Kato-san, David, I am a staff of the UEC Cup.
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Hideki Kato <[email protected]> wrote: > David Fotland: <00ca01c95fa2$5ee6bb50$1cb431...@com>: >>Is it true that the final was a single elimination tournament, and not a >>Swiss tournament? It seems that Many Faces never played Fudo Go. In future >>tournaments, please consider using the Swiss tournament system. Most people >>would agree that it gives more accurate results. > > You're right. The final of UEC Cup is not Swiss. > > Thank you for the comments. As I'm not a staff of the tounament I > can't say anything about its future but I'll tell the staff your > comments. Well, this issue is somewhat still in discussion. > I guess the major reason not using Swiss style is the larger number of > participants (24 this year) and the shorter time (two days including > an exhibition match) of the tournament than for example Computer > Olympiad. Yes, this is the main reason we chose single elimination tournament. We are still not sure if we could afford the time for doing a more complicated style tournament on the second day, when we have an exhibition match. Another reason we chose the single elimination tournament, is that the finals in the single elimination is the "finals", while in other matching systems, the final game might become a dull game. We know that we are sacrificing accuracy, and do want to know what the participants (and might-be-participants) think about how the tournament should be organized. #This includes opinions on how should remote attendance be allowed PS. > Also, this style, Swiss for the preliminary and single-elimination for > the final, is common in Japan. World Computer Shogi Championship uses > the same style for example. Uhmm, I think you are mistaking with another tournament, as the finals in WCSC is round robin. By the way, WCSC is a three day event, with around 50 programs. For the WCSC, we have two preliminary tournaments in (modified) Swiss, and the finals is round robin. -- Shunsuke SOEDA <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
