Manual de Vega Chess 2016 | Page 60

================================ Pairing group 6 ================================ [Ch 7.2] Group odd! 6 White e 1 Black > moving player 16 from [7 W] to [6 W] [Ch 7.3 7.4] > moving > moving > moving Colors player player player not equal 7 White e 1 Black 11 from [6 W] to [6 B] 3 from [6 W] to [6 B] 7 from [6 W] to [6 B] [Standard case] 4 White e 4 Black 8 - 3 19 - 7 27 - 4 16 - 11 Suppressing rule 2.5 of FDS (4) The arbiter should always keep in mind that Dubov’s system is a Swiss system that tries to pair players having the same scores or with the minimum score difference. This means that, although not clearly stated, in special situations the rule 2.5 should be neglected to avoid new floaters. For example, in the following situation: ----------------------------------------------Group 1, score = 6.5 ----------------------------------------------white | black ID ARO Rat c u | ID ARO Rat c u --------------------------------------------| 12 2018.4 2095 F ----------------------------------------------Group 2, score = 5.5 ----------------------------------------------white | black ID ARO Rat c u | ID ARO Rat c u --------------------------------------------5 2036.8 2219 F N | 9 1968.6 2136 N 20 2113.1 1889 | Apparently, only player 20 could face player 12 while players 5 and 9 are blocked in their own group (u = N) and can’t play with 12. However, 20 faced player 12 so, for necessity, we neglect rule 2.5 and try to pair 12 first with 5 and then with 9. Let’s examine another case: ----------------------------------------------Group 5, score = 5 ----------------------------------------------white | black ID ARO Rat c u | ID ARO Rat c u --------------------------------------------43 1704.3 1461 | 32 1710.1 1580 29 1710.1 1613 | 34 1708.8 1570 21 1719.4 1691 | 35 1840.3 1565 9 1739.0 2151 F | ----------------------------------------------Group 6, score = 4.5 ----------------------------------------------white | black ID ARO Rat c u | ID ARO Rat c u --------------------------------------------23 1892.4 1673 | 3 1789.6 2287 | 28 1795.6 1622 4 Vega’s author is indebted to Professor Dubov for the clarification of this important aspect. 60