Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 22:39:07 01/23/04
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On January 24, 2004 at 00:29:23, Thomas Mayer wrote: >Hi, > >well - it's near... :) And it seems to be the biggest CCT ever, so far 46 >participants and maybe some more will be on the list tomorrow night. > >How will the seeding be done this year ? Two possibilities get in my mind: > >a) we seed according to the standard rating of those account >b) we seed first those that have participated last CCT according to the rank >they achieved. After that we add the new engines sorted alphabetical Really doesn't matter. if we have 64 players, we need 6 rounds. We get 3 more. seeding is really important for tie-break points in a normal swiss, but here I don't think it will matter and we don't use tie-break points anyway. > >I think b) is maybe best - only big problem I have with Rebel - it would be >seeded very low in that list. a) has the problem that there are several new >accounts with so far unreal standard rating... >There is also possibility c) -> seed randomly... > >The next question: What will happen when we have an odd number of participants. >I would offer to run a GnuChess 4 or a TSCP on one of my PCs... I just need an >account for that - if needed. You all know that there is nothing worser then a >bye... > >I want to close with some hints for the newbies: >Play some testmatches before the tournament on the server - maybe even interrupt >some games to see if it is still working. Get familiar with the options at ICC, >how to talk with others. Turn channel 64 on - usually everything about the >tourney is discussed there. Get familiar with the formula stuff, something like >"set formula time=45 & inc=10 & !rated & computer" should work fine. Take a look >if you kibitzing is working correct and that all the things are shown correctly >according to the rules (score, deptht & predicted move) > >If you have still problems to get an account: contact Volker. Or you make a new >account at ICC and ask one of the admins to make it useable. Usually e.g. "Zek" >knows what to do... > >Don't get nervous, buy some beers, cokes or wine - whatever you want and have a >number of a local pizza service handy... :) And have fun ! > >Greets, Thomas
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