10 Jan '03 03:53>
I think the draw for the 1st round of the On The Up has really highlighted the point that Harri has been trying to make for a while now. The way players are drawn needs to be altered.
In the 1st round of On The Up mwest is playing dustnrogers, 2 of the strongest people in the whole tournament. As one moves lower and lower down the page it is apparant that the standard of the players in the pairings is quite some way below that of the first few pairings.
At the moment, it follows the system where the highest rated (call him/her Seed 1) is drawn with say Seed 11. Seed 2 with Seed 12, 3 with 13 and so on. Clearly, Seed 9 vs Seed 19 is a long way different from Seed 1 vs Seed 11.
In the 1st round of On The Up mwest is playing dustnrogers, 2 of the strongest people in the whole tournament. As one moves lower and lower down the page it is apparant that the standard of the players in the pairings is quite some way below that of the first few pairings.
At the moment, it follows the system where the highest rated (call him/her Seed 1) is drawn with say Seed 11. Seed 2 with Seed 12, 3 with 13 and so on. Clearly, Seed 9 vs Seed 19 is a long way different from Seed 1 vs Seed 11.