[blind-chess] Re: Ladder Challenge Details
- From: "Jim" <jhomme1028@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:01:19 -0400
Hi Richard,
Sounds good.
Jim
Jim Homme
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From: blind-chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of R Dinger
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:34 PM
To: chess
Subject: [blind-chess] Ladder Challenge Details
Hi All,
I think we should adopt the KISS Principle (Keep It Simple Stupid) approach
to our ladder tournament challenges to start out. Chris has proposed a
simple approach for challenges that I think will work quite well.
A major consideration is that players do not have more than one game at a
time in progress in this tournament. That ensures those involved in other
tournaments are not overloaded with games.
Terms:
1. Challenger: the player making the challenge.
2. Defender: the player defending the challenge.
3. In Play: the status of players currently playing out a challenge game.
Challenges are processed as follows:
1. All challenges are sent to the Tournament Controller (TC), for now that
will be me.
2. The challenge simply states your name and who you are challenging.
3. You must not be in play when you make a challenge.
4. You may only challenge a player that is one or two rungs above you at the
time of the challenge.
5. If the defender is not in play, the TC will send both players a message
scheduling the game.
6. A scheduled game must begin within three days or the defender forfeits.
7. Once a challenge is scheduled, both the challenger and defender will be
marked as in play.
8. Some players will be idle at times during the tournament.
9. Challenges will be processed first come first served in the order they
arrive in the TC's inbox.
10. The state of the ladder will be published daily at first and less
frequently as activity settles down.
11. All games will count for tournament scoring on ratings.
12. As we gain experience with this tournament style, we can try
modifications.
For some examples, assume the ladder starts out as follows:
1. Ann (w)
2. Bill (w)
3. Chuck (W)
4. Donna (W)
At the beginning, nobody is in play. So let us say the following sequence of
challenges arrive in my mail:
1. Bill challenges Ann. Neither is in play, so the game is scheduled and
Bill is White (he will be Black next time he challenges).
2. Chuck challenges Ann. Ann is in play, so the challenge is rejected.
3. Donna challenges Chuck. Neither is in play so the challenge is issued.
4. And so on.
Please send any comments or problems ASAP as Saturday is coming quickly.
If I do not get any major complaints or problem discoveries, I will send out
a tournament document some time on Friday and you can begin sending in
challenges 12:01 AM Saturday (but I will not be up waiting for them).
Richard
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