From: "J. Andrew Lipscomb" CHATTANOOGA NET> Date: 2 oct 1997 Subject: Re: Round robins >> Incidentally, this is part of a larger problem I'm working on of having a >> round robin tournament of doubles teams (you're right, they're not Shogi >> players) in which each player plays with each other player against each >> other player twice. If any one has any insight into this larger problem I >> would also be interested in hearing from you. > >Use the same scheme twice (but reverse the colors). > >Oluf No, that's a different problem. Imagine a doubles tennis tournament in which you play one match with each of the other players as your partner, and two with each of the others as an opponent. You might ask the question on rec.games.bridge--the problem is almost equivalent to an individual movement in that game. J. Andrew Lipscomb ewwa chattanooga net Don't blame me, I voted Libertarian.