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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