From: tiger22 IX NETCOM COM Date: 22 sep 1999 Subject: Junisen schedule Can someone please explain how pairings are made in the B2, C1, C2 Junisen? When there are more players than rounds to be played, I'm accustomed to the Swiss System method where winners play winners. However, in these sections the pairings are made for all rounds in advance. This leads to highly unusual (for me) results. For example, in last year C2, Namekata, Katsumata, and Kimura were promoted, but did not play each other. Katsumata did not play anyone who finished in the top 6 and the other two players only played 1 player in the top 6. The unlucky player was Sugimoto who played two players in the top 3, losing both and missing promotion. Perhaps it is necessary for scheduling purposes to have a fixed schedule, but that seems a lame excuse, since none of the other tournaments rely so heavily on a fixed schedule in advance. I think it would be more dramatic to have players with the same score playing each other each round.