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Subject: Re: RULES FOR THE 12TH WORLD COMPUTER-CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

Author: Kolss

Date: 04:59:09 06/09/04

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On June 09, 2004 at 07:28:09, Rémi Coulom wrote:

>On June 09, 2004 at 05:36:44, Peter Berger wrote:
>
>>On June 09, 2004 at 03:54:25, Mark Winands wrote:
>>
>>>2.     The tournament will be an 11-round Swiss-system event, using standard
>>>(non-accelerated) Swiss pairings. The provisional playing schedule was given on
>>>page 293 of the December issue.
>>
>>In case there were only 13 participants I wonder if it would really be possible
>>to do legal Swiss pairings for 11 rounds - probably not.
>>
>
>If we are 13, I think it would be best to have a 12th round and play round
>robin. The playing programme has plenty of big holes. It would be so much better
>to play round robin, that it would be worth the effort of organizing a 12th
>round, in my opinion.
>
>Rémi

Hi,

You need 2 more rounds to make a round robin event with 13 participants (=> 13
rounds). I don't know whether the schedule permits for this...

Munjong.



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