discussion about go championship started in go forum...

http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/forum/forum.jsp?forum=20

Important for other games too.

Since it is important for other games too I post my opinion here as well:

Since I have not played championship in Go I will instead argue about championship in Chess.

I think in general it is good as it is today. One good unwritten principle is "do not do to big changes!"

What I think could be done is to increase the number of players in each group from 9 to 11. As it is in the ongoing championship, the groups are not filled up with players in the third league, i.e. 9 players in each group. But there are becoming more and more players so in the next championship it might be more participants. The number of groups in each league should stay the same but you could then have 2 places left for strong new players. These you, rio, could decide yourself who it should be, based on ranking or fast increased ranking. Some new players with high ranking do decrease quite quick others start low and increase very quick (e.g. Pablo Rodolfo). So, with an eye on single victories against other strong players or winners of other tournaments you could decide who is best qualified to take the 2 "joker" places in each group.

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