Quad Tournaments

Quad tournaments are those in which the players are placed in groups of four, starting from the top-ranked players and working down. Each group of four, or “quad”, is then paired internally for a round robin tournament. If there are more than four in the final group, typically that group plays a Swiss.

It is easy to set up and run a quad thanks to the power and flexibility of the Tournament Setup dialog. Here is a step-by-step outline of how to set up quads (or octos) using SwissSys:

1. Register all the players for one “pseudo-section.”

2. Go to the Tournament Setup dialog and select the Tools | Quad Setup menu.

3. Enter the number in each section — 4 for quads, 8 for octos, etc. After you click OK, SwissSys automatically declares the sections you need, called “Quad1”, “Quad2”, etc.

4. Click Done and, when prompted, let SwissSys seed your quads with players from your pseudo-section.

Now that the sections are seeded, you can run the tournament as usual, treating each quad as its own mini section.