Author: Rémi Coulom
Date: 11:04:44 06/09/04
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On June 09, 2004 at 13:58:01, Dann Corbit wrote: >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. My main concern was about making sure that the tournament is not over after 5 rounds. Pairing for round robin can be arranged so that the most important games are played in the last rounds. I think this would make the tournament a lot more exciting. Rémi
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