2009/12/1 Rémi Coulom <remi.cou...@univ-lille3.fr> > David Fotland wrote: > >> I'd like to thank all of the people who organized the UEC tournament for >> providing machines and operators to allow Many Faces and others to >> participate. I'd like to suggest that the UEC organizers consider using a >> Swiss tournament system in the future since it gives a more accurate >> assessment of program strength. >> >> Regards, >> >> David Fotland >> > > Hi, > > > I like the direct-elimination system, because it determines a clear winner > in a deterministic number of rounds. I don't like the KGS system, where the > winner is determined by SOS. > > Rémi >
Determining clear winner is good. But clear winner does not mean finding best player, obviously. Swiss system fails to find clear winner in cases where the superiority is not clear, which is kinda correct. CUP's are usually used in backgammon tournaments, but there the goal is not to find who is the best player but who collects the prize money. So in case there in monetary awards CUP's are good. Otherwise Swiss system is better. Petri
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