#1 Help on Main menu. ------------------ From this menu you can select any of the following options 1. Output ranking (after round n) 2. Change/Make pairing (for round n) 3. Input results (of round n) 4. Previous round 5. Next round 6. Change player information 7. Change tournament information 8. Load tournament 9. Save tournament 10. Exit To get more help on one of options 1-9 select the option and type . You can safely select any of the options without risk of loosing data. If data is going to be changed or lost you will be asked to confirm your selection. Special keys: show help go to DOS #2 Help on Make pairing. --------------------- Nota Bene: it is usually a good idea to save the tournament before making a pairing to make sure that no data is lost. Before a pairing is made you have to answer the following questions: 1. which players receive a loss because they won't play this round, 2. which players receive a draw because they won't play this round, 3. which pairings are already fixed. On all three questions type if there are no such players or pairings. 4. which algorithm should be used. The best strategy here is to try the first algorithm, which is usually the fastest but which may occasionally take a very long time. If it does not terminate within a reasonable time interrupt it with the key and try the second algorithm. A very rough indication of the time the second algorithm will take is given. If the first algorithm does terminate fast enough it is still instructive to use the second algorithm and compare the pairings. They should always be the same. Special keys: return to main menu show help go to DOS #3 Help on Input results. ---------------------- You can enter this screen after a pairing has been made or from the main menu. Use the -key to print the pairing. The pairing can be changed by hand using the and keys. unpairs two players. asks for two players and pairs them. Results can be entered with the following codes: 0: R0-0 both players receive 0 because they did not show up 1: 1-0 white wins 2: 0-1 black wins 3: «-« draw 4: A1-0 the game is adjourned (but the provisional score is 1-0) 5: A0-1 the game is adjourned (but the provisional score is 0-1) 6: A«-« the game is adjourned and the provisional score is a draw 7: R1-0 black did not show up, white receives the point 8: R0-1 white did not show up, black receives the point 9: R«-« the game is not played but the point is shared A result can be removed with the space bar. Special keys: return to main menu show help print pair two players unpair a game go to DOS #4 Help on Change player information. ---------------------------------- The columns that can be changed are Name : name of the player 26 characters rating : rating nat.rat. : this column shows a '*' if the rating in the previous column is not a FIDE rating but a national rating title : title 3 characters nationality : FIDE acronym for nationality 3 characters rating-ID : FIDE identification number 8 characters Special keys: move to next column move to previous column nove to next player nove to previous player return to main menu show help sort reassign pairing numbers move player add a player remove last player randomize order go to DOS #5 Help on Change tournament information. -------------------------------------- In this screen the following information can be changed: tournament name : this name appears in headings above rankings etc. tournament filename : the file in which the tournament will be saved number of players : number of rounds : first table : the number of the first table (usefull if there are more groups) Rating/Buchholtz/Teams : indicates the pairing system number of players / team : (only for teams) must be between 1 and 15 withdrawn players : the players that are withdrawn from the tournament forbidden pairings : pairings that are not allowed (e.g. player 1 against player 13) If essential information has changed (such as number of players) you are asked if the tournament tables have to be cleared. Be careful with answering yes. All information about players and games will be lost unless saved on disk. Special keys: move to next field move to previous field return to main menu show help go to DOS #6 Help on Load tournament. ------------------------ Type a filename or change it or leave it as it is shown. Type and a tournament will be loaded from a file with that name. If the file contains a tournament saved with Swiss_Master it is loaded as it was saved. If the file contains a tournament saved with ZWS (ZWS-207 or ZWS-316) it will be converted to the Swiss_Master format. Special keys: return to main menu show help go to DOS #7 Help on Save tournament. ------------------------ Type a filename or change it or leave it as it is shown. Type and the tournament will be saved under that name. If a file with that name already exists you will be asked whether you really want to discard the old file. Special keys: return to main menu show help go to DOS #8 Help on Show rankings. ---------------------- Nine different tables can be selected: 1. ranking score, WP, SB, PS, rating, TPR, W-We 2. ranking and games games, colour balance, score 3. players and title results player information, title result 4. tournament results 5. rating results tables 4 and 5 contain all information that has to be submitted to the FIDE for rating administration 6. player cards all information needed for making a pairing by hand 7. pairing the pairing/results fo the current round 8. cross table a square table with all game results 9. KNSB table a table containing all information that has to be submitted to the KNSB for rating administration Special keys: return to main menu show help go to DOS #9 Help on Printing. ---------------- This version only supports printing on Epson