[net.chess] software for chess pairings wanted

james@ur-laser.uucp (James Chavin) (08/24/84)

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  I would like to know if there is anyone who has either written or knows where
some good software could be acquired to prepare either swiss, round robin, or 
quad chess tournament pairings.  Any info, names, or numbers would be  greatly
appreciated.  I am making these enquiries on behalf of the Community Chess 
Club of Rochester, N.Y.  

     Thanks in advance,


                                    James Chavin
                                    Laboratory for Laser Energetics
                                    University of Rochester
                                    250 East River Road
                                    Rochester, N.Y. 14623
                                    {allegra,seismo} !rochester!ur-laser!james

joseph@hp-pcd.UUCP (joseph) (09/24/84)

 I once played in a tournament where a computer was used for the
 pairings. (This was a high school tournament in San Antonio, and
 not a USCF event.) After the first round, it was decided that the
 pairings for the first round were wrong, and this round was 
 invalidated after it was finished. The 6 round tourney became a
 5 round tourney, and the computer was abandoned. However, 

 designing software to do swiss pairings is straightforward, and
 would not take much time. See the USCF rules and guidelines for
 tournament play if you are not familiar with how to do swiss
 pairings.