[blml] Swiss Teams formats [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Herman De Wael]

richard.hills at immi.gov.au wrote:
> 
> Accelerated Swiss movement details are attached.
> 
> Best wishes
> 
> Richard James Hills, amicus curiae
> National Training Branch, DIAC
> 02 6223 9052
> 
> Accelerated Swiss
> 

I would like to make this a little easier to handle. We already divide 
the field in 4 groups (call them A-B-C-D) and put them into sections 
of 4 teams based on geography (4 different parts of the country). We 
then play the first two rounds A-D and A-C. In the accelerated version 
this becomes:

> 
> Part A – Overview and Round One draw
> 
> 1.  Seeding – Seed the entire field.
> 

done.

> 2.  Temporary carry-forward – Give the top 50% of the seeds a temporary
> carry-forward of 10 vps.  This carry-forward is used in determining the
> draw for both Round One and Round Two.  After finalising the draw for Round
> Two, remove all of the temporary carry-forwards.  The draw for Round Three
> and subsequent rounds will be a normal Swiss draw based on earned vps.
> 

Forget it. The players would shout "why do they get 10 VP?". Not 
needed, I believe, if:

> 3.  Round One draw – The top quarter of the field is drawn against the
> second quarter of the field; the third quarter of the field is drawn
> against the fourth quarter of the field.
> 

That's A-B and C-D in stead of what we do now. Good idea.

> 
> Part B – Round Two draw
> 
> 1.  Divide the field into three groups:
> 
> –     Group 1 is initially defined as those teams with 35 vps to 26 vps
> (top seeded winners)

that's the winner of A-B

> –     Group 2 is initially defined as those teams with 25 vps to 15 vps
> (top seeded losers + bottom seeded winners)

That's the loser of A-B and the winner of C-D

> –     Group 3 is initially defined as those teams with 14 vps to 0 vps
> (mostly bottom seeded losers + a few top seeded annihilated teams)
> 

that's the loser of C-D

> 
> 4.  Round Two draw for modified Group 1:
> 
> –     Group 1 is paired within itself in normal Swiss fashion
> 

So that's one winner against another one. Could we simply pair them 
off from the beginning?

> 5.  Round Two draw for modified Group 2:
> 
> –     Group 2 is paired within itself in normal Swiss fashion, but
> –     constraint: each pairing must be a top seed versus a bottom seed
> 

same there.

> 6.  Round Two draw for modified Group 3:
> 
> –     Group 3 is paired within itself in normal Swiss fashion, but
> –     constraint: top seeded teams must not be paired against each other
> 

and there.

So we could make matches A1-A2 B1-C2 C1-B2 D1-D2 immediately, with the 
constraint that if a B wins over an A, he takes their place?


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Herman DE WAEL
Antwerpen Belgium
http://www.hdw.be