SwissSys Tutorial

If you are new to SwissSys (or to directing chess tournaments) this tutorial will get you acquainted with the basics. It steps you through some small but typical Swiss system tournaments, explaining things along the way. By following along with the program running you will quickly become comfortable using SwissSys.

Printable version

You can print out this tutorial by loading the file SwissSys Tutorial.pdf into any public document format reader, such as Adobe Acrobat and printing it from there.

This .pdf file (37 pages long) is located in your SwissSys folder (typically C:\Program files\SwissSys 11).

The printable version is provided for those quaint, loveable people who still like to hold on to what they are reading.

Tutorial conventions

Actions you should do to follow along with the tutorial are listed in dark blue
Side comments that may or may not apply to you are in small type
As usual in Windows help files, links to other topics are underlined in green. Grabbing and clicking on them takes you to a new topic
Menu selections are listed in order separated by the ” | ” mark. For instance “Players | Register” means select the “Register” menu item from the “Players” menu

Getting help

If at any time the help screen disappears, click on the toolbar icon for it at the bottom of the screen. You may find that resizing the help window makes it easier to follow along. Try making a short, wide one at the bottom of the screen for starters.

If this is your first visit to the tutorial, read the topic Getting Started in the help file.

Tutorial steps

Now you are ready to start your first practice tournament. Click on Step 1 to begin, or skip ahead to wherever you left off last time.