How To: Play Multiple Games in a Round |
WinTD makes it easy to run tournaments in which each pair of players play each more than once per round (such as a double blitz tournament). Here's how it is done:
1.When you create the section, use the Games Per Round field in the Add/Edit a Section dialog box to enter the number of games that each pair of players/teams should play in each round. For example, enter the number 2 to have the players play twice per round.
2.When you pair a round and display a Games Window, WinTD will normally show only the pairings, not each individual game. Use this view to examine or change the pairings. Note that if you do Reports>Print Window or Report>Print Games Windows, the pairing sheet will only list each pair of players once.
3.To enter game results, or to print pairing sheets listing each game, you'll need to select Games>Show Expanded Matches. The Games Window will switch to the "games" view, which displays all of the games between each set of players. An example of the expanded matches is shown below. When you do this, the menu item will change to Games>Show Pairings. You can switch back to the "pairings" view by selecting that Games>Show Pairings operation.
4.From the "games" view, you can enter the results of each game just as you would in a normal Games Window (using Quick Keys or the Enter Results dialog box). When you pair the next round (or do Section>Update Scores/Standings or Report>Print Prize Lists), WinTD will automatically tabulate the results of individual games and assign points accordingly. For example, in a 2 game/round tournament, a player with a win and a draw will get 1.5 points for the round.
Notes
•If you leave the Games Window open in the Show Expanded Matches view, it will keep displaying the games rather than pairings each time you pair another round. However, if you close the Games Window and then open another one, you'll need to do the Games>Show Expanded Matches again to see the games.
•Note that you can only specify multiple games per round for individual or combined individual/team tournaments. This feature cannot be used for team or board-weighted team sections. In many cases, tournaments where teams are supposed to play each other more than once can be handled as "multi-lap" round robin tournaments. This is particularly the case for a two team match, which is trivially a round robin.
The board by board pairing sheet is slightly different for a multiple game/round section. Note that the header has "White then Black" for the player on the left and "Black then White" for the player on the right. Particularly if you are rating the tournament (under either US Chess or FIDE), color information is supposed to be collected. Encourage the players to play the games in the assigned order, and to report the games in the assigned order as well. For instance, if, on board 101, Scott Johnson won the first and drew the second, the scores should be WD for Johnson and LD for Anderson. A total score such as 1.5 for Johnson and 0.5 for Anderson doesn't provide the color breakdown.
Board White then Black Black then White
101. ___ Johnson, Scott (0.0,WZOAK,1403) ___ Anderson, Sarah (0.0,WZGRN,886)
102. ___ Martin, Kyle (0.0,WZOAK,754) ___ Bailey, Renee (0.0,WZGRN,1233)
103. ___ Brown, William (0.0,WZOAK,1155) ___ Smith, John (0.0,WZPLY,nnnn)
104. ___ Stevens, Kevin (0.0,WZGRN,nnnn) ___ Whiteley, Xavie (0.0,WZPLY,1113)
105. ___ Robinson, Dan (0.0,WZGRN,1069) ___ Greenwood, Ryan (0.0,WZOAK,nnnn)
106. ___ Lewis, Amy (0.0,WZGRN,nnnn) ___ Brown, Morgan (0.0,WZPLY,987)
The expanded game window is designed to match up with the pairing sheet, for ease of entry of the scores. Note that the colors played are maintained internally. If on Board 101, Scott Johnson won the first and drew the second, you could enter the results as W and D using the Quick Keys. This would give him a result of 1.5 total, with 1.0 for the first game (where he should have played White) and 0.5 for the second (where he should have played Black).
Wall charts and cross tables are also formatted somewhat differently—the match score is included along with the other results. For instance, in round one, if Scott Johnson scored WD vs Sarah Anderson, he is shown as W8,1.5 and she as L1,0.5.
No. Gr Name(Team) Rate Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Score
1. 5 Johnson, Scott (1,WZOAK) ..... 1403 W8,1.5 W12,2.0 W7,2.0 D2,1.0 6.5
2. 5 Bailey, Renee (2,WZGRN) ...... 1233 W9,2.0 D7,1.0 W4,2.0 D1,1.0 6.0
3. 4 Smith, John (11,WZPLY) ....... nnnn L4,0.0 W10,2.0 W12,2.0 W11,2.0 6.0
4. 5 Brown, William (3,WZOAK) ..... 1155 W3,2.0 W5,2.0 L2,0.0 D6,1.0 5.0
5. 5 Robinson, Dan (5,WZGRN) ...... 1069 W10,2.0 L4,0.0 D6,1.0 W9,2.0 5.0
6. 5 Whiteley, Xavier (4,WZPLY) ... 1113 D12,1.0 W8,1.5 D5,1.0 D4,1.0 4.5
7. 4 Brown, Morgan (6,WZPLY) ...... 987 W11,2.0 D2,1.0 L1,0.0 D8,1.0 4.0
8. 4 Anderson, Sarah (7,WZGRN) .... 886 L1,0.5 L6,0.5 D9,1.0 D7,1.0 3.0
9. 5 Martin, Kyle (8,WZOAK) ....... 754 L2,0.0 W11,2.0 D8,1.0 L5,0.0 3.0
10. 5 Greenwood, Ryan (9,WZOAK) .... nnnn L5,0.0 L3,0.0 D11,1.0 W12,2.0 3.0
11. 4 Lewis, Amy (10,WZGRN) ........ nnnn L7,0.0 L9,0.0 D10,1.0 L3,0.0 1.0
12. 5 Stevens, Kevin (12,WZGRN) .... nnnn D6,1.0 L1,0.0 L3,0.0 L10,0.0 1.0
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