Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 04:12:43 11/26/03
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On November 25, 2003 at 16:45:54, Russell Reagan wrote: >On November 25, 2003 at 15:37:44, William H Rogers wrote: > >>I realize that both having won the >>same number of games and Shredder having beat Brutus that Shredder should be >>first which it appears it is. > >I have never understood why it isn't done this way. If engine A is tied with >engine B, and engine A beat engine B in the tournament, then engine A should win >the tie breaker. In some tournaments it is done so, but it is unusual. My favourite tie-breaker for swiss system tournaments is the "cumulative score", i.e. the sum of your score after each round. But in general I think it is not that important which tie-breakers are used, the only important thing is that they are clearly specified before the start. José.
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