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Tournament formats

Posted By: Matt Cohn-Geier
Date: Tuesday, 26 April 2011, at 6:01 p.m.

In Response To: Tournament formats (Phil Simborg)

In general the stronger player ought to win a single match to 15 much more often than best-of-3 5-point matches, or a match to 21 much more often than best-of-3 7-point matches. But, I guess some don't find it so exciting or interesting.

Messages In This Thread

• Tournament formats
  Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 23 April 2011, at 8:29 p.m.
  • Tournament formats
    Bill Riles -- Saturday, 23 April 2011, at 9:00 p.m.
    • Tournament formats
      Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 23 April 2011, at 9:17 p.m.
      • Tournament formats
        Bill Riles -- Saturday, 23 April 2011, at 9:26 p.m.
        • Tournament formats
          Jason Lee -- Saturday, 23 April 2011, at 10:13 p.m.
      • Tournament formats
        Michael Crane -- Sunday, 24 April 2011, at 1:17 p.m.
  • Tournament formats
    Michael Petch -- Saturday, 23 April 2011, at 9:21 p.m.
  • Tournament formats
    Brus -- Saturday, 23 April 2011, at 10:16 p.m.
    • Tournament formats
      Leonardo Jerkovic -- Saturday, 23 April 2011, at 11:03 p.m.
      • Tournament formats
        Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 23 April 2011, at 11:38 p.m.
        • Tournament formats
          Leonardo Jerkovic -- Sunday, 24 April 2011, at 1:15 p.m.
          • Tournament formats
            Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 24 April 2011, at 4:04 p.m.
            • Tournament formats
              Leonardo Jerkovic -- Sunday, 24 April 2011, at 4:36 p.m.
              • Tournament formats
                Mislav Radica -- Monday, 25 April 2011, at 1:00 a.m.
                • Tournament formats
                  Michael Crane -- Tuesday, 26 April 2011, at 7:39 a.m.
                  • Tournament formats
                    Mislav Radica -- Tuesday, 26 April 2011, at 1:00 p.m.
    • Tournament formats
      Jason Lee -- Saturday, 23 April 2011, at 11:59 p.m.
  • The Chicago Open will be a "More Swiss" format (Long but informative)
    rory -- Sunday, 24 April 2011, at 3:02 a.m.
    • The Chicago Open will be a "More Swiss" format (Long but informative)
      Chuck Bower -- Sunday, 24 April 2011, at 2:20 p.m.
      • The Chicago Open will be a "More Swiss" format (Long but informative)
        Sam Pottle -- Thursday, 28 April 2011, at 1:42 a.m.
        • Stay vigilant, Sam
          Chuck Bower -- Sunday, 1 May 2011, at 4:00 p.m.
          • Stay vigilant, Sam
            Sam Pottle -- Sunday, 1 May 2011, at 5:12 p.m.
            • LOL! *NM*
              rory -- Sunday, 1 May 2011, at 11:13 p.m.
    • OK, serious question this time
      Chuck Bower -- Sunday, 24 April 2011, at 2:38 p.m.
      • OK, serious question this time
        rory -- Monday, 25 April 2011, at 2:36 a.m.
        • OK, serious question this time
          Bob Koca -- Monday, 25 April 2011, at 3:29 a.m.
          • OK, serious question this time
            rory -- Monday, 25 April 2011, at 3:33 a.m.
            • OK, serious question this time
              Bob Koca -- Monday, 25 April 2011, at 5:32 a.m.
              • OK, serious question this time
                rory -- Monday, 25 April 2011, at 2:22 p.m.
                • OK, serious question this time
                  Rich Munitz -- Monday, 25 April 2011, at 7:20 p.m.
                • OK, serious question this time
                  Sam Pottle -- Thursday, 28 April 2011, at 1:50 a.m.
  • Tournament formats
    Michael Crane -- Sunday, 24 April 2011, at 1:13 p.m.
  • Other considerations
    Chuck Bower -- Sunday, 24 April 2011, at 2:28 p.m.
    • Other considerations
      Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 24 April 2011, at 4:03 p.m.
    • Other considerations
      Sam Pottle -- Thursday, 28 April 2011, at 1:52 a.m.
  • Tournament formats
    Bob Koca -- Sunday, 24 April 2011, at 3:48 p.m.
    • Tournament formats
      Tom Keith -- Sunday, 24 April 2011, at 7:00 p.m.
      • Tournament formats
        Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 24 April 2011, at 7:30 p.m.
        • Tournament formats
          Bob Koca -- Sunday, 24 April 2011, at 9:40 p.m.
    • Tournament formats
      Phil Simborg -- Tuesday, 26 April 2011, at 5:51 p.m.
      • Tournament formats
        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 26 April 2011, at 6:01 p.m.
        • Tournament formats
          Leonardo Jerkovic -- Tuesday, 26 April 2011, at 6:27 p.m.
      • Measure of (much more) skill?
        mtuhtan -- Tuesday, 26 April 2011, at 6:13 p.m.
        • Measure of (much more) skill?
          eXtreme Gammon -- Tuesday, 26 April 2011, at 7:54 p.m.
  • Tournament formats
    Alex Davies -- Sunday, 24 April 2011, at 4:21 p.m.
    • Tournament formats
      Leonardo Jerkovic -- Sunday, 24 April 2011, at 4:39 p.m.
    • Tournament formats
      Brus -- Sunday, 24 April 2011, at 10:55 p.m.
      • Tournament formats
        Timothy Chow -- Monday, 25 April 2011, at 2:19 a.m.