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On our next chess event, we will follow
the Swiss-System in order to
create a more exciting and thrilling tournament. One
could ask what is this Swiss-System anyways? In simple
terms, it means that players are paired against others
with similar scores. The pairing system is quite
complicated and leaves the director almost no room for
discretion. However, we will
be using a computer program that does the pairings for
us the date of the tournament.
In short, the Swiss System operates by ordering the
players by rating, and pairing the top player with the
player just under the half-way mark. The second player
is paired against the next player under the opponent of
the top player, and so forth.
Players earn one point for
winning, a half point for drawing. In
each round after the first round, the players compete
with others who have the same number of points. If there
is an odd number of players in a score group, the lowest
ranked player in the group is paired against the top
available player in the next group down.
Players never compete against the same opponent twice
in a tournament, and efforts are made to alternate the
color of the pieces the player uses each round.
Nobody is eliminated in a
Swiss System tournament. All players are
expected to compete all of the way through the
tournament. It is bad for the tournament to have players
withdraw (quit).
We strongly believe that this tournament style will
bring efficiency in terms of excitement. We welcome any
thoughts or ideas you have. Thus feel free to contact us
and let us know what you think about the tournament and the style we decided to follow.
In regards
UB Chess Club Officers
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