Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 06:29:47 02/22/03
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On February 22, 2003 at 09:25:16, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On February 22, 2003 at 08:54:30, Rolf Tueschen wrote: > >>I read 6: Ikarus 3.5 / 6 2b= 13w+ 1w= 4b= 3w- 14b+. >> >>So that means that Ikarus although playing the placed 1, 2, 3, 4 progs, it could >>get full points against the last and pre-last. Placed om 14 and 13. >>Is this ok? Something seems to be wrong or biased. Point is that a game against >>14 is a SURE win. That is as if a top program after a loss or two draws got a >>point for free. Note Ikarus had 2,5 pts before playing Matador with 0.5 pts. >> >>Could some expert explain why such things are still possible? >> >>Rolf Tueschen > > >Too few programs, too many rounds. Also, many progs get a "good" result and that is also a good side-effect we should consider. What would be the optimal number of rounds for 14 participants? Rolf Tueschen
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