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Swiss vs random draw

Posted By: Robert Wachtel
Date: Friday, 15 March 2013, at 8:03 p.m.

In Response To: Swiss vs random draw (Bob Koca)

The the strategy of deliberately losing early in a Swiss tournament (the "Swiss Gambit") is well known, and has been used by chess hustlers from time immemorial. You try to weasel your way higher up in the final results by having easier pairings all the way through the tournament. This strategy is designed not for the grandmaster who is trying to win the tournament, but for the mediocre player who wants to do a bit better than expectation (and make a little money). for example: http://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/1112/what-merit-is-there-to-the-so-called-swiss-gambit

I'm not sure how well it works, but it certainly reflects the mindset I was describing: When a good player does well in a Swiss, he will naturally be happy that he has won, but will usually be unhappy with his pairing. In the random draw event, he will still he happy he won, and will, on average, have a neutral attitude towards his pairing.

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• Swiss vs random draw
  Robert Wachtel -- Tuesday, 12 March 2013, at 5:04 p.m.
  • Swiss vs random draw
    Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 12 March 2013, at 5:53 p.m.
    • Swiss vs random draw
      Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 12 March 2013, at 7:18 p.m.
      • Swiss vs random draw
        Frank Berger -- Tuesday, 12 March 2013, at 9:17 p.m.
      • Swiss vs random draw
        Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 12 March 2013, at 11:00 p.m.
        • Swiss vs random draw
          Tom Keith -- Wednesday, 13 March 2013, at 12:50 a.m.
          • Swiss vs random draw
            Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 13 March 2013, at 1:26 a.m.
            • Swiss vs random draw
              Havard Raddum -- Wednesday, 13 March 2013, at 10:04 a.m.
            • Revised chart
              Tom Keith -- Thursday, 14 March 2013, at 3:59 p.m.
              • Revised chart in colour
                playBunny -- Thursday, 14 March 2013, at 6:29 p.m.
                • Revised chart in colour
                  Robert Wachtel -- Thursday, 14 March 2013, at 7:36 p.m.
              • Revised chart
                Joe Russell -- Saturday, 16 March 2013, at 1:35 p.m.
          • Swiss vs random draw
            playBunny -- Wednesday, 13 March 2013, at 4:26 p.m.
          • Swiss vs random draw
            Robert Wachtel -- Thursday, 14 March 2013, at 3:12 a.m.
            • Swiss vs random draw
              Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 14 March 2013, at 2:59 p.m.
            • Swiss vs random draw
              Tom Keith -- Thursday, 14 March 2013, at 4:09 p.m.
        • Swiss vs random draw
          Robert Wachtel -- Thursday, 14 March 2013, at 1:20 a.m.
          • Swiss vs random draw
            Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 14 March 2013, at 3:01 p.m.
  • Swiss vs random draw
    Bill Riles -- Tuesday, 12 March 2013, at 6:54 p.m.
    • Swiss vs random draw
      bayblitz -- Tuesday, 12 March 2013, at 10:00 p.m.
  • Swiss vs random draw
    neilkaz -- Tuesday, 12 March 2013, at 7:06 p.m.
  • Swiss vs random draw
    bayblitz -- Tuesday, 12 March 2013, at 7:58 p.m.
    • Swiss vs random draw
      Daniel Murphy -- Wednesday, 13 March 2013, at 2:38 a.m.
  • Swiss vs random draw
    Phil Simborg -- Friday, 15 March 2013, at 12:48 a.m.
    • Swiss vs random draw
      Bob Koca -- Friday, 15 March 2013, at 12:59 a.m.
      • Swiss vs random draw
        Phil Simborg -- Friday, 15 March 2013, at 3:14 a.m.
    • Swiss vs random draw
      Robert Wachtel -- Friday, 15 March 2013, at 11:00 a.m.
      • Swiss vs random draw
        Bob Koca -- Friday, 15 March 2013, at 3:37 p.m.
        • Swiss vs random draw
          Robert Wachtel -- Friday, 15 March 2013, at 8:03 p.m.
          • Swiss vs random draw
            Bob Koca -- Friday, 15 March 2013, at 9:49 p.m.
      • Swiss vs random draw
        Matt Reklaitis -- Friday, 15 March 2013, at 6:01 p.m.
      • Swiss vs random draw
        Martin -- Tuesday, 19 March 2013, at 9:37 p.m.
    • Swiss vs random draw
      Art Grater -- Sunday, 17 March 2013, at 8:14 a.m.