From: "Secelle Johannes F.L.A." <johannes.secelle <at> MINFIN <dot> FED <dot> BE>
Date: 1 oct 2001
Subject: Re: Pairing program

Furigoma is used to determine which color a player will take,
AFTER the pairingsystem has decided who will play whom !!

Hans Secelle

Reg Tanaban schreef:

> One thing I don't understand, is why is the traditional furigoma system
> undesirable for these tournaments?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "STOUTEN, PIETER [R&D/0467]" <pieter.stouten <at> PHARMACIA <dot> COM>
> To: <SHOGI-L <at> TECHUNIX <dot> TECHNION <dot> AC <dot> IL>
> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 5:37 AM
> Subject: Re: Pairing program
>
> > --- "Secelle Johannes F.L.A." <johannes.secelle <at> MINFIN <dot> FED <dot> BE> wrote:
> >
> > > Pair Two (used at MSO 2000) is ok!
> > >
> > Not quite. It pairs reliably and correctly, and one can indeed switch off
> > the black/white criterion. However, you probably still remember the hours
> > spent on fixing the sum of opponents' scores problems introduced by the
> way
> > Pair Two handled absentees and late entries?
> >
> > --- DANERUD MARTIN <martin.danerud <at> TELIA <dot> COM> wrote:
> >
> > > The Swedish Shogi Championship tournament 2001 in Goteborg
> > > used the latest version of Swiss Perfect, which enables turning off
> > > the pairing taking colours into consideration. It can be downloaded
> > > in a 30 days free evaluation version
> > >
> > Thanks. I'll take a look at it.
> >
> > > Most important of all, I think, is that a transparent pairing system
> > > is used that can be explained to everyone. Homemade pairings biased
> > > by the opinions of the arbiter (and some of the participants!), I
> > > hope that we will never see in future shogi tournaments.
> > >
> > I completely agree. Early Shogi tournaments were plagued by unusual
> pairing
> > criteria. One tournament in Holland used the expectation of an interesting
> > game (as determined by the organizer) as the main criterion. Even such
> > criteria could be fine, though, as long as they are announced beforehand,
> > and applied consistently and reproducibly.
> >
> > Ciao,
> >
> > Pieter
> >