Author: Albert Silver
Date: 11:43:43 11/17/04
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On November 17, 2004 at 13:28:33, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>On November 17, 2004 at 12:45:58, Anthony Cozzie wrote:
>
>>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 :)
>
>I've been involved in the tie-breaks multiple times now. I agree. Get rid of
>the blitz play-off. Let's just have co-champions. Without proper seeding, even
>the traditional tie-breaks are not so good. Or, have a playoff at the _same_
>time control as the regular games, but only if there are two tied and not more.
>Then we could play two games to eliminate white-bias.
I have a suggestion regarding this, which is exactly how I think the genuine
human WC should be decided (as opposed to this grossly unfair draw favoring the
champion). In the event the 2 games do not provide a winner, use the now defunct
Golden Goal system from World Cup (soccer) events: the first to draw blood wins.
There may be an element of luck involved in who would get white or black in the
first game, but all in all I think it still allows a satisfactory champion at
the end.
Albert
>
>
>>
>>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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