03 Jan 07
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Originally posted by Snowman606group 1 🙄
You're not kidding. My group is a bit on the extremely tough side - Group 56.
Not that I was expecting to get through whatever group I was in of course - it will be a privilege to play the reigning champ though.
it really should be original pairings
03 Jan 07
Originally posted by PeakiteAgreed. Random pairings makes it much more interesting for lower rated players to join this event. And at the end of the day, the experiences from the past 2 championships are that the final group is pretty strong in any case...
Thankfully it isn't though - much more variation and potentially interesting groups this way.
03 Jan 07
Originally posted by cludii disagree, just look at group 1. at least with original pairings the lower rated players (including myself) are guaranteed to get a couple of strong players in their group.
Agreed. Random pairings makes it much more interesting for lower rated players to join this event.
03 Jan 07
Originally posted by trevor33As a player who has normally been of a similar rating to yourself (and indeed our one game was drawn*) I've always had problems with the original rating. It certainly wouldn't be as bad as a duel tournament where you're either just under or over the halfway point, resulting in a game which is all too frequently a pretty easy game or a virtually impossible one, followed by a 1,800 player in a second round.
i disagree, just look at group 1. at least with original pairings the lower rated players (including myself) are guaranteed to get a couple of strong players in their group.
It's good to play against the best, but I'd rather have a mixture of groups that randomness gives - sometimes meeting a couple of top players and having a difficult time and sometimes having a group where I have a realistic chance of challenging for the top spot.
*Although looking at that game now I'm puzzled as to why I agreed to it.
03 Jan 07
Originally posted by Peakitei think it was a siege match and you just needed a draw to play the next game, either that or you where scared i'd make a comeback 😉
As a player who has normally been of a similar rating to yourself (and indeed our one game was drawn*) I've always had problems with the original rating. It certainly wouldn't be as bad as a duel tournament where you're either just under or over the halfway point, resulting in a game which is all too frequently a pretty easy game or a virtually impossible on ...[text shortened]... the top spot.
*Although looking at that game now I'm puzzled as to why I agreed to it.
i know what you mean about the duels but thats why i enter them, i knew if i don't get a 1900+ opponent in the first round i'll get an easy match and a good player in the next round. if the 2007 championship was original pairing i would be guaranteed 3 people better rated that me (of different skills) and 5 people below my rating. (if my maths was right, i was just above the half way mark) i think most people enter this tournament (the ones that know they have no chance of winning it) because they want to play people better than them, this way guarantees that. last year i played in it and rockgrabber (rated 1700) was the best player in my group (ok i was only 1200 then but still) and the next best player was 1500. at the time i was happy playing people better than me but if i got the same group this year, i'd be a bit annoyed at missing the top players.
03 Jan 07
Originally posted by wucky3Cross your fingers and hope you're somewhere in groups 1-64? 😛
how can i find my group on the tables without having to go through all 65 pages??
Unfortunately it seems you have to dig through the whole list. Unless one of your fellow group members is kind enough to let you know...