Chess.com Isle Of Man Tournament 23 Sep to 1 Oct 2017
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Re: Chess.com Isle Of Man Tournament 23 Sep to 1 Oct 2017
Played in the Isle of Man tournament, back in 1991. Julian Hodgson was the strongest player competing.
The prize money was good, but nowhere near the 50K range. Stewart Reuben was the Controller.
Michael Adams will be struggling with this kind of competition.
The prize money was good, but nowhere near the 50K range. Stewart Reuben was the Controller.
Michael Adams will be struggling with this kind of competition.
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Re: Chess.com Isle Of Man Tournament 23 Sep to 1 Oct 2017
I was not being into entirely serious!Ian Thompson wrote:It makes no comment on how players will be selected from the reserve lists if places become available. Picking the highest rated player on the list wouldn't be an unreasonable selection method.Christopher Kreuzer wrote:Good point. That was detailed here (back in June):Graham Borrowdale wrote:
So what happened to that waiting list?
http://iominternationalchess.com/news-m ... losed.html
Alan Ormsby wrote:"There are 28 players on the reserve list who have completed an entry form and are hoping for a place to become available in the Masters. In addition, there is a reserve list for conditions if players to whom I’ve offered conditions have to withdraw."
If the world champion wants to play I expect most organisers of opens would find a way to squeeze him in.
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Re: Chess.com Isle Of Man Tournament 23 Sep to 1 Oct 2017
It's new as of this year.Christopher Kreuzer wrote: Is this pairing method new, or was it done this way in previous years?
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Wrong thread? Or am I missing something?LawrenceCooper wrote:"Oh, it's mate" I caught myself exclaiming after playing through the end of Bu-Svidler
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Re: Chess.com Isle Of Man Tournament 23 Sep to 1 Oct 2017
Correct, wrong thread. Post removed.David Sedgwick wrote:Wrong thread? Or am I missing something?LawrenceCooper wrote:"Oh, it's mate" I caught myself exclaiming after playing through the end of Bu-Svidler
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Re: Chess.com Isle Of Man Tournament 23 Sep to 1 Oct 2017
Presumably, the desired effect of this is that a relatively weak player gets to play against a very strong player who they wouldn't normally have the chance to play.IoM Masters Terms and Conditions wrote:
Swiss Pairing System, including a random draw for the first round pairings
The first round draw to determine pairings will be fully random, i.e. any player can be paired against any other player. The draw for the top seeds will be public. Lower seed pairings will be made at random by computer. This is a brief step-by-step process:
1. Number 1 seed draws manually for colour and his opponent is chosen by drawing a number from a bag.
2. The next highest seed still in the bag takes the opposite colour from the number 1 seed and draws a number from the bag, determining his opponent.
3. This process is repeated to produce the first 8 pairings. If a player draws their own number then it is put back into the bag and the player draws another number.
4. The process is handed over to the computer to produce the remaining pairings, with the stronger player in each fixture having the opposite colour to the stronger player on the board above.
As of round 2, pairings will be made according to the Dutch Swiss pairing system, using the most recent Swiss-Manager pairing program.
I suspect the undesirable effect is that it makes it more likely that there will be colour imbalances to deal with in the pairings, and a bigger than normal risk of someone getting 6 games with one colour.
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Re: Chess.com Isle Of Man Tournament 23 Sep to 1 Oct 2017
Wouldn't it have made more sense to only randomise one half of the draw, maintaining the "desirable" effect but mitigating the undesirable?Ian Thompson wrote:Presumably, the desired effect of this is that a relatively weak player gets to play against a very strong player who they wouldn't normally have the chance to play.IoM Masters Terms and Conditions wrote:
Swiss Pairing System, including a random draw for the first round pairings
The first round draw to determine pairings will be fully random, i.e. any player can be paired against any other player. The draw for the top seeds will be public. Lower seed pairings will be made at random by computer. This is a brief step-by-step process:
1. Number 1 seed draws manually for colour and his opponent is chosen by drawing a number from a bag.
2. The next highest seed still in the bag takes the opposite colour from the number 1 seed and draws a number from the bag, determining his opponent.
3. This process is repeated to produce the first 8 pairings. If a player draws their own number then it is put back into the bag and the player draws another number.
4. The process is handed over to the computer to produce the remaining pairings, with the stronger player in each fixture having the opposite colour to the stronger player on the board above.
