From: Larry Kaufman <lkaufman <at> COMCAST <dot> NET>
Date: 14 jul 2002
Subject: Re: Tie Breaks Method in the real tournaments ?

----- Original Message -----
From: "NAITO Naoya" <GFE00244 <at> NIFTY <dot> NE <dot> JP>
To: <SHOGI-L <at> TECHUNIX <dot> TECHNION <dot> AC <dot> IL>
Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 1:23 AM
Subject: Tie Breaks Method in the real tournaments ?


> Hello
>
>  I am very interested in Swiss System, especially 'Tie Breaks Method'.
>
>  I want to know about 'how to use Tie Breaks Method in the real
tournaments'.
> Note:(by Swiss Perfect 98 Help)
>   1 Buchholz : the sum of opponents' scores
>   2 Berger : the sum of scores of the opponents who were beaten by a given
player
>   3 Median-Buchholz : Buchholz, but after leaving out the highest and the
lowest scoring opponents
>   4 Progress : Calculated by adding points from a progress table
>
> Thanks.
>
>  Naoya NAITO

     In US Chess events, first tiebreak is modified median, like number 3
above but only discarding the lowest opponent, keeping the highest.  I think
it is the best tiebreak for Swiss.

     Larry Kaufman