Author: Roger D Davis
Date: 16:49:52 08/22/05
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On August 22, 2005 at 17:03:28, James Swafford wrote: >On August 22, 2005 at 16:25:14, Roger D Davis wrote: > >>On August 22, 2005 at 15:18:34, James Swafford wrote: >> >>>On August 22, 2005 at 14:57:59, Roger D Davis wrote: >>> >>>>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. >>> >>>No, that sucks. Part of the excitement of a tournament IS that >>>anything can happen! If you want meaningful data, go look at an >>>SSDF list... >>> >>> >> >> >>I'm not suggesting thousands of games be played...I'm suggesting that there's >>some optimum of randomness that makes for an exciting tournament, and that more >>games might be needed than what the pairings ordinarily allow. >> >>The authors usually commit one or two weekends to the CCTs anyway...why pull all >>these people together and then have the event wrap up in just a few hours? >> >>If you're going to pull all those authors together, it might as well be for more >>than just a few hours, and the results ought to mean something to the winner. >> >>Roger > >I understand, but 15 rounds would take an entire weekend already. >If this stretched it out to two weekends, I'd probably opt not to play. >I can convince my wife to leave me alone for ONE weekend, but TWO >is pretty near impossible. :) > >-- >James People might be tired after one weekend, too. At least the longer games pretty much run on autopilot once they're started. Roger
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