Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 11:07:43 11/08/03
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On November 08, 2003 at 12:29:09, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On November 07, 2003 at 13:38:41, Volker Richey wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>The corus tournament is an another event at the icc chess server >>Corus Chess Tournament - 9th till 25th of January 2004. >>Many icc admins are busy during this time. >>http://www.coruschess.com/ >> >>My suggestion february 1st and 2nd 2004 >> >>Peter, the best mode for a swiss chess tournament is an odd number >>of rounds. Last cct5, we are lucky for the pairings of the final 9th round :). >> >>Another problem was the extra time for a possible tie break. see cct5. >> >>volker > > >The only thing. If we are going to do a tie-break, let's do it at the _same_ >time control as the regular tournament games. Not blitz. Or else let's make >this a blitz tournament as well... > >I have no problem with playing a tie-break on a separate day if needed... I'll second that. Last year's blitz playoff was very exciting, but a slow game would have been a more appropriate way to break the tie. Since we only play 4 rounds on Sunday, we should have enough time to play another 45+10 game. I'm not sure what should be done for a 3-way tie. Finish the next weekend? -Peter
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