New javascript program.

[wbport]

I used Richard's javascript code to implement a Berger table modification used for chess tournaments here(was rr1). I have had an interest in RR pairings ever since I had to enter one a round late. Fortunately, they had 13 players and all I had to do was be the "ghost" and make up my game with player 1 when both of us finished our scheduled games early.

In chess, color assignments are a big deal. The old tables started with players 1-5 having White against players 10-6 respectively, but 1 starts with two Whites while 6 starts with two Blacks. My change is to switch colors on all games not involving the "ghost" player.

After giving player 1 White against the ghost (player 10), the players are seated in order counterclockwise in every other seat. The initial pairing is done by subtracting the player's number from "the smallest odd number which is larger than the number of players". They meet other players in sequential order, meeting 1 after playing 9. When they get to their own number, they meet the ghost. They have white before their ghost round and black on the game following.

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[wbport]

There are two more links to look at in line with the original. This gives a side by side comparison of my suggestion to the Berger table along with Crenshaw's, which is the standard in chess RR tournaments.

To produce a Crenshaw-Berger table of any size event click here(was crenshaw). Who gets White is a major consideration in chess, but the same tables could be used to determine "home" team in a league where everyone uses the same facilities or it could dictate the result of the "coin toss" (instead of).

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[Ian Wakeling]

I haven't studied these schedules in detail, but isn't the issue with black and white just the same as scheduling home and away matches in a league? For example see my Excel schedule generator here.

[wbport]

I haven't studied these schedules in detail, but isn't the issue with black and white just the same as scheduling home and away matches in a league?

I don't see any reason it wouldn't be.
My experience with round robins is almost exclusively with chess and I am attempting to replicate the Crenshaw-Burger tables in the US Chess Federation's Official Rules of Chess.

[wbport]

Chessplayers might be interested to see this thread in USCF Forums. I modified crenshaw.htm(now rrpair.htm) to initially seat players differently and prevent players from moving from one end of a row to the other as they moved from odd to even (or vise versa) boards.

[wbport]

Two new options have been added to the crenshaw link (see a previous post). All colors (or Home-Visitor status) can be reversed to make it easier to use with late.htm if a single opponent is added after the 1^st round. Also, the generated table will be in a new window.

[wbport]

In the crenshaw.htm(now rrpair) page, I added a feature which keeps competitors at one site/board for two rounds--an improvement over existing USCF tables in which players moved from one end of the long table to the other going from round to round. The name of that option is now [highlight]Min. Moves[/highlight].

[wbport]

I just added a new page to create random pairing numbers here.
The existing table generator now has a link to it.

[wbport]

The crenshaw link above now has a double round robin checkbox added.

[wbport]

This is the summary of the counters for a typical month in the crenshaw.htm shown above:
counter.htm. Quite a few hits had come from the devenezia main site and several threads of this forum.

[wbport]

If your players can listen and follow directions, I have a new page which gives a narrative you can read here to allow players to create their own schedules.

[wbport]

Court Balanced is now an option on the above link.

[wbport]

"Court Balanced" is still in, but I explain that the boards (time slots, fields, courts, etc) are simply displayed randomly which may or may not be good enough. I added a link to this board entry for those wanting a better solution.

[wbport]

I am having to migrate my website over to my current ISP provider   since I can no longer access my existing site and it may be removed at any time.  My pairing generator is now http://home.comcast.net/~wporter211/realsite/chess_etc/rrpair.htm.  I have not changed the name of any other page such as "late.htm" or "permutation.htm"-- replace everything after the last slash with them.

If you have bookmarked my site, please note the change.

[wbport]

Just recorded the 5000th hit on my site and most of the referrals come here--thanks, Richard.  A link to the counter stats is near the bottom of the page.