Author: Baldomero Garcia, Jr.
Date: 12:22:40 08/22/03
Hello everyone. I need your help on how to run a particular tournament. I've asked a couple of other people, but I'd like to get a wider perspective. I realize that this is off-topic, but it might interest some as a problem to look at. A team tournament is held with 4 teams of 6 people each. The purpose of the tournament is dual: 1) to determine the best team 2) to determine the top 6 individual players to qualify to another tournament The tournament is currently held as a 9-round swiss for 24 players, with the restriction that teammates cannot play against each other. In my opinion, this satisfies requirement number 1 (determining the best team), but I think it's less than ideal (or fair) to determine the top 6 individual players. Take a look at this example: Team A has 6 players rated 2000. Team B has 1 player rated 2000 and all other 5 rated 1900. Team C has 1 player rated 2000 and all other 5 rated 1800. Team D has 1 player rated 2000 and all other 5 rated 1700. Assume that during the tournament everyone performs according to their rating strength (i.e. no one is under or overrated). With all those assumptions, I say that the 2000 players in teams B, C and D will have a tougher time qualifying for the top 6 than those in team A. Not only that, but the 2000 player in team D will have the toughest time of all, even though he may not be less qualified to be in the top 6 than anybody else. So, the question is: what is the "best" format statistically to determine both the "best" team and also the best 6 players to qualify to the next stage? There is a limitation as to the number of rounds (no more than 13, but ideally 9 or 10). There is nothing that says that we need to hold only 1 tournament to get both goals. It could be that the team tournament is held first and then an individual tournament is held right afterwards. Any ideas?
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