Swiss
Equals play equals for a fixed number of rounds.
Round 1 is seeded. From round 2, entrants meet opponents on the same score — winners play winners, strugglers play strugglers. After a fixed number of rounds (5 covers up to 32 entrants well), the table decides.
Nobody is knocked out and blowout mismatches disappear after round one. The schedule can't be printed in advance — each round's pairings come from the live standings, which the app draws for you.
- Best for
- Big fields, short time, nobody eliminated — chess's gift to weekend events.
- The trade-off
- Everyone plays every round and the ranking converges fast; pairings only exist round by round.
What you get with 8 entrants
Generated by the same engine that will build your real fixtures.
Swiss
Round 1 is seeded; the remaining rounds pair players on equal scores from the live standings.