Byes - Overview

Byes can be managed in many different ways, from fully automatic to fully forced. See the related topics below for detailed information on bye management.

Bye Management Topics

Pairings setup: Forced Byes
Register, Club Lists, Tinker: Advance Byes
Rules for pairing: Bye Strictness - Who gets a bye?

Double-Round Events

Bye values are doubled for double-round style events (labeled “Dbl” in setup):

A full-point bye is worth two points
A half-point bye is worth one point

See Double-Round Tournaments for complete details.

Fixed-Roster Tournament Note

Important: For fixed-roster tournaments, set byes while in Team-based mode if you want to assign the whole team a bye. This applies to all operations involving a complete team.