I have had second thoughts about this.
People have encouraged me to use McMahon instead of Swiss for the KGS bot
tournaments. But they may, like me, not have realised what they were asking
for - that they would be getting an American McMahon, not a European one.
Also, iniitial rating plays a larg
I have now realised that it was a language problem. "McMahon tournament"
means different things in Europe and America. I knew only the European
meaning, and KGS implements the American version.
I assume that those who wrote here encouraging me to I hold the monthly KGS
bot tournaments in McMahon
On 18 May 2016 at 17:31, Xavier Combelle wrote:
> AFter watching that it was a 13x13 tournament I would say that the more
> probable is that KGS don't know how to handle handicap tournament with
> small board
>
That's a possibility. So I should run a test 19x19 tournament. I still
need a volunt
AFter watching that it was a 13x13 tournament I would say that the more
probable is that KGS don't know how to handle handicap tournament with
small board
2016-05-18 18:30 GMT+02:00 Xavier Combelle :
> According to https://www.gokgs.com/help/_fr_FR/tournMcMahon.html McMahon
> avoid high handicap.
According to https://www.gokgs.com/help/_fr_FR/tournMcMahon.html McMahon
avoid high handicap. You could also setup a swiss with handicap tournament
2016-05-18 18:06 GMT+02:00 Nick Wedd :
> I had been persuaded, by postings to this list, to run the monthly KGS bot
> tournaments with a McMahon div
I had been persuaded, by postings to this list, to run the monthly KGS bot
tournaments with a McMahon division.
I now think that this probably won't work. I have run a test McMahon
tournament. No handicaps were assigned, or reported in the results. This
*may* have been because none of the entran
