grenv, Thad, kleineme: I disagree with your derision of the S-B system. Whatever else can be said about it (and much has), it makes sense to give the section or title to the player who has beat the one he tied with. I believe the S-B should remain the standard.

Some creative method might be instituted to speed up a 2-player "playoff", meaning any final round with only two in it. One suggestion is to play all games concurrently, and this would be ideal for gammon type games where more chance than skill is involved, but it does not work especially well in other games that start from the same position and are likely to follow the same path longer if played simultaneously. The time control could be accelerated though.

Thad: "MissYourTurn", great shot, that one is really hilarious!! :)) However, the endless round after round until one player wins BOTH games is awfully B-O-R-I-N-G. I deliberately let a few time out in Pente, because I got so tired of facing the same opponent and it was obvious that neither player was ever going to win both without a thrown game.