From: NAITO Naoya <GFE00244 <at> NIFTY <dot> NE <dot> JP>
Date: 17 jul 2002
Subject: Re: Tie Breaks Method in the real tournaments ?

Hello Mr. Larry Kaufman

>      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.

 Thank you very much for your useful information.
'modified median' is very interesting for me.

 How many rounds do US Chess events have ?
And what is second and third tiebreak ?
I am glad to know these.

Thanks.

 Naoya NAITO
  E-mail  GFE00244 <at> nifty <dot> ne <dot> jp
  Kyoto, Japan.

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