If you've played in swiss events, you will know organisers do rig with the pairings for whatever reason they may have. it could be that they want to halt someone's progress, may have been bribed by someone, could be doing it because they can or maybe they hate that person and don't want him to win prize! I've faced it! and many others users will agree with me too.
Or what i experiened only ones. A member of the organisers club got in the last round with more points then me after the for last round was lost by me against this player. He got a far more weaker opponent in the last round and I got with less pionts a far more stronger player. I dont know but it felt not fair at that moment. I don t know if is was on purpose but then it felt this way. And so I was not able to win the last round to upgrade my score because I got my third IM.
1. "tournament director should step in"....no not if they just used the pairings the computer gave them. This whole argument is about the organizers "manipulating" the pairings. You are suggesting that because the pairings came out "strange", they should manipulate the pairings so that people dont suspect they are manipulating the pairings? No, thats not how this works.....
2. "The frustration for her comes from the fact that being paired with only women for 7 consecutive rounds means she is playing all lower rated opponents"......this is how pairings work, the top half plays the bottom half until the cream rises to the top. so if anything, this is more evidence that she is more likely to play women. After each round, rating plays little and little with the pairings, as the stacking of tournament points speaks more.
3. "(thus opening doors to things like the World Chess Tour)".....shes was invited to Tata in 2015 and 2016 and under preformed...coming in tied for last last year. BTW, not sure what you mean by World Chess tour...do you mean the Grand Chess Tour? Also, if anything, accusing your organizers of manipulating pairings without proof is not a good start in opening the doors to anything
1. When using the computer pairings, you can sometimes end up with odd choices for pairings. That is why the TD has the responsibility to adjust the pairings. When they do it, they typically provide a reason for it (an easy one in her case).
2. I think you are confusing things. I did not claim that the pairings had to do with ratings, but that her frustration of being matched against 8 women in 10 rounds meant that she was almost always playing lower rated players (in fact, the only player she played the entire tournament that had a higher rating than her own was Michael Adams - 1 of her 2 losses prior to throwing the last round).
3. I agree it is not a good strategy - hence my comment about maturity.
in regards to her being "frusterated" about playing lower rated players...tough luck, deal with it....maybe if she won she would play stronger players
Ironically, had she beat Michael Adams, she could have been paired with Wenjun Ju *gasp a lower rated women!!!