29-09-2011, 08:17 PM
The swiss manager program and chess results.com website/server seem to be much utilised resources by tournaments abroad.
At first glance the arbiters seem to benefit by having a computer program generate the draw, which apart from anything else removes the possibility of accusations of favouritism or whatever the opposite of favouritism is. Gotitinformeism?
Tournaments also appear to benefit by having results available online extremely quickly which may generate interest during the event.
Would the 199 Euros a full version costs be money well spent if the resource was available to every suitable event?
There may be other programs/facilities out there that do a similar job and it may be that this sort of application has major drawbacks or hidden costs but I’m not aware of them.
Were it suitable and of benefit to arbiters and organisers alike, I would suggest that Chess Scotland could make the purchase and make it widely available to Scottish tournaments.
At first glance the arbiters seem to benefit by having a computer program generate the draw, which apart from anything else removes the possibility of accusations of favouritism or whatever the opposite of favouritism is. Gotitinformeism?
Tournaments also appear to benefit by having results available online extremely quickly which may generate interest during the event.
Would the 199 Euros a full version costs be money well spent if the resource was available to every suitable event?
There may be other programs/facilities out there that do a similar job and it may be that this sort of application has major drawbacks or hidden costs but I’m not aware of them.
Were it suitable and of benefit to arbiters and organisers alike, I would suggest that Chess Scotland could make the purchase and make it widely available to Scottish tournaments.
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