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Question to the TDs

Posted By: Chuck Bower
Date: Thursday, 7 April 2016, at 12:23 a.m.

In Response To: Question to the TDs (Keene)

The variance, or more specifically the high-side tail is critical. It doesn' really matter what the average match length is because it's not the average match that should concern you.

Both Indy back several years ago and Wisconsin and Chicago Open in recent years have done well allowing 2 1/2 hours for a 9-point match in Swiss formats. (There may be more empirical data from Charlotte, too.) I think they may have slipped in a 2 1/4 hour time window in occasionally.

I'm always surprised that the best (if I can say this modestly, or not) study ever done on time required for clocked matches is consistently ignored. I guess good data just isn't on most people's radar. That makes me feel good in some ways since I currently am involved with a company that makes its money on data analysis. If everyone was good at that we would be out of business.

Messages In This Thread

• Question to the TDs
  niuniuch -- Wednesday, 6 April 2016, at 5:20 p.m.
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    Stick -- Wednesday, 6 April 2016, at 5:37 p.m.
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      niuniuch -- Wednesday, 6 April 2016, at 5:46 p.m.
      • Question to the TDs
        Stick -- Wednesday, 6 April 2016, at 5:55 p.m.
        • Question to the TDs
          niuniuch -- Wednesday, 6 April 2016, at 6:25 p.m.
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            Casper Van der Tak -- Wednesday, 6 April 2016, at 6:38 p.m.
          • Question to the TDs
            Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 6 April 2016, at 7:30 p.m.
          • Question to the TDs
            Colin Owen -- Wednesday, 6 April 2016, at 11:06 p.m.
  • Question to the TDs
    Rick Janowski -- Wednesday, 6 April 2016, at 6:03 p.m.
  • Question to the TDs
    Keene -- Wednesday, 6 April 2016, at 6:53 p.m.
    • Question to the TDs
      niuniuch -- Wednesday, 6 April 2016, at 7:05 p.m.
      • Question to the TDs
        Keene -- Wednesday, 6 April 2016, at 7:52 p.m.
    • Question to the TDs
      Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 7 April 2016, at 12:23 a.m.
  • Question to the TDs
    sebalotek -- Thursday, 7 April 2016, at 3:31 p.m.
  • Question to the TDs
    TarHeelFan -- Friday, 8 April 2016, at 11:08 a.m.
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      Bob Koca -- Friday, 8 April 2016, at 2:50 p.m.
      • Approprite late start penalty
        TarHeelFan -- Saturday, 9 April 2016, at 12:13 a.m.
        • Approprite late start penalty
          Casper Van der Tak -- Saturday, 9 April 2016, at 6:24 a.m.