[computer-go] A new pairing system idea for CGOS

[Don Dailey]

This isn't complicated, it's very simple.  I'm an expert in pairing
swiss tournaments, I used to be a tournament director in the days where
you had to do it manually.   And the Swiss system has a guarantee of
fairness.  

With a properly paired Swiss, you continually get paired with players
who have the same score as you.   The top 2 players meet in the last
round if they both are the top scoring players.   

And games are not rated when there is a bye, this only affects the
actual pairings.

The Swiss mechanism won't be visible, it will happen behind the scenes
and would be used as a pairing device only.    All you would see is
opponent getting paired from round to round in a fair way.
  

- Don


On Thu, 2006-10-05 at 14:21 -0700, Christoph Birk wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Oct 2006, Don Dailey wrote:
> 
> > While thinking about the problem of a fair pairing system for CGOS, I
> > think I have discovered an interesting alternative system for fair
> > pairings ...   turn CGOS into a tournament server!
> > ...
> 
> I think this is way too complicated. Also the idea of scoring
> games that got a 'bye' is really bad. There is no need on a server
> like CGOS to use a "shortcut" or beeing "fair".
> 
> I much prefer you last suggestion: pair from the top down.
> KISS :-)
> 
> Christoph
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