There were over 80 players.The organizer does not believe in computers & pairings were done by hand!
Pairing took for ever. The number of rounds were cut from 7 to 5 (Double round). Lots of players were complaining about that.
The five rounds lasted past midnight!
IM Artiom Samsonkin & FM Bindi Cheng tied for first with 8.5/10.0 & won $350 each.
I tied for first with another in my rating group and split $80.00
I was paired against a "B" player, a 1900 and 3 experts. I won one and lost one against all opponents to finish with 5.0/10.0
Wow, that does seem like a bad call by the TD; for a blitz event - using computer pairings should be an obvious choice. Maybe the turnout was higher than expected ...
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the TD comes from the stone ages and therefor refused to pair with a computer?
ReplyDeleteWell done on your result although in blitz anything can happen.
i played in an active tourn yesterday where the pairings were done by hand. DISGRACEFUL!
ReplyDeleteI will not play again in a tourn without a computer making pairings. These aren't the stone ages, you know.