Planning on a tournament, need help

[Montana Grizz]

Thank you Toni, Dave and Smedley for your interest. You are going on my list of participants and umpires.

Thank you Dave for your insight. The thoughts about one player holding up a game did occur to me, but after I had posted. I agree that saving emails is an excellent idea.

Also, player should use a unique password for this tournament because it may need to be given to the judges if it comes to that.

I certainly do not disagree with your observation in regard to matchups. The idea was to give some of the lower rated players the illusion that they were still in the hunt.

My goal is to provide a tounament that will move along quickly (as tournaments go) and maintain the interest of all concerned.

The cream eventually rises to the top of the mixture, but I'd like to see that happen in the final rounds.

Perhaps a different scoring system might work?

Something like 5 points for a major victory, 4 for a minor, 3 for a draw, 2 for a minor defeat and 1 for a major defeat. If nothing else, it has the illusion of being close. It also has the advantage of scoring each game equally as opposed to getting 32 points for a major victory in one scenario and then 24 points for a major in another scenario.

Any more suggestions are encouraged.

Pat