Step 11 - Correcting Results
Rare is it that a tournament does not have some mistaken results posted or entered. Fixing mistakes is easy in SwissSys thanks to the ability to edit results in several ways.
Method 1: Edit the Pair Chart
In most cases, the easiest way to correct a result is to use the same pair chart dialog you used to enter them in the first place. For the current round, you just key in the result you want on top of the mistake.
To correct results for past rounds, select the round you want in the drop-down box in the upper right of this dialog and fix the result there. (Note that when dealing with past rounds, only results may be changed.
No changes to pairings are allowed.)
For most purposes, this is both adequate and convenient, but now let’s turn to the alternate ways of editing results — via the main views of the wall chart and standings listings.
Switch to the standings view if you are not in standings mode already. (Click on the Olympic podium button to do this.) Let’s say that in round one, my brother, Roach, actually defeated his opponent, but that you had just naturally assumed he lost without checking the posted results.
He doesn’t figure out anything is wrong until round three, at which point he brings this miracle to your attention. Before making changes to scores, it’s convenient to switch the standings sort to “pair number” so that players are not switched out of your view as they are resorted by standings.
You could do that as usual from the Format Options dialog, but let’s use the shortcut method: Do a right click of the mouse on the screen to bring up a pop-up menu.
Included in your choices here are some common options. Click on “pair number sort” to change your primary standings sort.
Method 2: Bring up the results editor
Double click on the result for Damian that you want to change.
This brings up the results editor that shows round-by-round results, colors, and opponents. Change the minus sign (-) that appears in the result column for round 1 to a plus sign (+), signifying a win.
The result for Damian’s — I mean Roach’s — opponent will then be updated to a loss. Click OK to return to the main view.
A convenient shortcut is available from a pop-up menu when you do a right mouse click on a result. At the top of this popup menu you can choose to give the player a win, draw, or loss.
When done with your editing, it’s a safe practice to validate your changes by clicking on Edit|Validate.
If you have made some mistakes that lead to inconsistent results showing, this feature will catch them. (This is automatic in FIDE mode.) Try that now, and make sure SwissSys reports “no errors found.”
Remember that you can edit the main view when it is in either wall chart or standings mode. If you needed to change colors as well as results, you would either have to edit the wall chart view or turn on the option to display colors in the standings chart, but otherwise you can choose whichever seems most convenient to you. Next Step: Step 12 - Prizes