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From the outside the champion system in chess seems so weird. I know they do something similar in boxing, but there it sort of makes sense because attending too
by ginko 4y ago
From the outside the champion system in chess seems so weird. I know they do something similar in boxing, but there it sort of makes sense because attending too many boxing tournaments isn't exactly healthy.
- masklinn 4y ago> I know they do something similar in boxing, but there it sort of makes sense because attending too many boxing tournaments isn't exactly healthy. Also a boxing match is a maximum of 12 rounds over 47 minutes (since 1982), not 12 games over 3 weeks.
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- pmontra 4y agoMany national go tournaments have a similar format in all of the 3 countries it's worth talking about (China, South Korea and Japan): the champion waits for the result of the challenger tournaments and plays only the final series of games (3, 5, 7.) International tournaments tend to be shootouts with everybody playing from the first round. You can get a picture of how they are set up by looking at the tournament tables at https://www.go4go.net/go/tournaments/news https://www.go4go.net/go/tournaments/news
- NhanH 4y agoJapan is the only country still have major tournaments with champion vs challenger format. None of the big tournament in China or South Korea has that type of game.
- pmontra 4y agoI see. For example the Korean Kuksu had the champion/challenger format until 2008. Then it was discontinued in 2016 but that's another story. But China's Tianyuan is still champion/challenger (from 2022): https://www.go4go.net/go/tournaments/news/16 https://www.go4go.net/go/tournaments/news/16 I didn't check the others.