Czuch Chuckers: "the toughest possible match for you
Sure, but a tournament isn't set up for "you" it's set up for "you all". The matched halves method means that the spread of rating differences is more even. That is surely fairer than the 8th player getting hammered by the 1st while the 4th and 5th have a balanced match?
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