Swiss pairing system

GPTKB entity

Statements (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf tournament system
gptkbp:advantage all players play each round
efficient for large fields
no perfect ranking for all places
possible unfair pairings in later rounds
tie-breakers often needed
gptkbp:contrastsWith double-elimination system
round-robin system
single-elimination system
gptkbp:feature all players play each round
final ranking by total points
fixed number of rounds
no elimination
players paired with similar scores
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Swiss pairing system
gptkbp:introducedIn 1895
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Julius_Müller
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Magic:_The_Gathering_Pro_Tour
gptkb:chess_player
gptkb:FIDE_World_Cup
Scrabble World Championship
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Switzerland
gptkbp:pairingMethod players with similar scores face each other
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:McMahon_system
gptkb:Monrad_system
Dutch system
accelerated Swiss system
gptkbp:tieBreaker gptkb:Buchholz_system
gptkb:Sonneborn–Berger_score
number of wins
head-to-head result
progressive score
gptkbp:usedFor large tournaments
tournaments with time constraints
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Magic:_The_Gathering_tournaments
chess tournaments
eSports tournaments
Go tournaments
Scrabble tournaments
bridge tournaments
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Swiss_system
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5