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Subject: Re: Tournament Format for WCCC 2004, 11 rounds Swiss - standard or delay

Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba

Date: 10:56:50 03/02/04

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On March 02, 2004 at 09:53:15, Omid David Tabibi wrote:

>Based on the feedback to the previous thread
>(http://talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?352100), it seems that the majority
>prefer 11 rounds Swiss to the knockout with reentry option.
>
>Gerd Isenberg suggested an interesting modification to standard Swiss:
>
>--------
>http://talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?352264
>
>What about following slightly modified [Swiss system], a kind of "delayed" swiss
>system to keep the tension a bit longer?
>
>For the first (4-6) rounds playing swiss with two about equal strong groups with
>about (even) quantity and quality, eg.
>(1,4,5,8,9,12,13,16)<->(2,3,6,7,10,11,14,15) or similar.
>
>Then reunion both groups and continue with standard swiss, and there are still
>some thrilling rounds to go.
>--------
>
>In other words, a simple 11 rounds Swiss, but keeping some stronger pairings for
>the later rounds.
>
>What do you think would be better? Standard 11 rounds Swiss (like in Graz WCCC),
>or the delayed Swiss as suggested by Gerd?

First note that I am not a chess programmer so I will not play at the WCCC 2004.
As a computer-chess follower I prefer to see a standard swiss tournament instead
of a exotic "delayed" swiss.
José.



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