From: "J. Andrew Lipscomb" <ewwa <at> CHATTANOOGA <dot> NET>
Date: 27 apr 2000
Subject: Re: Pros, Playoffs, and NY

>      If the event in question is a Swiss system, standard chess tiebreaking
> methods may be used, either to select a winner, or else to select which of
> an odd number of tied players gets a free ride in the playoffs.

Agreed.  Use tiebreaks to seed an elimination playoff.