Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:50:20 06/09/04
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On June 09, 2004 at 14:04:44, Rémi Coulom wrote: >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 Correct. Another alternative is to play 6 rounds where each round is a pair of games where each player gets black and white. That turns it into a 6 round event, 12 games played, but with 6 rounds the important games will be near the end if pairings are done sanely with none of the "flip a coin" nonsense that has been done in the past...
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