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Alternative to byes

Posted By: Tom Keith
Date: Monday, 2 May 2011, at 11:27 a.m.

In Response To: Alternative to byes (Rich Munitz)

What exactly is a strong player if everyone starts with the same rating?

A "strong" player is a player who performed well in the round robin.

Suppose players A and B both get 4 wins and 3 losses in the RR. They are tied as far as their record goes. But A's wins came against players who themselves won more games. So A gets more credit for his wins because they are (presumably) against stronger players.

It is true that a 5-and-2 player may not really be stronger than a 2-and-5 player; he may have just been lucky. But if you want to select the top 16 players based on their performance in the RR, then I think this is about the best you can do.

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