Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 10:58:01 06/09/04
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On June 09, 2004 at 08:31:16, Rémi Coulom wrote: >On June 09, 2004 at 07:59:09, Kolss wrote: > >>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. > >Yes, sorry. That may still be worth the effort, though. > >Rémi A round robin will tell much more exactly what places 2-12 are, but it won't give a more precise victor and last place (which is what Swiss is designed for) unless you play more games in total.
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