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The results of the first Potluck Free4All are in. Since it was a small
event, each of us played 4 games against the other two opponents. The
results:
 1. [tie] Charles Daniel 5-3
 1. [tie] Joe Joyce 5-3
 3. Greg Strong 2-6

I offer a sincere thank-you to the participants. I enjoyed it, and hope you
did, too. There were some memorable games, including the final game between
Charles and myself, where Charles forced the tie by winning that very
back-and-forth game. It's rare to see a game with simultaneous serious
mating attacks/attempts. It was very enjoyable, in spite of the result!

The tournament was scheduled to run 10 months and began in February. Each
player was given 5 months of reserve time for each game, and no other time.
All 12 games were started at once. 

This tournament was [also] an experiment to see if a CV tournament can be
run in under a year. It was successful enough that it's clear players
could complete a dozen games easily in the time allotted, and probably
more, rather than the 8 each actually played. The format seems to be very
good for small to medium-sized tourneys online. I encourage others to try
it as a way to speed tournaments, if 10 months or so can be considered
speedy.

Finally, I'd like to suggest another one starting next year. In view of
the somewhat disastrous start to the just-completed tourney, I will change
the format slightly to allow knock-out votes. That's undoubtedly better
than knocking out people.