Thread - Tapa Variations Contests 2011

@ 2011-01-20 6:48 PM (#3201) (#3201) Top

yureklis

Posts: 183

Country : Turkey

yureklis posted @ 2011-01-20 6:48 PM

New website: TVC's will now be held under LMI instead of OAPC site. Fixed competition time does not allow to welcome many participants, and OAPC site does not have the option to hold contests with flexible times. So we offered LMI this test and they kindly found a place for us in their tight schedule. Thanks to LMI!

Concept: The contests will last four weeks, one small contest in every two weeks. The first contest (TVC V) will be held in February 5th-6th 2011. The following ones will be February 19th-20th, March 5th-6th and March 19th-20th. Duration of the test will be 75 minutes.

There will be winners of every week, and at the end of the four contests there will be a Tapa variations winner, determined with the sum of points earned in all four weeks. Winner of 2010 was Nikola Zivanovic from Serbia.

Contribution: We would be pleased to receive any ideas on possible Tapa variations. If you have such ideas, please share your opinions under this topic so we can consider preparing those types in following weeks.

TVC 2010: The puzzles of TVC 2010 can be found at: http://oapc.wpc2009.org/archive.php

@ 2011-01-20 8:30 PM (#3204 - in reply to #3201) (#3204) Top

rakesh_rai

Posts: 774

Country : India

rakesh_rai posted @ 2011-01-20 8:30 PM

Thats great news indeed...looking forward to TVC

@ 2011-01-20 11:53 PM (#3207 - in reply to #3201) (#3207) Top

debmohanty

Country : India

debmohanty posted @ 2011-01-20 11:53 PM

yureklis - 2011-01-20 6:48 PM
New website: TVC's will now be held under LMI instead of OAPC site. Fixed competition time does not allow to welcome many participants, and OAPC site does not have the option to hold contests with flexible times. So we offered LMI this test and they kindly found a place for us in their tight schedule. Thanks to LMI!

Thanks Serkan for considering doing TVC at LMI.

@ 2011-01-22 12:59 AM (#3213 - in reply to #3201) (#3213) Top

rajeshk

Posts: 542

Country : India

rajeshk posted @ 2011-01-22 12:59 AM

It is nice to have TVC at LMI. It was sometimes difficult to take the test in the specified time frame. I am hoping to participate now in all the TVC as timing will be more flexible now.

@ 2011-01-28 8:14 PM (#3334 - in reply to #3201) (#3334) Top

yureklis

Posts: 183

Country : Turkey

yureklis posted @ 2011-01-28 8:14 PM

Last year TVC ranking system was discussed in German LM forum, and there was a suggestion of Realshaggy:

But I still think, that something like "best 3 out of 4" (with normalized scores of course) would have been much better. Then there still would have been a small advantage for competitors contributing in all four contests.

This suggestion didn't seem acceptable back then, but now we decided to change the overall scoring system as "best 3 results out of 4" with the same suggestion from Deb. So each competitor will have a chance to win even if he/she misses one contest.

Edited by yureklis 2011-01-28 8:15 PM

@ 2011-01-29 2:51 AM (#3335 - in reply to #3334) (#3335) Top

Nikola

Posts: 103

Country : Serbia

Nikola posted @ 2011-01-29 2:51 AM

I agree with the scoring system. Everyone has the possibility to improve one bad day. Last year was too difficult to find a suitable time for the whole world. I was one of those who managed to attend all four times, so that the title was given to me. Perhaps it was little undeservedly, but such were the rules. Now it will be much easier to participate, and much harder to defend the title. I can not wait to start.

Tapa Master (at least for a month and half

)


	@ 2011-01-20 6:48 PM (#3201) (#3201) Top
yureklis Posts: 183 Country : Turkey	yureklis posted @ 2011-01-20 6:48 PM New website: TVC's will now be held under LMI instead of OAPC site. Fixed competition time does not allow to welcome many participants, and OAPC site does not have the option to hold contests with flexible times. So we offered LMI this test and they kindly found a place for us in their tight schedule. Thanks to LMI! Concept: The contests will last four weeks, one small contest in every two weeks. The first contest (TVC V) will be held in February 5th-6th 2011. The following ones will be February 19th-20th, March 5th-6th and March 19th-20th. Duration of the test will be 75 minutes. There will be winners of every week, and at the end of the four contests there will be a Tapa variations winner, determined with the sum of points earned in all four weeks. Winner of 2010 was Nikola Zivanovic from Serbia. Contribution: We would be pleased to receive any ideas on possible Tapa variations. If you have such ideas, please share your opinions under this topic so we can consider preparing those types in following weeks. TVC 2010: The puzzles of TVC 2010 can be found at: http://oapc.wpc2009.org/archive.php
	@ 2011-01-20 8:30 PM (#3204 - in reply to #3201) (#3204) Top
rakesh_rai Posts: 774 Country : India	rakesh_rai posted @ 2011-01-20 8:30 PM Thats great news indeed...looking forward to TVC
	@ 2011-01-20 11:53 PM (#3207 - in reply to #3201) (#3207) Top
debmohanty Country : India	debmohanty posted @ 2011-01-20 11:53 PM yureklis - 2011-01-20 6:48 PM New website: TVC's will now be held under LMI instead of OAPC site. Fixed competition time does not allow to welcome many participants, and OAPC site does not have the option to hold contests with flexible times. So we offered LMI this test and they kindly found a place for us in their tight schedule. Thanks to LMI! Thanks Serkan for considering doing TVC at LMI.
	@ 2011-01-22 12:59 AM (#3213 - in reply to #3201) (#3213) Top
rajeshk Posts: 542 Country : India	rajeshk posted @ 2011-01-22 12:59 AM It is nice to have TVC at LMI. It was sometimes difficult to take the test in the specified time frame. I am hoping to participate now in all the TVC as timing will be more flexible now.
	@ 2011-01-28 8:14 PM (#3334 - in reply to #3201) (#3334) Top
yureklis Posts: 183 Country : Turkey	yureklis posted @ 2011-01-28 8:14 PM Last year TVC ranking system was discussed in German LM forum, and there was a suggestion of Realshaggy: But I still think, that something like "best 3 out of 4" (with normalized scores of course) would have been much better. Then there still would have been a small advantage for competitors contributing in all four contests. This suggestion didn't seem acceptable back then, but now we decided to change the overall scoring system as "best 3 results out of 4" with the same suggestion from Deb. So each competitor will have a chance to win even if he/she misses one contest. Edited by yureklis 2011-01-28 8:15 PM
	@ 2011-01-29 2:51 AM (#3335 - in reply to #3334) (#3335) Top
Nikola Posts: 103 Country : Serbia	Nikola posted @ 2011-01-29 2:51 AM I agree with the scoring system. Everyone has the possibility to improve one bad day. Last year was too difficult to find a suitable time for the whole world. I was one of those who managed to attend all four times, so that the title was given to me. Perhaps it was little undeservedly, but such were the rules. Now it will be much easier to participate, and much harder to defend the title. I can not wait to start. Tapa Master (at least for a month and half )