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Pair Chart Submenu

Controls pair chart dialog operations through an extensive submenu system.

Repair Menu

Repair Selection / Repair Everyone

(Not available in FIDE mode)

Reworks pairings after modifying previous round results.

  • Repair selection - Click and drag to highlight players, then select Chart | Repair selection
  • Repair everyone - Repairs all pairings based on updated results

Useful for starting some games while waiting for late finishers from previous round.

Results Menu

Erase All Results

Deletes all results for the current round. Use with caution.

Options Menu

Show Replacement Players List

Displays or hides the list of players available for adding to the pair chart.

Confirm Result Changes

Enables audio and visual prompts when changing previously-entered results. Useful for double-checking systems (entering white’s result, then black’s result separately).

Tools Menu

Adjourn/Update

Manages game adjournments and updates adjourned game results.

  • USCF mode - Uses Kashdan system; prompts for expected results (affects next round pairings)
  • FIDE mode - Treats adjournments as draws until updated

Update dialog displays only adjourned games for final result entry.

Renumber Boards

Resets board numbers after rearranging pairings.

  • Renumber selected board or all boards from selection down
  • Forced board assignments remain unchanged

Pairing Logic

Displays the decisions SwissSys made when constructing pairings. See Pairing logic.

Check Integrity

Scans and corrects pairing data corruption. Use when result entry fails (example: entering “W” produces no response).

Resolves most data conflicts; allows normal operation to continue.

Show All Quad Rounds

Reduces paper usage when printing quad tournament pairings.

Generates results entry forms for players with space for name/signature and result selection. Reduces unreported or incorrect results.

Inspect FIDE Pairing Engine Input/Output

Displays FIDE pairing engine data for verification purposes.

  • Input - Valid tournament report format (.trf) file generated by SwissSys
  • Output - Number of pairs and pairing list
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