glitch (i think) with tournemants
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That is already what happens. If there is an odd number of players in one round of a knockout tournament the middle-ranked player gets automatically put through to the next round without having to play any games.
See here for example. The player did not have to play any games in round 3 and was sent though automatically.
accio_joe wrote:
In 1v1 knockout tournemants, if there is an odd number of players, there is one player stuck on a group with themself, and since they cannot play any games, they can never advance and therefore for the tournemant to progress, they are forced to withdraw the tournemant. I think that in 1v1 tournemants, when there is an odd number of people, one "lucky" player is automaticly advanced. This would make the tournements more fair as everyone will get to play at least two games, and will never be forced to withdraw.
I think chess700 was attempting to show you something like this.
http://www.chess.com/tournaments/player_summary.html?id=25966&member=mark_90
mark_90 progressed through three rounds with byes.