From: "Secelle Johannes F.L.A." <johannes.secelle <at> MINFIN <dot> FED <dot> BE>
Date: 28 sep 2001
Subject: Re: Pairing program

Pair Two (used at MSO 2000) is ok!

Hans

Pieter Stouten schreef:

> On 01/09/26 at 22:44 +0200, Nilsson, Carl Johan wrote:
>
> >Pairings
> >-----------
> >Swiss (Nordic) system will be used for pairing. Pairings will be
> >made with computerprogram supported by FIDE. This will enssure
> >quickness and fairness in the pairings.
> >
> Most chess pairings programs take the black and white balance into
> account, i.e., they try to pair players such that they will have
> played equal numbers of games with black and white. Since Shogi
> tournaments typically employ furigoma and don't keep track of who had
> black, using a standard Chess pairings program introduces an
> undesirable element of randomness into the pairing. Does anybody know
> of a high-quality pairings program (e.g., endorsed by FIDE) that
> allows one to disregard the black/white balance?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pieter