Wednesday 23 September 2009
Swiss system of chess tournament
The Swiss-system tournament is one of the most popular and commonly played chess format in United States. The Swiss-system tournament can accommodate many players. In this system, no one is eliminated. As you continue to win game, you will face stronger opponents. As a result, the participants, who are not successful, end by playing against each other. In Swiss-system tournament, the pairing is done in a way that a player is not paired with any other player more than once. Secondly, Players with the same score are paired whenever possible and thirdly, Colors are assigned to players by the director as fairly as possible. Alternating colors is the ideal. So this practice became very popular and is followed in most of the chess tournaments.
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Really a good and popular type of tournament would be appreciated by many players. By this system the loser are not discouraged, instead they are given an opportunity to develop their skills. According to me, this is the appreciable part of this system. Teaming with other player will give us new perspectives of game and makes to think broader too. Winners are also not left freely by engaging them to strong opponents.
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