One option is to reduce the time limit from 40 minutes to 30 minutes to add another round. You can seed a swiss competition so it is likely that the best programs will meet in the last round.
Regards, David > -----Original Message----- > From: computer-go-boun...@computer-go.org [mailto:computer-go- > boun...@computer-go.org] On Behalf Of Shunsuke SOEDA > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 6:39 PM > To: computer-go > Subject: Re: Results of the 2nd UEC Cup (Re: [computer-go] UEC cup) > > Kato-san, David, > > I am a staff of the UEC Cup. > > On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Hideki Kato <hideki_ka...@ybb.ne.jp> wrote: > > David Fotland: <00ca01c95fa2$5ee6bb50$1cb431...@com>: > >>Is it true that the final was a single elimination tournament, and not a > >>Swiss tournament? It seems that Many Faces never played Fudo Go. In future > >>tournaments, please consider using the Swiss tournament system. Most people > >>would agree that it gives more accurate results. > > > > You're right. The final of UEC Cup is not Swiss. > > > > Thank you for the comments. As I'm not a staff of the tounament I > > can't say anything about its future but I'll tell the staff your > > comments. > Well, this issue is somewhat still in discussion. > > > I guess the major reason not using Swiss style is the larger number of > > participants (24 this year) and the shorter time (two days including > > an exhibition match) of the tournament than for example Computer > > Olympiad. > Yes, this is the main reason we chose single elimination tournament. > We are still not sure if we could afford the time for doing a more complicated > style tournament on the second day, when we have an exhibition match. > > Another reason we chose the single elimination tournament, is that > the finals in the single elimination is the "finals", while in other matching > systems, the final game might become a dull game. > > We know that we are sacrificing accuracy, and do want to know > what the participants (and might-be-participants) think about how the > tournament should be organized. > #This includes opinions on how should remote attendance be allowed > > PS. > > Also, this style, Swiss for the preliminary and single-elimination for > > the final, is common in Japan. World Computer Shogi Championship uses > > the same style for example. > Uhmm, I think you are mistaking with another tournament, as the finals > in WCSC is > round robin. By the way, WCSC is a three day event, with around 50 programs. > For the WCSC, we have two preliminary tournaments in (modified) Swiss, > and the finals is round robin. > -- > Shunsuke SOEDA <shunsuke.so...@aist.go.jp> > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
