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Tournament formats

Posted By: Jason Lee
Date: Saturday, 23 April 2011, at 11:59 p.m.

In Response To: Tournament formats (Brus)

One of the advantages of backgammon for knockout tournaments is that there are no ties or draws - no need to resort to crap like blitz or "armageddon" games as in certain chess events.

But isn't this a disadvantage for Swiss? Without the possibility (in chess, likelihood) of half-point margins, there's a more likely chance of a playoff being needed.

In principle, yes... but in practice, backgammon tournaments are run with enough rounds to be able to determine a single winner without much trouble.

JLee

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