Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:34:09 06/09/04
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On June 09, 2004 at 14:12:03, George Sobala wrote: >On June 09, 2004 at 11:07:01, Robert Hyatt wrote: > > >> >>This seems to simply be _wrong_. >> >>White gets _more_ time in the sudden-death playoff? The only way that makes >>sense is if a draw is treated as a win for black. >> >>This needs to be clarified or re-done. More traditional would be _black_ gets >>12 minutes, white gets 10, to compensate for white's opening advantage. >> >> > >Pretty standard Armageddon-type tie breaker format actually. Black DOES win if >he draws. I saw that at the end. But it is _still_ a stupid way to break ties in a tournament where the normal time control is 60 moves in two hours. If they break ties that way, why not just play the entire event as 10 minute blitz???
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