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I have just finished assigning all the games for the second round of the
tournament. Because some people are playing only three games this round,
not everyone is moving first exactly twice and second exactly twice. Here
is how I determined who would go first in each game. First, I arranged it
so that whoever had won fewer games would go first. I then applied the
following rule: No one could move first in more than two games, and no one
could move second in more than two games. This involved switching the order
of some opponents in a way that worked out consistently for everyone. As
much as possible, any discrepencies will be made up in the last round, so
that each player moves first and second in an equal number of games.

I got preferences for Kamikaze Mortal Shogi graphics from one player for
each scheduled game. My opponent shared my own preferences, but for the
other three games, only one player apiece gave preferences. So those are
the ones I went with.

All games but Maxima are being played with presets that enforce the rules.
It is fitting that Antoine is playing the only game of Takeover Chess in
this round, since he wrote the code for enforcing the rules of this game.
If there are any bugs in the Takeover Chess preset, it will normally be
his responsibility to fix them, not mine. But it would be best to contact
both of us about any bugs in that preset, since a given bug might be in
Game Courier's code instead of in Antoine's.