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Topic: When to pair over the board 1 game a week tournaments
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I am playing in a tournament were we play one game a week. Everyone else wants the pairings done a week in advance so the can study the opponents opening. However this has lead to 5 foriets in 3 rounds. Presumably players get some sort of surprised that prvbents them from playing. I claim that the pairings should be delated until half an hour before the round. This would allow players to call and request a half point bye.
Below is copied from my post on the clubs webpage.
I am interested in additioanl ideas to support pairing the same day the round wwill be played and examples of clubs that pair the night of the round.
The forfiets are very disruptive. The program assumes that they will be deleted. I am strongly opposed to deleting players who forfiet. I am glad we do not. But it does make pairings difficult.
Forfiets also mess up prizes. A win by forfiet increase ones prize potential. It also decreases the prize potential of everyone who does not get a free point.
A win by forfiet puts you in a higher score group. Since your winning percentage has been inflated you are the weak man in that score group. Your opponent gets an easier opponent that round thereby inflating his winning potential and deflating the winning potential of those who earned every point.
Fear of forfiets cause sick players to play sick. We are all exposed to their illness. There opponent gets an easy win. If the opponent of the sick player gets the flu he may forfiet the mnext round or pass the flu to his next round opponent.
Players who forfiet become discouraged and might not play in the next event.
The cure for all these problems is doing the pairings at 745 the night of the round. This will eliminate forfits becuase players will call and ask for a half point bye. If someone does forfiet theey have to explain why they did not call. If you can avoid being paired by calling their a very few valid reasons to forfiet. No Show, No call, no last minute catastrophe = deleted form tournament.
Of couse my idea prevents you from spending all week preparing for an opponent.
Is it worth being exposed to the flu, and all the prolmes I have mention to know who you play a week in advance?
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I don't think it would be fair to change the pairing system mid-way through the tournament. People who'd won by forfeit in the early rounds would be at an advantage. But, next time, pairing on the night seems like a better plan, for all the reasons you describe.
On the other hand, maybe it wouldn't be so bad to change if you've only played a couple of rounds out of, say, ten.
Dave.
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