ice hockey. The main reason for this is to: -make sure the game/tournament ends at that day (otherwise the commitment is too big) -entertain the spectators (I think the tie-break was a blast) If I'd be in charge of the rules, I would skip the tie-break (although it's fun to watch! :) and just call the engines with the most points the winners of the tournament. The reason for this is that - although you can tell people 100 times that this blitz tiebreak is a lot of luck - people will forget about it and the only thing remember will be that Ruffian won the CCT5. (I have nothing against Ruffian! It's just that Yace and Crafty had the same #points :) Sargon (aka ruffian_groupie ;)
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