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A plea to Tournament Directors

Posted By: Ken Larsen
Date: Wednesday, 3 September 2014, at 7:32 p.m.

In Response To: A plea to Tournament Directors (phil simborg)

I agree 100% with Phil's assessment. Swiss is the way to go ... you get a lot of backgammon play for your money + Jeb and his family did a wonderful job of running the Charlotte tournament. I'm glad it's the ABT event which is closest to my house ... just 148 miles away.

I asked Jeb why other TDs don't follow his lead. He explained that an extra day is needed that there are only three 3-day weekends on the calendar: Memorial Day, July 4th (technically not all years), and Labor Day.

Scrabble employs the Swiss system with clocks and they have two day tournaments. Backgammon could do the same, but the matches would have to be shorter than what Jeb had (9-pointers). It's worth exploring. I love the format.

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