Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:53:02 12/15/03
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On December 15, 2003 at 02:43:53, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >[snip] > >>>4- A process applied _prior_ to the event to _all_ participants certifying it >>>can follow all the rules of chess in a satisfatory manner e.g. draw offers, >>>draws by repetition, draws by the 50 move rule, resignation procedure, etc. and >>>anything else I can't think of all without operator interferance. >> >>What about a simple extension that solves that: The program muse be compatible >>with the freely FICS server code, whether it chooses to use xboard/winboard or >>a custom interface is up to the programmer. But the tournament is held with >>a LAN connecting all machines, so that no operators are needed once each machine >>is logged in to the local FICS server. > >I don't remember, but isn't FICS just like ICC? Doesn't it declare as drawn >positions that aren't really drawn? I know that on ICC that positions are >declared as drawn due to lack of material that are really drawn. I mentioned FICS as the code is available. ICC code is their own product and is not distributed... > >> >> >>> >>>5- Only require the program author to attend on the last couple of rounds (a >>>weekend), so that the impact on the program author's bank account, job, family >>>life and/or other obligations is minimized. For example, a local volunteer would >>>handle the earlier rounds. Hiring a local "volunteer" should still be a more >>>affordable option. >> >>That's not really a solution. The thing has too many rounds. All the >>"interesting" games were over by round 5-6 in Graz. The event simply >>needs to be long enough to produce the correct results, not a length set >>by the whim of the organizers to maximize participant expenditures. > >I like a large number of rounds. For instance, if (7) below is incorporated with >say 10 or 12 participants, you would still have a lot of rounds. Also, Graz had >16 participants and would have worked much better with a double round SS. I agree. A large number of rounds is ok if it is not a normal Swiss. IE a double-round Swiss. > >[snip] > >>> >>>7- Local "zonal" events to pick qualifiers for the main event, which could then >>>have a fixed number participants in a round robin. >> >>That would be a pretty good idea. We talked about that within the ICCA years >>ago, but nobody would ever agree to it... We were looking at how the old WCC >>(human) matches were set up as a sort of model.
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