Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 10:06:17 11/17/04
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On November 17, 2004 at 12:45:58, Anthony Cozzie wrote: >Well, it is rapidly becoming that CCT time of year. Oh yes.. I agree! >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. If he can not do it, I can. I believe I have all the needed tools to do so, along with the the free time. >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. Last year was 90/10 if I am not mistaken. Maybe 60/10 this year? >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 :) I agree. Bucholz or SB is definately the way to go. >4. Participants. If we extrapolate linearly, there will be >60 participants >this CCT! Who is coming? Wouldn't that be fantastic? The WCCC drops to what.. 10 participants and the ICCT increases to 60. Hmm wonder which is more popular? :) Peter
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