Running a Tournament

Running a tournament with SwissSys consists of several phases. If you are new to SwissSys, you may want to use the Step-by-step guide first.

This walks you through all the stages below:

Tournament setup

Setting up your tournament, which you do either from the task launcher’s New Tournament button, or with the File | New | Tournament menu command. (The shortcut for this is to click on the little 4-square black and white chess board button.)

Player registration

Registering your players, which you can do in many different ways, but usually from the Register dialog on the Players menu.

If you have access to a database (from the USCF, the CFC, FIDE, or one of your own creation), you would first make sure that is set up correctly with the Database | Database Wizard or Database | Database setup menu options.

You may also load USCF player information directly from their website if you have an Internet connection.

Saving your data

Saving your data to file. Do this often, or set the “autosave” feature to “on” to avoid losing data. SwissSys also saves backup files for you when you make pairings, and stores these files in their own folder.

You can use File | Backup files to access these backups at any time.

Making pairings and entering results

Making pairings for the next round, which is found on the Pairings menu. Printing your pairings, and entering results as they come in.

Both of these are accomplished with the Pairings | View pairings/Enter Results menu selection.

Printing reports

Printing other tables, such as wall charts, standings, team standings, upsets, etc.

The menu commands for the main view (wall chart or standings) are listed in the main menu. The other tables have their own menu commands clearly marked in their respective dialogs.

Awarding prizes

Awarding prizes. Tell SwissSys what prizes you are offering (Reports | Prizes) and view the winners.

Summary

These are the basics; most other menu commands are self-explanatory. If you are in doubt about what to do, search the help file index for clues.

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