On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 5:25 AM, "Ingo Althöfer" <[email protected]>wrote:
> One comment added: > > In swiss tournaments, proper pairing for the first > round is the more important the larger the number > of players relative to the number of rounds. > > (Typical case: number of rounds = c * log(number of players), > where c is a constant larger than 1, and log is meant for base 2.) > > In the KGS tournament, there were 12 rounds for > 12 participants, so pairing for round 1 was not > really crucial. > This is true of course because the more rounds there are the more the tournament resembles a round robin. However, it's still some benefit to properly pair. And it isn't just the first round, but every round that should be correctly paired. But it's certainly true that with many rounds and few players it's not very critical. Don > > Ingo. > > > > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > > Datum: Sun, 8 May 2011 15:02:28 -0400 > > Von: Don Dailey <[email protected]> > > An: [email protected] > > Betreff: Re: [Computer-go] May KGS bot tournament: 19x19, fast > > > In swiss tournaments or knockout tournaments it's important to rank the > > players to the best of your ability before doing the pairings. ... > -- > 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 >
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