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Congratulations to young Olivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratté who won the Open section of the Pere Noel tournament with a perfect 5-0 score! He took home $1000 for his efforts.
Games from rounds 4 and 5 will be available within the next couple of days.
It would make more sense if he played GM Bator Sambuev, the highest rated player with 3 1/2 before round 5.
Swiss-Manager has an option in the pairing menu (Ignore color) and the color allocation is ignored for the pairing.
It would make more sense if he played GM Bator Sambuev, the highest rated player with 3 1/2 before round 5.
Swiss-Manager has an option in the pairing menu (Ignore color) and the color allocation is ignored for the pairing.
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Nothing wrong with the pairing. The TD is under no obligation to stack the pairing so the highest rated player with fewer points than the leader has a chance to win the event.
Last edited by Gary Ruben; Wednesday, 31st December, 2014, 03:21 PM.
They just kept alternating the colors. In that case the optimal pairing were as we saw. Gachet had a higher performance rating after round 4, so maybe that's a factor as well?
Last edited by Mathieu Cloutier; Wednesday, 31st December, 2014, 01:08 PM.
An interesting last round pairing years ago featured Walter Brown in some random six round Swiss in Toronto. He lost a game early, I think to Leskowsky, and in the fifth round was paired with Mohan Rajagopal. After the time control each had a queen, WB had five pawns to four, but all on the e to h files and blocked. There was simply no play in the position. Theodorovitch had 5-0, with six players at 4-1. There was no sudden death time control then, and Walter would not concede the draw, so the last round had to be paired and played, with his game with Raj adjourned till after the last round.Walter insisted that he be paired as a win so that he would play Theo in the last round, and the TD agreed to do so. Walter knew he could not win the adjourned game, so beating Theo would not achieve anything. Or so it seemed , but Walter had an idea - he approached all the six players on 4 points and told them that he would beat Theo so there would be tie for first place between Theo and whichever of the six players on 4 points won - but only if all six agreed that if they were part of the first place tie, they would pay some amount to Walter. If all six did not agree, he would not beat Theo. The amount he requested was reasonable and all six agreed! The only person who did not agree was Theo - he beat Walter to finish at 6-0 and Walter then agreed the draw with Raj to finish at 3.5, his second time making that score in Toronto.
An interesting last round pairing years ago featured Walter Brown in some random six round Swiss in Toronto. He lost a game early, I think to Leskowsky, and in the fifth round was paired with Mohan Rajagopal. After the time control each had a queen, WB had five pawns to four, but all on the e to h files and blocked. There was simply no play in the position. Theodorovitch had 5-0, with six players at 4-1. There was no sudden death time control then, and Walter would not concede the draw, so the last round had to be paired and played, with his game with Raj adjourned till after the last round.Walter insisted that he be paired as a win so that he would play Theo in the last round, and the TD agreed to do so. Walter knew he could not win the adjourned game, so beating Theo would not achieve anything. Or so it seemed , but Walter had an idea - he approached all the six players on 4 points and told them that he would beat Theo so there would be tie for first place between Theo and whichever of the six players on 4 points won - but only if all six agreed that if they were part of the first place tie, they would pay some amount to Walter. If all six did not agree, he would not beat Theo. The amount he requested was reasonable and all six agreed! The only person who did not agree was Theo - he beat Walter to finish at 6-0 and Walter then agreed the draw with Raj to finish at 3.5, his second time making that score in Toronto.
I've heard a lot of stories about last round 'stuff'... but that has to be up there as one of the most pathetic ever.
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