July 28, 2016, 6:51 a.m.
KOTH
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Scrabble
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Pairing
This is a part of a series of articles on the King Of The Hill Pairing System and it's use at Scrabble tournaments. King Of The Hill or KOTH for short is a strict 1 plays 2, 3 plays 4 , 5 plays 6 pairing system commonly used at the last few rounds of a Scrabble tournament. It allows repeats. In ...
July 13, 2016, 6:28 a.m.
scrabble
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chess
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swiss
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dutch
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koth
In any sport, if the top players play against each other during the early stages of the tournament some of them will be knocked out or be out of contention for any of the prizes. Almost all chess tournaments involving a large number of players are carried out using the swiss pairing system. If we ta ...
July 11, 2016, 5:21 a.m.
Scrabble
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KOTH
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Pairing
What is a good score in a game of Scrabble? Nigel Richards averages 462.54 in international tournaments. He has gone past 400 points 84.41% of the time. Craig Beavers averages 438.59 and has gone past 400 points 73.34% of the time. Mind you these are international tournaments where they wo ...
July 5, 2016, 5:17 a.m.
chess
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scrabble
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buchholz
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KOTH
Average Ratings of Opponents, the Buchholz and Sonneborn-Berger System are some of the methods recommended by FIDE for breaking ties in Chess tournaments. In a Scrabble tournament, a tie is virtually unheard of. However Buchholz and Average Ratings of Opponents provide an excellent method of evaluat ...
July 4, 2016, 7:15 a.m.
KOTH
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Pairing
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Scrabble
This is part 3, in a series of posts on KOTH pairings. The analysis is carried out using the results of the Age Group Scrabble Championship 2015.. The tables on this post can be recreated by web scraping the contents of the above link. The fairness of the draw can be calculated based on three differ ...
June 30, 2016, 4:44 a.m.
KOTH
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Scrabble
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Pairing
This the continuation of a series of articles that analyses the King of The Hill pairing system. Before we get to the analysis proper, we need to get some definitions out of the way. KOTH The King Of The Hill Pairing system, which is a strict 1 plays 2, 3 plays 4 .. (2n-1) plays 2n pairing system. S ...
June 28, 2016, 5:41 a.m.
scrabble
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pairing
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KOTH
The King Of The Hill pairing system is one where the “Top ranked plays second, third plays fourth, etc. Usually used for the last round(s) of the tournament” (NSA 2008, p53) “KOTH pairings are often used in the final round(s) of a tournament to ensure that contenders face each othe ...
