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On July 23 2007 14:21 wizardpl wrote:
So now, we have 16 players. I randomly assign opponents. Obviously, there would be 4 stages to the tournament: round of 16, quarterfinals, semi-finals, and finals. What I am wondering, is for example, in SC…typically they have a BO3 up to semi-finals, where they do BO5. But in chess, obviously, there are ties. What would you guys recommend?
Well, I´m not sure if you are familiar with chess tournaments. The large grandmaster tournaments are either (double) round robin style (everbody plays eachother twice, once with black and once with white) or elimination style. Each elimination round consists of several matches (2, 4, 6 etc. As long as both players have the same amount of games with the white pieces it´s ok) where a win is 1 point, a daw a half point. Should the score be tied after all the games have been played, a new series of games will start, but this time with a faster time control. If this series is tied again, a final series of games will start with even faster time controls. If this final series also ends up being tied, a single decisive match will be played where a draw will be considered a win for black and a loss for white. To compensate, the player with the white pieces gets more time on his clock (considering we are already in very fast time control, you could be thinking about 5 minutes for black and 6 minutes for white). Smaller tournaments generally don´t use a knockout formula, but it´s by no means impossible.
With regards to time controls, I would suggest something fast like 15 minutes each without an increment (15-0) with four games per round. For a tie, I would suggest to bring the time controls to 5-0 for the first extra series and 3-0 for the second. You could obviously opt for standard time but I highly doubt that all the players have 4 hours of free time for each game.
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Well, I understand what you are saying. What I would for the time control is 15-0 (like you said). For the format, I'd really want to cut down on the number of games (of course, I want everybody to play, but that being said, I want to find a fine balance between time and games). 4 games does seem a good number, but in my opinion, if the games are tied, we should continue game 5,(etc.) with the 15-0. I understand the reason for lowering the time, but that being said, I have witnessed dramatic changes in the quality of play when you lower the time from 15 to 5, and for the most part, I don't want a tightly contested match at 3-2 to end up being won because someone blundered on time...
So...if nobody protests, we will have for each match-up:
- 15-0 time limit = 15 minutes per player, no increments after every move
- 4 game series (1 point for win, 0.5 for draw)
- If series is tied after 4, we continue playing additional games until one player wins regular 15-0 time limit. So instead of starting a whole new series with a different time control we keep on adding games with the same time control.
Everybody thank Sr18 for his contribution.
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How many additional games do you suggest after the original series of 4 games ends up being tied? Just two games or another batch of four games? Remember that it has to be an even number of games so that both players get the same amount of games with the white pieces.
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Add me to the list please! Thanks =] let's make every game a GG~
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I would like to participate
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United States5262 Posts
I would like to also participate.
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
If you're still considering giving a cash prize, how about you donate that money to charity under the name of the winner? (assuming the winner consents)
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sign me up if theres still room
French defense fighting!
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sign me up if theres room
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Sing me up. 
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any spots left?
if so, add me please.
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There is room for all of you  , 2 more players needed. Infinity, nice idea, I'll think about it
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On July 23 2007 16:55 Sr18 wrote:
How many additional games do you suggest after the original series of 4 games ends up being tied? Just two games or another batch of four games? Remember that it has to be an even number of games so that both players get the same amount of games with the white pieces.
Oh..sorry, haha, I forgot about the fact that both of the players need to play white...so I'd say start with adding 2, and if it's still tied after that, play another 2, etc.
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If there is by some chance 1 spot left, would any of you object to me filling it in? , I'd love to also play.
Edit: Sorry for triple post.
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If there's still room, I'd like to be in as well.
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PMed you, but signing up here too ^^
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Please add me if there's room 
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I agree with all Sr18 said, especially the cash prize.
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Canada1350 Posts
sign me up if theres room
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EPT
