Is this tournament in 2010 a double elimination format?
The history of this format was discussed elsewhere by John Fairbairn. http://lifein19x19.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=927
This system is very unfair to the player who gets bye in first round.Assuming 3 players have equal strenght(so chances of winning against other two players are 50%) chances of winning tournament if u get bye are only 25%, and if you dont get bye are 37.5% - basically if you get buy to win tournament you must win all 2 games, but if you dont get bye you can lost once, extremely unfair.Who invented this nonsense?!