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

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 12:19:51 03/02/04

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

>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.

>What do you think would be better? Standard 11 rounds Swiss (like in Graz WCCC),
>or the delayed Swiss as suggested by Gerd?

With all of the controversy surrounding the Graz event, you may be better off
just aiming for an event that just runs smoothly, as opposed to trying to make
significant changes (unless there is a clear improvement where the downside is
very little to none). It seems like you are unsure whether the delayed swiss is
an improvement. If you're not sure, well...if something can go wrong, it will :)



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