Category
page 1Chess tournament systems
round-robin tournament
tournament in which each contestant meets every other participant once (single round robin) or twice (double round robin)
Swiss-system tournament
non-eliminating tournament format featuring a set number of rounds of competition, that pairs competitors so that each competitor plays opponents with a similar running score, but not the same opponent twice
simultaneous exhibition
exhibition where one player plays multiple chess games simultaneously
Neustadtl score
scoring system often used to break ties in chess tournaments
Buchholz system
chess ranking system
Scheveningen system
system for chess matches between teams
tie-breaking in Swiss-system tournaments
systems to break ties between players with the same number of points in chess Swiss system tournaments