Author: Roger D Davis
Date: 11:57:59 08/22/05
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On August 22, 2005 at 12:42:43, Peter Skinner wrote: >Hello everyone, > >I have recieved numerous emails asking when the "CCT Blitz" tournament will be >held. > >Since this is "your" tournament and I am willing to run it, I am open to >suggestions as to date, time control, or if there is enough interest for it. > >This is what I had in mind: >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >RULES: > >Site: >The Internet Chess Club (as always) > >Rounds: >13 round swiss. > >Time controls: 15 0 > >Date: Late September/Early October > >All games to be played in one weekend: >6 games on Saturday >7 on day Sunday > >In the event of a tie situation: > >There will be co-winners awarded. > >1. No manually operated programs, and all programs must kibitz their evaluation, >and book moves/TB hits if possible. Providing as much information as possible >for the viewers and participants is key here. It should also be noted that 1-3 >lines of text is sufficient. No need to scroll out an entire page :) > >2. In the event of a disconnection, the party will be given 5 minutes to return >to complete the game and no more than 2 disconnections per game will be allowed. >On the third time, the game will be a forfeit. > >3. Only the author or an approved operator (Author must email the TD in such >case to grant approval). There will be no clones allowed. > >4. Participants can use any hardware they can bring. Participants choosing to >use remotely located hardware are recommended to have a suitable back up >solution in the event there is an uncorrectable malfunction. > >5. No entries will be accepted 2 days prior to the start date of the tournament. >This is to ensure that advertising, web sites, and any promotional tools are >accurate at start time. This is also to ensure participants have enough time to >test their program on the ICC servers to ensure it is able to play. > >5a. In the event that there is a late withdrawal or uneven amounts of players, >the TD can substitute a program in place of the departing entrant to keep the >numbered entries the same. And to avoid a bye round. > >6. Seeding. The below formula will be used to determine seedings: > >6a. A panel of 5 people will be polled where they would seed the list of >entrants. These people will be from the Computer Chess Club, and are >active/knowledgeable individuals. This group of people will also be anonymously >selected, and results will only be known by final seedings. An average of these >5 polled people will determine the seedings for the tournament. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Basically the same as CCT7 but with a shorter time control. As it is 15 0, we >can play 7 round in 4 hours (allowing for pairings). That is a pretty easy day. > >If you have any suggestions, please post them here or email me. > >Peter Play enough games to minimize the "you didn't play enough games" criticism. That might mean that in each pairing, the authors play a four game set, and then report the results of the games to the TD when they're done. Obviously, shorter time controls allow more games. But...if people want to participate in a tournament and have the results be meaningful, then they ought to commit. This could lead to some excitement, I think, since there will be more games, and some opponents will be swept 4-0 by others. Roger
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