[blind-chess] Tournament definitions
- From: "alvin blazik" <ablazik@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:11:55 -0400
OK Richard,
One more, Mike G is talking about a ladder tournament. What is that?
----- Original Message -----
From: R Dinger
To: blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 11:45 AM
Subject: [blind-chess] Re: Tournaments? was: Friendly game list
Hi Alvin,
In a double round robin, you play each opponent twice--once as White and once
as Black.
In a single round robin, you play each opponent once and an attempt is made to
"roughly" balance the
number of times each player plays each color.
In a Swiss style tournament, a list of players is sorted by rating and those in
the top half play
those in the bottom half. In the next round the winners of the previous
round's games are arranged
by rating and the top half plays the bottom half. The same thing is done with
the losers in the
previous round. This continues until one clear winner emerges. If the number
of players is not a
power of two some may have a bye in some rounds. The Swiss style tournament
can quickly find the
best player in a group. Four rounds will determine the winner for a group of
16 players or less.
The Swiss style is often used in weekend tournaments.
Another type of tournament is a single elimination (or some variation), where
you play until you
lose. That is fine for the winner, but if you lose early, you don't get to
play much.
Richard
----- Original Message -----
From: alvin blazik
To: blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 8:12 AM
Subject: [blind-chess] Re: Tournaments? was: Friendly game list
Hi Richard,
What is the difference between Round Robin and Swiss Tournament play?
Alvin
-- Original Message -----
From: R Dinger
To: blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 10:57 AM
Subject: [blind-chess] Tournaments? was: Friendly game list
In addition to friendly games, is there any interest in holding tournaments?
I'm not sure we have
enough players yet, but this is something to consider for the future. If there
is any interest,
what sort of tournaments do you want:
* Round Robin
* Swiss
* Theme (everybody uses same opening moves)
* Team (organized regionally?)
* Other
Richard
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris C.
To: blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 2:19 PM
Subject: [blind-chess] Friendly game list
Hi Rod, Richard, and all.
Is there going to be a list put together of everyone on the list and their
email addresses so we
can look and request a friendly game from list members?
Just curious...
Chris Chaffin
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