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</head><body><p><br></p><blockquote type="cite">On 02 October 2018 at 12:57 Jenny Rofe-Radcliffe via tournament-org <tournament-org@lists.britgo.org> wrote: <br> <br><div dir="ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>To add to Toby's points, note that (as described by Alison) upsets do occur. One of our 1ds could certainly win the tournament, by beating the other 1d, a 1k and having an upset against the 5d. It would be grossly unfair to that 1d to advertise a McMahon tournament and then switching it around so that they don't have a chance to get an upset.</div></div></blockquote><p>I think Geoff's calculations indicate that upsets are conceivable, It is certainly possible but not very likely that a 1D could win the tournament, (rapid development and inaccurate ratings excepted) <br></p><p>I'm more convinced by the strength of feeling that stronger players don't mind a bar <br></p><p>Your example about the marginal consequences of unweighted pairings is potentially ameliorated by below the bar recognition.</p><p> However the reverse problem is then that your 2 kyu stuck above the bar has to internalise the "fairness" involved between little chance of winning the tournament against the strong chance of winning the below the bar competition.</p><p>Perhaps the solution there is to invite the 2 kyus to decide among themselves whether they will trade "death or glory" for "big fish in small pond" <br></p><p>Gerry</p></body></html>