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The good and the bad and the only fix needed
Posted By: Daniel Murphy In Response To: The good and the bad and the only fix needed (neilkaz)
Date: Thursday, 16 May 2013, at 3:07 p.m.
I'd agree very strongly with Neil's first thought that awarding a bye to a player with the fewest losses is awful, and it should instead be awarded to a player with the most losses. The idea is that the free point of the bye is a large advantage, that byes shouldn't affect outcomes, and awarding the bye to a player at the bottom is less likely to affect the outcome of the tournament.
As far as why not instead award byes randomly since pairings already random too, I'd say no, that's not better, but I don't think random pairings are better than like-record pairings, either.
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