Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:59:24 11/17/04
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On November 17, 2004 at 14:43:43, Albert Silver wrote: >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 > Sounds ok to me. Flip for color, and start playing until a game is won? Only downside is that it is certainly possible (and even probable) to have an extended tie-breaker. :) >> >> >>> >>>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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