Switch Ratings/IDs - Players Menu
Swaps rating and/or ID fields across all players. Use this when you entered ratings in the wrong order (e.g., FIDE in Rating 1 but the tournament requires USCF in Rating 1), or when a report requires the primary rating field to hold a specific value.
What Can Be Switched
The Data to switch group offers three choices:
| Option | Effect |
|---|---|
| Ratings | Swaps Rating 1 and Rating 2 for all players. |
| ID numbers | Swaps ID 1 (USCF ID) and ID 2 (alternate ID) for all players. |
| Both | Swaps both rating fields and both ID fields. |
Rating Swap Options
When swapping ratings, the If the desired rating is blank… group controls behavior for players with one empty rating field:
| Option | Behavior |
|---|---|
| Switch it anyway | Swaps regardless of whether one field is blank. |
| Skip it | Skips players where either rating is zero. |
| Copy current rating to it | Copies the non-zero rating into the empty slot rather than swapping. |
The “Best rating” options group adds a further override:
| Option | Behavior |
|---|---|
| Normal swapping | Uses the blank-rating rule above; no best-rating override. |
| Always use the higher rating for this tournament | Ensures the higher of the two ratings ends up in the primary slot. |
| Use the higher one only if the lower is provisional | Promotes the higher rating only when the lower one is provisional. |
Reordering After Switch
Swapping ratings changes relative player order. The Guidelines for reordering players group asks how to handle resorting:
- USCF rules — Re-sort players using USCF pairing number rules.
- FIDE rules — Re-sort players using FIDE ranking rules.
- Leave order as is — Keep current pair number order.
Under FIDE rules, changing pairing numbers after round 4 is not permitted. SwissSys will warn you and require explicit confirmation if you attempt this in a FIDE event after round 4. This warning is suppressed for ID numbers switches, since swapping ID fields alone never changes pair numbers.
Related Topics
- Resort All by Rating — Re-sort players by the current primary rating after a switch
- Register — Enter or correct rating and ID values during player entry
- Switch State and Federation — Move federation codes between state and federation fields