2011/5/9 Nick Wedd <[email protected]> > You are proposing that the tournament should start by pairing strong > players with weak players, and claiming that this is more likely to result > in the strongest player winning the tournament. I don't see it. > > Maybe itis easier if you think Swiss system as a cup. Which it for winners (assuming number of rounds being like 5 rounds for 32 players). If you pair strong players with strong ones, on second round you end having players still contending of winning that are both weak and strong. And some strong players dropped to competing for third place effectively.
Swiss system is a cup with kinda consolation being played by the losers. And you have reliable a priori information then swiss is not not the best choice. MacMahon gets better results. Not fair for quickly advancinf players but nothing is perfect. You could simulate this easily by assuming that win probabilities follow exactly ELO estimates for example. Petri
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