As of round 2, pairings will be made according to the Dutch Swiss pairing system, using the most recent Swiss-Manager pairing program.
I suspect the undesirable effect is that it makes it more likely that there will be colour imbalances to deal with in the pairings, and a bigger than normal risk of someone getting 6 games with one colour.
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Re: Chess.com Isle Of Man Tournament 23 Sep to 1 Oct 2017
Does this new pairing method make it more or less likely that titled players will meet in the first round? Maybe someone can do some calculations as well as comparing to other pairing methods.
More seriously, is this a pairing method accepted by FIDE? Can any FIDE-rated Swiss tournament come up with any method they like to do. first round pairings?
More seriously, is this a pairing method accepted by FIDE? Can any FIDE-rated Swiss tournament come up with any method they like to do. first round pairings?
Re: Chess.com Isle Of Man Tournament 23 Sep to 1 Oct 2017
By which you mean (?) - in a field of 200, you rank 1-100 by grade; then randomly assigned 101-200 as their opponents. If so, I like this idea. It stops the silliness of 1 v. 186 compared with 2 v. 5; but preserves a healthy element of potentially amusing match-upsRichard Bates wrote:Wouldn't it have made more sense to only randomise one half of the draw, maintaining the "desirable" effect but mitigating the undesirable?
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Irrelevant to this tournament; considerably more than half the field is titled. You'd need to test it out on a weaker tournament.Christopher Kreuzer wrote:Does this new pairing method make it more or less likely that titled players will meet in the first round? Maybe someone can do some calculations as well as comparing to other pairing methods.
FIDE-rated tournament, yes, pretty much. Title-norm tournament, you've got to specify your pairing method up-front.More seriously, is this a pairing method accepted by FIDE? Can any FIDE-rated Swiss tournament come up with any method they like to do. first round pairings?
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Re: Chess.com Isle Of Man Tournament 23 Sep to 1 Oct 2017
Yes.David Robertson wrote:By which you mean (?) - in a field of 200, you rank 1-100 by grade; then randomly assigned 101-200 as their opponents. If so, I like this idea. It stops the silliness of 1 v. 186 compared with 2 v. 5; but preserves a healthy element of potentially amusing match-upsRichard Bates wrote:Wouldn't it have made more sense to only randomise one half of the draw, maintaining the "desirable" effect but mitigating the undesirable?
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Re: Chess.com Isle Of Man Tournament 23 Sep to 1 Oct 2017
Given the strength of the tournament, potential Norm seekers would be in the second and third quartiles. Perhaps some outsiders in the forth. Top half Norm seekers will have exchanged the certainty of a lower rated pairing for the chance of a useful one, whilst those in the second half will have done the opposite.IM Jack Rudd wrote:Title-norm tournament, you've got to specify your pairing method up-front.
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Re: Chess.com Isle Of Man Tournament 23 Sep to 1 Oct 2017
If you want to do something unusual like this, It is advisable to obtain clearance from the FIDE Qualification Commission before you announce it.Christopher Kreuzer wrote:More seriously, is this a pairing method accepted by FIDE? Can any FIDE-rated Swiss tournament come up with any method they like to do. first round pairings?
The Chess.com Isle of Man International did that.
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Re: Chess.com Isle Of Man Tournament 23 Sep to 1 Oct 2017
Some impressive stats in the Chess.com report Chess.com Isle Of Man, By The Numbers. Wesley So is not going to play the Isle of Man for obvious reasons and this is confirmed in the ChessBase report. However, given the intense discussion earlier today regarding the ratings and Candidates places I would just highlight the following:
"His withdrawal from Isle of Man most likely increases his chances to keep his average rating edge over Kramnik, as the conventional wisdom is that it's difficult for an elite player to avoid losing points in an open tournament — even a very strong one. Actually gaining points is even harder. That's the dilemma facing both Kramnik and Caruana, as rating qualification is now their only route to Berlin."
"His withdrawal from Isle of Man most likely increases his chances to keep his average rating edge over Kramnik, as the conventional wisdom is that it's difficult for an elite player to avoid losing points in an open tournament — even a very strong one. Actually gaining points is even harder. That's the dilemma facing both Kramnik and Caruana, as rating qualification is now their only route to Berlin."
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Re: Chess.com Isle Of Man Tournament 23 Sep to 1 Oct 2017
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