From: Douglas Dysart <dougdysart <at> HOTMAIL <dot> COM>
Date: 25 feb 2000
Subject: Re: Results Dutch Championship 2000

Hi Marc,

I read about the format for your Dutch Championship (congrats, BTW!).  Maybe
you could explain exactly how it works, since I'm a little confused.  I
suppose there's a way to "crack the code" by looking at the results, but I
don't have the energy or time to do it.

If your format is a really good one, I think we should introduce it into
American tournaments, because some of our elimination tournaments here have
suffered when eliminated players find it frustrating to find an opponent
under appropriate tournament conditions.

Thanks for your help!
Doug Dysart

>From: 'Marc Theeuwen' <Marc_Theeuwen <at> AMSINC <dot> COM>
>Subject: Results Dutch Championship 2000
>Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 00:20:38 +0100
>Results of the Dutch Championship 2000

>The Dutch Championship tournament has a knock-out format. Players that
>have been eliminated from the Dutch Championship continue to play in
>the side tournament. Because of their results in the 1999 edition of
>the Dutch Championships, Frans Roquas and Jan Oosterwijk were entitled
>to a bye the first round. However, they chose to play the first round
>against each other within the framework of the side tournament.
>
>Firstly the knock-out scheme is shown (the =,+,H symbols indicate players
>that win within the knock-out tournament, dots indicate players that are
>eliminated from the knock-out tournament). Secondly, the integrated
>results of both the Dutch Championship and the side tournament are shown.

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