From: Pieter Stouten <stouten <at> SHOGI <dot> NET>
Date: 27 sep 2001
Subject: Pairing program

On 01/09/26 at 22:44 +0200, Nilsson, Carl Johan wrote:

>Pairings
>-----------
>Swiss (Nordic) system will be used for pairing. Pairings will be
>made with computerprogram supported by FIDE. This will enssure
>quickness and fairness in the pairings.
>
Most chess pairings programs take the black and white balance into
account, i.e., they try to pair players such that they will have
played equal numbers of games with black and white. Since Shogi
tournaments typically employ furigoma and don't keep track of who had
black, using a standard Chess pairings program introduces an
undesirable element of randomness into the pairing. Does anybody know
of a high-quality pairings program (e.g., endorsed by FIDE) that
allows one to disregard the black/white balance?

Thanks,

Pieter