Hi Nick, thanks for the information.
> >KGS seems to use a sub-optimal pairing program: ... > >There are 12 participants. > >How can you pit, in a CH-system, four of the five > >strongest against each other in the very first round? > > It does not use any knowledge of the players' strengths. > > And if it did, it would _prefer_ to pair the stronger players against > each other, so as to obtain more information. That might be good for sparring tournaments. However, in "title tournaments" a normal pairing scheme should be used, to get highest chances that the best participant wins. A normal scheme for such a goal would be to pair the upper half of the participants against the lower half in the first round. Ingo. -- NEU: FreePhone - kostenlos mobil telefonieren und surfen! Jetzt informieren: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freephone _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
