Outwitters WORLD CUP Winner - Alvendor (SWEDEN)

[Thrutchy]

(10-16-2012 07:58 AM)Eijolend Wrote:  

(10-16-2012 01:08 AM)Thrutchy Wrote:  I like the fact that in group play, all players stayed in for at least 6 games (3 matches). But, this is also equivalent to the amount of games for 3 rounds in a Swiss tournament (but, they'd be serialized). For 32 players, you only need 5 rounds. It probably would be longer overall since you have to wait on all players in each round, but probably not that much longer.

Assuming we still wanted to do that 2 games=1 match system, you'll probably need more than 5 rounds, because the n rounds for 2^n players only works if there are no or few ties. I'd expect a high number of ties in high level play.

Very true. I'm very curious to see how it works out in the tournament you organized. There will probably be a bigger spread among the top-skilled players though.

Swiss tournament works well for chess, so I'm assuming it will for outwitters as well.