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The ACBL does not require that we accept single session entries for a Swiss. We should do that when running 2 session pair events otherwise you are turning people away and losing business. But we do not, nor should we (imho), be offering single session "ok"
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<b>To:</b> Tim White<br>
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<div>I do happen to know a good bit about this but only because I researched single vs. double session and the reasoning behind them, not so much related to tournament events comm.
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So, here we go again into the storm... :D I'm CCing Jenni so she can correct me if I say anything wrong here, as I'm an "armchair ref" and she's the real deal. :)<br>
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We do not have the option to deny a single session entry for a two session event. We did not "run a single session Swiss"...we indicated that single session entries are okay, and in fact, we are required to accept single session entries by the ACBL.<br>
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<div>If we had run a single session Swiss instead, they might receive overall awards. The reason they didn't is because we ran a two session, and they only played one session. The same disadvantage applies when players enter a 2-session pairs as a single
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FWIW, this is why I think putting "single session entry OK" on flyers is a bad idea. Historically, we have put this on the NLM flyers (as far back as I have archives of flyers), probably because NLM players often want to play one session. But a single session
entry into a two session event is a terrible thing to do to players. It is not a state we should encourage but rather support when players request it.<br>
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My view is that if players want single session events, we should run single session events. The criticism that we're cheating players out of the value of their entry by having them enter two session events with a single session entry is valid. If our belief
is that NLM events will have lots of people wanting to play single session, we should make the events single session rather than boldly stating "single session entry OK" on flyers.
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 11:10 PM, Tim White <span dir="ltr">
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<div>Please read the email string below. Two players in the NLM on Sunday were disappointed with the awards for the single session Swiss, unaware that the event does not award overalls. We'll need to respond to them. In doing so we should consider whether
and what to say about the destiny of this event going forward, and/or whether clarification on the flyer is enough. Perhaps your experience/knowledge from the events committee would be helpful in this consideration.</div>
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We can not do a single session swiss again. They were very unhappy.<br>
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Monday, 08 May 2017, 09:46AM -07:00 from Ann Romeo <<a href="mailto:annromeo@gmail.com" target="_blank">annromeo@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
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I think we need a clean, clear explanation for these gentlemen. I understand what they don't get....the ranking doesn't hold unless it holds throughout the 6 round event. Playing single session Swiss does not award you the results of a full session swiss.
They did win something, for winning a round, but not the total match awards--they did not play the total match.<br>
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We needed to be clear about why they shouldn't have played single session swiss, and really, probably not offer that in the future.
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To: Ted Klastorin <<a href="mailto:tedkuw@gmail.com" target="_blank">tedkuw@gmail.com</a>>,
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Cc: Steve & Anya Levy-Smith <<a href="mailto:stevenlevy@hotmail.com" target="_blank">stevenlevy@hotmail.com</a>>, Carl Berkenwald <<a href="mailto:berkenwald@comcast.net" target="_blank">berkenwald@comcast.net</a>><br>
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Our team played 24 boards in an 11 table Swiss team event. For the morning session, we were first in C, tied for first in B, and tied for second in A. We should receive master points based on that. Those that ply both sessions are eligible for greater
points because they are being scored based on 48 boards. If that is not the case, it should be clear before our team invests our time, effort and $40 registration fee.<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> NLLM Spring Sectional<br>
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Thanks for co-chairing the NLM Spring Sectional this weekend at the Seattle Bridge Center. I know that these tournaments take a lot of work and those of us who play greatly appreciate your efforts. <br>
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However, I have to protest one item. The Swiss pairs today were advertised as either a single session or a double session (see attached).. But the scoring was done only for the double session; it appears that our score was calculated as a zero for the second
session (we could not play the second session). If that is true, please make this clear in future flyers; if we had been aware of this scoring, we would have simply played pairs. At least, please indicate in the final scoring the teams that only played one
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