There has been some interest here for a tournament. I, for reasons as yet to be discerned, volunteered to direct. 
In order to do this, a few details need to be worked out.
First, since you can't have a chess tournament without players, who, besides me, is in?
Second, an official starting date is needed. I'm thinking about March 31 or April 7.
Third, to keep the games moving, a time control is needed. I propose 10 moves in 360 hours. After the tenth move an additional 360 hours would be added for the next 10 moves. This wound give an average of 1.5 days to make your move. Your time is only used when it is your move. Also, it is the responsibility of the player to claim a win by time forfeiture when applicable.
Fourth, the tournament system will be decided by the poll. Irrespective of the system decided, it can be either one game or a two game match (one as black and one as white against each opponent). I prefer the two game match, especially for round robin.
For those who don't know:
Round Robin: each player plays one game/match against every other player.
Swiss: Players are grouped by score and sorted by rating. Each group is divided in two ant the top half plays the bottom half. For example, if after the third round six players have 3 points: 1 plays 4, 2 plays 5, and 3 plays 6.
Elimination: Similar to a Swiss, but players are eliminated after losing a certain number of games (1 for single elimination, 2 for double elimination, etc.).
For a small number of contestants (what I figure the actual case will be), the best system to use is Round Robin. It has the advantage of everybody playing the same number of games, being able to schedule their games themselves somewhat at their own leisure, playing as many games as the can handle, and not having to wait until all (or at least most) of the previous round's games are finished. As the field grows, however, the number of games can be come cumbersome.
Swiss can also be a viable option, unless the field is too small. In a small field you into problems of needing to avoid pairing the same two players more than once. This can greatly upset the advantage of the Swiss in separating the stronger from the weaker, and visa-versa. Also, in a small field, it start to look a lot like a Round Robin, but without the advantages. Should we end up using a Swiss system, the number of rounds will need to be balanced to the size of the field.
The problem with Elimination is that most of the players player play only a few games before they are eliminated. In single elimination, half the players could be eliminated after just one round.
For the most part, how this tournament is organized is open for discussion. And unless there are specific questions to the effect, issues such as adjudication of hopeless positions and tie breaks can be addressed at a later date.
So what do you think?[dance]
In order to do this, a few details need to be worked out.
First, since you can't have a chess tournament without players, who, besides me, is in?
Second, an official starting date is needed. I'm thinking about March 31 or April 7.
Third, to keep the games moving, a time control is needed. I propose 10 moves in 360 hours. After the tenth move an additional 360 hours would be added for the next 10 moves. This wound give an average of 1.5 days to make your move. Your time is only used when it is your move. Also, it is the responsibility of the player to claim a win by time forfeiture when applicable.
Fourth, the tournament system will be decided by the poll. Irrespective of the system decided, it can be either one game or a two game match (one as black and one as white against each opponent). I prefer the two game match, especially for round robin.
For those who don't know:
Round Robin: each player plays one game/match against every other player.
Swiss: Players are grouped by score and sorted by rating. Each group is divided in two ant the top half plays the bottom half. For example, if after the third round six players have 3 points: 1 plays 4, 2 plays 5, and 3 plays 6.
Elimination: Similar to a Swiss, but players are eliminated after losing a certain number of games (1 for single elimination, 2 for double elimination, etc.).
For a small number of contestants (what I figure the actual case will be), the best system to use is Round Robin. It has the advantage of everybody playing the same number of games, being able to schedule their games themselves somewhat at their own leisure, playing as many games as the can handle, and not having to wait until all (or at least most) of the previous round's games are finished. As the field grows, however, the number of games can be come cumbersome.
Swiss can also be a viable option, unless the field is too small. In a small field you into problems of needing to avoid pairing the same two players more than once. This can greatly upset the advantage of the Swiss in separating the stronger from the weaker, and visa-versa. Also, in a small field, it start to look a lot like a Round Robin, but without the advantages. Should we end up using a Swiss system, the number of rounds will need to be balanced to the size of the field.
The problem with Elimination is that most of the players player play only a few games before they are eliminated. In single elimination, half the players could be eliminated after just one round.
For the most part, how this tournament is organized is open for discussion. And unless there are specific questions to the effect, issues such as adjudication of hopeless positions and tie breaks can be addressed at a later date.
So what do you think?[dance]
..perhaps if a player is unheard from for..say..5 days?, then that is a forfeit.It may have to be something like:Rd1 starts on xx and must be finished by xx(how long is reasonable for a game?...a month?..2 weeks?
As you're the #1 ranked player here I was most looking forward to playing you.
