--- In tsh-users@yahoogroups.com, "G. Vincent Castellano" <gvc@...> wrote:
>
> John Chew wrote:
> >
> > config initial_schedule only works to modify default (Chew)
> > pairings, and what you have here are what I confusingly call
> > automatic pairings, using the autopair configuration command.
>
> So the presence of an 'autopair' directive means I also have to designate how
> the initial rounds are paired, right?

Correct.

> If I remove the autopair directives, it appears that Chew pairings refuses to
> pair more than the first three rounds, even if initial_schedule is set to 5.

It works fine for me. Do you have a recent copy of tsh, and if
so, can you send me the offending config.tsh file again?

> I tried using InitFontes for the first 5 rounds, but one thing I don't like
> about the resulting pairings is that they fail the "sum of opponents ratings"
> test--I don't have the exact results handy, but this disparity was evident in
> the case of two players at top and bottom of the field who shared 4 of the
same
> opponents, and whose 5th was mismatched, which would seem to greatly favour
the
> higher-rated player.

Hard to comment without seeing the specific pairings data,
but in general in any sort of round robin scenario, high rated
players will face an easier field than low rated ones.

John
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