Author: Anthony Cozzie
Date: 09:45:58 11/17/04
Well, it is rapidly becoming that CCT time of year. I just wanted to get a little bit of discussion going on who is going to attend, format, potential organizers, etc. I emailed Volker Richey, who did an excellent job the last two years, but I haven't heard back from him. It is possible I used the wrong email (cct@vrichey.de), so if anyone knows a better one please speak up. Some thoughts: 1. Timecontrol. Last we had some problems with some _long_ games (Movei the Ironman comes to mind), and the first night ended up being pretty late for the guys in Europe. Perhaps it is better to to just have a Game/60 timecontrol? I like to have increments myself, but at the same time it is nice to know that all games _will_ be finished by time X. I'm sort of on the fence here. 2. Tiebreaks. Some would call this a bit of sour grapes, but I don't like the idea of a slow tournament being decided by a few blitz games. I would much prefer a buchholz or SB ranking, or even just having a shared first place. This isn't a world championship, so there is no reason we can't make as many people happy as possible :) 3. Date. I have no problems with January myself. 4. Participants. If we extrapolate linearly, there will be >60 participants this CCT! Who is coming? 5. Organizers. I'm certainly not going to do it :) Volker did an excellent job last year, but it is matter of getting in touch with him. I think Steve Lim talked about doing it last year as well. anthony
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