Gary Gifford wrote on Sun, Jun 4, 2006 10:10 PM UTC:
A lengthy e-mail I received prompted me to add the following, in relation
to my previous comment.
When I used the word 'terrible' is was not meant to be directed at
Jeremy Good's proposal in and of itself, but rather to situations which
would result by applying that system to a Swiss type event. These are
extremely popular because they can accommadate large numbers of players in
a relatively small number of rounds.
From the several USCF Swiss tournaments I've directed and played in, I
cannot remotely imagine the new point system as being satisfactory to the
majority of players [of the Swiss System]... primarily because a player
can lose an event,simply because he (or she) won with white pieces in the
last round.....and I contend that that is terrible.
However, what I did not point out was that for a Match between 2 players
Jeremy's idea seems interesting. In fact, I think I will calculate the
Fischer-Spassky 1972 match using the Jeremy method, to see what result we
get.
Anyway I think Jeremy Good's new point system idea is fine for Matches
and for this type of event:
Round-Robbin 'Double-Game' -- where everyone plays everyone, once with
black and once with white... such events are very rare due to time
available.
So, I apologize if it seemed I was attacking Jeremy's proposed system.
What I really meant was it could result in terrible situations in Swiss
System events.
