Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:03:35 12/03/03
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On December 03, 2003 at 06:14:40, Thomas Mayer wrote: >Hi Jeremiah, > >>> Notice that the event is being held in Asia for the third time in a decade. >>> It happens to be the largest and most populous continent. > >> It's being held in a part of Asia that is right next door to Europe, I might >> add. Not to mention that Asia is even further away from North America than >> Europe is. It's not doing anyone over here a favor, for sure. >> I'm not against the event being held in Asia (or Europe) at all. But it >> should come to the western half of the world once in a while. > >I may add that as far as I know the WCCC 2004 is held in Israel because a >student - to name him: Omid - did start everything at his university and then >they did try to get the money for the event. What is wrong with that ? Why is >this not possible in the USA ? >And can you tell me how you define western half of the world on a ball, on a >globe ??? Okay, USA is in the west of europe, but e.g. Japan is in the west of >the USA and Israel is in the west of Japan... > >Many stuff here sounds to me like: We will participate at a WCCC - as long it is >held in the USA... > >Next one: Think about the W in WCCC -> That means world ! Not only Europe or >USA. What would you do if it is held in say the southern part of Chile ? > >And about the to long statement: One of the biggest critics on other WCCC here >was, that they play to less rounds - now we play more round (which is a lot of >fun - amateurs get way more chances to play against commercials) and it is no >good either. > >Greets, Thomas The number of rounds is pretty predictable. log2(#players)+1 is a good first approximation. That keeps the number of games reasonable, and at 2 (or three) rounds per day, that keeps the event short. Look at the last 4 rounds of the just-completed WCCC. Were there really any interesting games? The leaders had already played each other, so it became a matter of "will any lower-rated program luck up and beat one of the leaders?" That's not the way to run a WCCC event. But if someone _insists_ on doing so, my suggestion would be as follows: take 16 players. Seed them. Take #1, 5, 9 and 13 and put them in a group. They play a round-robin (3 rounds) over the internet, before the actual event starts. Ditto for 2,6,10,14, and 3,7,11,15 and finally 4,8,12,16. Now hold the local tournament where everyone shows up. The pairings are based on the four pre-rounds, and then you play say 3-4 more rounds (3 would probably be best). You have your large number of rounds. The event lasts 2-3 days, enough time to sight-see, have a meeting where various papers are presented about chess, and so forth. The cost would be significantly less. The total travel time would be cut to 4-5 days at most, the amateurs _still_ get to play the commercials, etc...
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