![]() The most commonly used are the Buchholz (SK) and Sonneborn-Berger (SB) and the Progress or Cumulative. There are many tie-break systems available. The TD chooses the tie-break systems that he/she wants to use when creating the tournament. The software also works out the final standings and tie-breaks if needed (as well as a lot of other functions which I do not need to go into here). This piece of software works out the round by round pairings making the tournament director job much simpler and allows pairings to be posted much quicker. The majority of tournaments are run using a software called Swiss Manager. If you look at his opponents you will see that he actually has the worst Buchholz tie-break amongst the three players. Some wondored how Abdullah could have been awarded the first prize on tie-breaks. Three players tied for the first three places. I saw some comments regarding the recently concluded 17th Chess Club Rapid. ![]()
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