Here's what I'm proposing. Each player plays two games of Chess, Shogi
and Xiangqi in a round-robin. They're assigned a random number (privately
drawn by the organizer).
If there are nine players, it goes:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 C X S s x c
2 c C X S s x
3 x c C X S s
4 s x c C X S
5 s x c C X S
6 s x c C X S
7 S s x c C X
8 X S s x c C
9 C X S s x c
(meaning that player 1 plays as White at Chess against player 2, and so
on.)
The four higher-ranked players (ex aequo players being ranked as in
GC1/GC2 Tournament) will play three extra games.
1 2 3 4
1 S C X
2 s X C
3 c x S
4 x c s
If two players have the same number of points (the round-robin doesn't
matter any more) and have drawn at Chess or Xiangqi, they play one extra
Shogi game.
Draws by mutual agreement at Shogi are not allowed. But in case a game of
Shogi takes too much time in the round robin, the referee (or a substitute
if the referee has some interest in the case) allows a draw by mutual
agreement, allows seven days to each player, or gives 0.25 to both players
or 0.5 to one player and 0 to the other (say, for being back on time and on
material after 100 moves), as he wishes.
Here's what I'm proposing. Each player plays two games of Chess, Shogi and Xiangqi in a round-robin. They're assigned a random number (privately drawn by the organizer). If there are nine players, it goes: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 C X S s x c 2 c C X S s x 3 x c C X S s 4 s x c C X S 5 s x c C X S 6 s x c C X S 7 S s x c C X 8 X S s x c C 9 C X S s x c (meaning that player 1 plays as White at Chess against player 2, and so on.) The four higher-ranked players (ex aequo players being ranked as in GC1/GC2 Tournament) will play three extra games. 1 2 3 4 1 S C X 2 s X C 3 c x S 4 x c s If two players have the same number of points (the round-robin doesn't matter any more) and have drawn at Chess or Xiangqi, they play one extra Shogi game. Draws by mutual agreement at Shogi are not allowed. But in case a game of Shogi takes too much time in the round robin, the referee (or a substitute if the referee has some interest in the case) allows a draw by mutual agreement, allows seven days to each player, or gives 0.25 to both players or 0.5 to one player and 0 to the other (say, for being back on time and on material after 100 moves), as he wishes.