Bbradley62 Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 How much flexibility is there for a tournament director to change the format immediately before the start of a tournament? Last night I played in a regularly-scheduled pairs game that plays 9 boards every night, with the usual format being 3 rounds of 3 board each, clocked. Last night, exactly 10 pairs registered; it might have been nice to play a full round-robin movement and play 1 board against each of the other 9 pairs. Is this something that is easily achieved by the tournament director? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 How much flexibility is there for a tournament director to change the format immediately before the start of a tournament? Last night I played in a regularly-scheduled pairs game that plays 9 boards every night, with the usual format being 3 rounds of 3 board each, clocked. Last night, exactly 10 pairs registered; it might have been nice to play a full round-robin movement and play 1 board against each of the other 9 pairs. Is this something that is easily achieved by the tournament director? It's doable, with the condition to convince the TD :) The Td can change the number of boards or the structure of rounds until the very last minute before the tourney starts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Since leaving a tournament affects your completion ratio, I think it would be POOR decision to change the conditions of the contest at the last minute, ESPECIALLY for time per board or number of boards, but also other switches that are possible (imps for MP, etc). This is just my personal opinion, and as usual, might be totally wrong headed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted March 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I would not want any TD to change time per board, number of boards, or form of scoring after these details had been posted. But changing 3 rounds of 3 boards to 9 rounds of 1 board shouldn't make anyone say "in that case, I can't or don't want to play". But, I expect no chance of getting any TD to actually do this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfacer Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Since leaving a tournament affects your completion ratio, I think it would be POOR decision to change the conditions of the contest at the last minute, ESPECIALLY for time per board or number of boards, but also other switches that are possible (imps for MP, etc). I agree... At 10 (or so) minutes before a tournament's scheduled start time, would it be possible to no longer allow changes to a few of the options? (I'm thinking MP/IMPs, start time, time per round, and maximum number of players/pairs). To answer the original question, I don't think that BBO currently has the option for a full round-robin tournament. If a 10-pair tournament is set to nine rounds of one board/round and unclocked, does the system currently prevent "replays" until every pair has played against every other pair? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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