I have a feature request

so i assume KO, means full games to the very legal termination mate or draw, no draw request or acceptation?

I could google, but why not make this thread a bit self-contained for outsiders like me. Tourist of sort from amateur chess, still curious of other chess cultures. (i mean non-tournament chess, by amateur). If some tournament formats were innovative, I would be curious. So, tallying data when I can.

If I am right, or half right, about finishing games objectively (best human attempt), to the last drop of possible chess decision on board. I have trouble seeing the difference in cheating ratios in the population. What are the proportions...

And what is the trouble with having to repudiate in retrospect a found doping case, after the deed... as in Olympics the tiering can be cranked up a notch once some top (or other brick in the pyramid) is deleted.

I might be missing a building block. What does one cheater represent in above mentioned example with respect to tournament sub-population (or pool).

@dboing said in #11:
> so i assume KO, means full games to the very legal termination mate or draw, no draw request or acceptation?

I assume Black has draw odds.

@dboing said in #11:
> I might be missing a building block. What does one cheater represent in above mentioned example with respect to tournament sub-population (or pool).

I assume removed players are knocked out, so it doesn't mean anything unless a cheater wins the tournament.

not about each game... about the tournament event progression...

I guess my Olympics after the fact thing does not work. exactly. Hence the sensitivity on cheating event.

What are the conditions that would make such a format more interesting..

I understood that Round-robin, was the most mixing format, but that high demographics have made them less practical. If that is not wrong, is the Ko format trying to answer such logistic problem? Or is it of psychological nature, the one game high stake thrill? or some other conditions?

@chesser729 said in #1:
> How about adding some knockout tournaments?
I think too that's a good idea!

@bufferunderrun said in #4:
> These type of tournaments do not work well online. Basically, people are going to quit in the middle of the tournament and you end up with a bunch of forfeits, unfair pairings and complains.

Maybe implementing KO tournaments for teams is a good idea then, as in swiss tournaments.

I made similar request in this post...
lichess.org/forum/lichess-feedback/bracketleague-for-teams

All works well in my team, but we have to use 3rd party software!
It would only work for teams, not for Lichess overall as others have said!