From: Reg Tanaban <reg418 <at> HOTMAIL <dot> COM>
Date: 28 sep 2001
Subject: Re: Pairing program

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
>