Swiss Event
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR ALL SWISS TOURNAMENT PLAYERS
As a result of circumstances beyond the club's control we are sorry to
announce that two staff members from the Swiss Department have gone missing
and with them details of the Tournaments they were running. The remaining
members of the department are pulling out all the stops to keep going as
many of these tournaments as is practically possible in addition to their
own workload but there is just not the time or resources to cover
everything.
New volunteers are currently on the point of joining the department to bring
it up to strength again but in the meantime we have no alternative but to
cancel the following outstanding tournaments:
All Swiss Tournaments from 400 to 457 except 419, 441-442 and 444.
Tournaments 420, 430-431, and 443 have already been completed.
Steps will also be taken to ensure that departmental records are kept in
such a way that this situation should never recur.
- Senior TD George Agnew
- TD Raouf El-Messiry
*4-round Swiss/24-players, Open
To sign up for OPEN groups send an e-mail to
and
include the following:
- Your full name
- Your e-mail address
- Your IECC rating, if known
These OPEN events are open for all ratings / open for all IECC members.
New groups will start with every 24 entrants.
Four single Rounds each starting after a previous round is completed.
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Before you sign up for a Swiss Tmt, PLEASE NOTE:
- Time control: pace at least 10 moves @ 30 days, but faster is better (to avoid too long
waiting times, longterm games will be provisionally adjudicated for next round
pairings!).
- These are NOT KO-Tournaments! - All Participants have to play all rounds.
- In round 1 (partly in 2) bigger rating differences between opponents are 'normal'. For the
weaker player an interesting challenge (and stronger players should remember, when they
were beginners, and be ready to defeat their higher rating).
- Leave of Absences - Each player will be granted requested time off not to exceed
30 days in each round of the Swiss. Additional time of up to 15 days per Round will be
subject to approval of both the TD and the opponent. Granting of that extra time will
depend on the status or rate of progression of that match.
Players taking "silent" or non-approved time off will be subject to forfeit by the TD.
How the Swiss System Works:
The SWISS SYSTEM allows, to find a winner in an event with many players
in only a few rounds (e.g. OTB OPEN event, 200 players, 9 rounds; also
the Chess-Olympiad, with 4-men teams and 3-women teams, is conducted
with this system.)
With lower number of participants it's also possible to conduct a Swissie:
Up to 16 players, 4 rounds are enough to find a single winner with perfect
score. For up to 32 players 5 rounds are at least necessary.
Better then in a Knockout: in a Swissie you are not out, when you meet one
of the favorites in the first round. _All_ players can (and shall!) play all
rounds!
And that's how the Swiss system works: sort all players by rating, and divide them in a
higher group (Players H1, H2, H3, etc., sorted by highest rating down) and a lower
group (L1, L2, L3...sorted in reverse rating from lowest up).
For round 1 the pairings are then as follows:
L1 - H1, H2 - L2, L3 - H3, H4 - L4, ... (colours always change from L to H)
The main things, you have to do with pairings for the following rounds are:
players with the same standings (1, 0.5 or 0 after round 1; 2, 1.5, 1,
0.5, 0 after round 2 ... ) shall be paired with each other (if possible!),
also the color of pieces should change in every round (if possible).
If any of these things are 'not possible', then there are some extra rules.
For example if after round 1 there are 7 players with 1 point, and 1 game
was a draw: One of the players with 1/2 point goes upwards and will be
paired in the 1 pt.-group. The other player goes down into the 0 pt.-group.
(Both players with 1/2 pt. can't play against each other again, since during
the whole event you can play only once against the same opponent.)
In the first round of our IECC Swissies we start with an even number of
participants. Players must be ready to play all rounds. If it happens, that one player
drops out, it's not good for the player on the last rank. He/she is then
free in the next round, gets 1 pt. for this 'bye', but it's better to play.
You can try to play a 'Swiss gambit' :-) - losing in round 1 will bring
you easier opponents in the next rounds. But you can't expect to win an
event with this 'opening', especially when only 4 or 5 rounds will be played.
The only difference in OPEN events is there is no limit as to
ratings. A David can beat Goliath if he/she is cunning enough.
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