Here is the other email with queries/suggestions that I sent to John
earlier this week.

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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: tsh - Durham 2007
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 23:40:51 +0100
From: Stewart Holden <stewart@...>
To: John J. Chew III <jjchew@...>, Anand Buddhdev
<arb@...>

Hi John,

Thanks for your help in making Durham 2007 a success. The problem with
Round 11 not printing was simply because we had the 'max rounds' config
line set to 10 by mistake.

Here are some other notes I typed up during the weekend:

Notes on tsh from Durham 2007

When entering a bye in the RR groups with a spread of 0, the result is
initially shown to the user as 0-5.0.0 or similar, indicating that the
player has been given a draw. Checking the standings then shows this is
not the case. The need to enter a result for the BYE player seems
unnecessary. In each case the group is left with 1 player whose result
has not been entered; can a spread be pre-determined in the config which
is automatically applied to all BYE players in this kind of group? When
having to enter the 0 spread it is necessary to use the 'missing'
command in order to see the correct player number, this is especially
inconvenient when not being able to limit 'missing' by division.

ABSP tournaments often have a 'ratings prize' which is determined by
dividing players into groups A and B by pre-tournament rating (top half
A, bottom half B). The highest-placed B-class player who does not finish
in the prizes (usually top three) is giving the 'ratings prize'. Can
this be built in to tsh? In larger divisions the players are sometimes
split into three or four groups (ABCD) with more than one ratings prize.

A more advanced, accurate form of 'ratings prize' would be for the
program to simply calculate who has put in the best tournament rating
above their starting ABSP rating. Can we also have a command for doing this?

Please add 'sum of opponents ratings' to the individual scorecards in
the sdsc printout, it makes it easier for people to calculate their own
ratings after the event. Ability to display an individual's tournament
rating onscreen would also be handy (mainly for after the event), just
something to add to the basic scorecard.

Some of the table numbers were missing from the sdsc printouts, this
seemed to be a random problem and I couldn't see why they weren't complete.

Otherwise it was all fine, I look forward to running many events with
TSH in future. I'm doing the PC for three weekenders in July so you'll
probably hear from me a few times then! In the more short term I'll also
use it at a one-day tournament this coming Saturday.

Cheers,

Stewart