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Subject: Re: CCT!!!

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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