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Prizes - Reports Menu

Calculates prize distribution for cash and non-divisible prizes (trophies).

Dialog Structure

Page 1: Overall place prizes (1st, 2nd, etc.)

Page 2: Class prizes (rating/age-based classes)

Page 3: Other prizes (upsets, clear winner bonus) and settings

Prize Types

Cash Prizes: Enter amounts or percentages of total pool

Non-Divisible Prizes: Enter descriptions (e.g., “1st place trophy”)

Percentage-Based: Enter as percentage for flexible prize pools

Class Prize Setup

  1. Click rating range button
  2. Name each class (defaults: “Class 1”, etc.)
  3. Enter rating ranges (top and bottom values)

Shortcuts: Default buttons for standard class ranges and “under prize” ranges

Age/Grade Classes: Enter grade ranges (e.g., 6 for top, 5 for bottom) and check age/grade box

Restrictions: See Rating range restrictions

Settings

  • Percentage of cash to award (for entry-based prizes)
  • Cash limits for unrated players
  • Rounding options (dollar or euro)
  • Prize prioritization (class first/place first)

Report Output

Columns displayed:

  1. Pair number
  2. Player name (with optional score/rating/age)
  3. Cash won
  4. Non-cash prize
  5. Pool credit (for tied players)

Important: Manually confirm results to catch setup or entry errors

Round State: Complete vs. In Progress

The prize report is clinch-aware — it uses the same calculation as the standings, web, and print reports.

  • Tournament complete (all paired rounds finished): the report shows the full, final awards.

  • Final round in progress: the report shows only the prizes already clinched — awards that cannot change no matter how the outstanding games finish. A full-width red PARTIAL RESULTS banner appears at the bottom of the window and on printouts, for example:

    PARTIAL RESULTS - Final round in progress - 0 clinched, 3 pending. Only CLINCHED prizes are shown - see Reports > Pending prizes.

Prizes window in the partial state: an empty award grid with a red PARTIAL RESULTS banner across the bottom explaining that nothing is clinched yet

A report generated mid-round can no longer present non-final standings as final awards.

Sections without a set round count (for example a side or “booster” section whose number of rounds is left unspecified in Tournament Setup) use the latest paired round as the working final round. They no longer report a half-entered round as a finished tournament.

Pending Prizes

To see which awards are still undecided while the final round is in progress, open Reports > Pending prizes. It recomputes the clinch result fresh and explains that clinched prizes cannot change — the final report becomes available once all results are entered.

Tiebreaks on the Prize Report

The Tiebreaks: header line and the tiebreak value columns appear only when the section awards non-cash prizes (trophies and other indivisible awards). Cash splits evenly among tied players, so tiebreaks do not affect cash-only awards and are omitted. When shown, the header uses compact abbreviations (Modified, Solkoff, and so on) so it fits the window.

Features

  • Auto-Save: Prize setups reload automatically per section
  • Eligibility: Players receive highest eligible prizes
  • Alerts: Question marks flag suspiciously low awards
  • Special Categories: Sort standings by category for senior/junior awards
  • Custom Fields: Use unused registration fields for special class prizes
  • Unrated Restrictions: Withheld amounts shown in pool credit column
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