Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:25:30 08/29/05
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On August 29, 2005 at 14:54:54, Gabor Szots wrote: >On August 29, 2005 at 14:51:21, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>Just noticed something strange. Crafty and Junior finished with scores of 6.5, >>which would (should) mean we tied for places 5/6. But somehow the final >>crosstable has crafty 5th and Junior 6th. The "SB" tiebreak somehow favors >>Crafty. I'm not sure how this is computed, but in a RR, it would seem that >>tiebreaks are pointless unless it somehow factors in that we had 6 blacks, or >>that we had black against stronger opponents and white against weaker opponents, >>or whatever. >> >>Anyone care to enlighten me on how that particular tiebreak works? I notice >>that Sjeng and Shredder are listed as tied for 3/4, with the same SB scores... >> >>Would seem more reasonable that Crafty/Junior are listed as tied for 5/6... > >SB is computed as follows: You get all the points of the opponents you defeated >and half the points of the opponents against whom you made a draw. > >Gábor Thanks... that's what I was looking for...
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