or HP Deskjet compatible printers. If you have one of these, select one of the options 1-6, depending on the interface you use. If you have a different printer, you can still print using option 7. Select it and type a filename e.g. "ranking.doc". The data will be sent to this file. Now use a word processor to print this file on your printer. You can also use this option to edit the rankings or to include them in other documents such as tournament reports. Special keys: cancel printing, return to menu show help go to DOS #10 Help on ranking. ---------------- The numbers listed are: No. : the current ranking PNo. : the pairing number Score : score Match : match points (only for team tournaments) Board : board points (only for team tournaments) WP : Buchholtz score (Weerstands Punten) SB : Sonneborn Berger score PS : progressive score (sum of scores after each round) rating : ELO rating TPR : tournament performance rating based on the rating of the opponents W-We : the difference of the score and the expected score based on the rating of the player and his opponents Special keys: return to menu show help print go to DOS previous round next round #11 Help on ranking and games. -------------------------- The numbers listed are: No. : the current ranking PNo. : the pairing number Rn : the pairing number of the opponent, the colour and the result in round n : the colour balance, the number of games played with white minus the number of games played with black Score : score Special keys: return to menu show help print go to DOS previous round next round <<-> scroll left <->> scroll right #12 Help on players and title results. ---------------------------------- The numbers listed are: PNo. : the pairing number Rating : the ELO rating : the title : the country Rating-ID : an identification number, the first 1, 2 or 3 digits indicate the country the remaining 5 digits indicate the player Title result : the title result obtained in this tournament Special keys: return to menu show help print order alphabetically go to DOS previous round next round #13 Help on tournament results. --------------------------- In this table only the results and opponents of all games are listed. This table conforms to the FIDE "tournament results table" as specified in the "Guidelines for Computer-generated rating results of Swiss tournaments" QC annex 6 of the FIDE Congress, Thessaloniki, 1984. It can be used together with the rating results table. The round-by-round results consist of '+', '=' and '-' for win, draw and loss followed by the pairing number of the opponent. Special keys: return to menu show help print go to DOS previous round next round <<-> scroll left <->> scroll right #14 Help on rating results. ----------------------- This table conforms to the FIDE "rating results table" as specified in the "Guidelines for Computer-generated rating results of Swiss tournaments" QC annex 6 of the FIDE Congress, Thessaloniki, 1984. It can be used together with the tournament results table. The numbers listed are: nr : pairing number nat : country T : title rating : ELO rating ID : FIDE identification number tot : total score Rc : average rating of rated opponents N : number of games against rated opponents W : score against rated opponents W-We : score minus expected score against rated opponents Special keys: return to menu show help print go to DOS previous round next round #15 Help on player cards. --------------------- ³Player:Van der Sterren, P. Country:NLD Rating:2490 GM Nr:9 ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ³ Round: ³ 1 2 3 4 5 6 ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ³Opponent ³ 27 16 14 5 7 2 pairing number of opponent ³Table nr ³ 9 6 2 1 2 2 table at which game is played ³Colour ³ W B W W B B white: W, black: B ³Colour balance ³1/0 1/1 2/1 3/1 3/2 3/3 games with white/games with black ³Result normal ³ 1 1 1 « « « result ³ forfeit ³ result if game was not played ³ adjourned ³ result for adjourned games ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ³Pairing total ³ 1 2 3 3« 4 4« score (adjourned counts as «) ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ³Floats ³ v v up float: ^, down float: v Special keys: return to menu show help go to DOS previous round next round show player with that pairing number previous player next player #16 Help on pairing. ---------------- This table contains the pairing and results of the current round. If no pairing has been made or the last round has been finished all players will be listed as receiving a bye. Special keys: return to menu show help print go to DOS previous round next round #17 Help on cross table. -------------------- The cross table contains the results of al games played sofar. A win for the player on the left side of the cross table is indicated by a '+', a draw by '=' and a loss by '-'. a b c d a + + b - + c - - d - + The table above shows that player a has won his games against b and d, and c has lost his games against b and d. Players are listed in order of pairing number or ranking. The -key switches between the two orders. Special keys: return to menu show help print change order go to DOS previous round next round #18 Help on KNSB tournament results. -------------------------------- In this table only the total results against rated opponents are listed. This table conforms to the guidelines of the KNSB (Dutch Chess federation) as specified in the "KNSB ratinglijst". Special keys: return to menu show help print go to DOS previous round next round <<-> scroll left <->> scroll right #19 Help on Input results. ---------------------- You can enter this screen after a pairing has been made or from the main menu. Use the -key to print the pairing. The pairing can be changed by hand using the and keys. unpairs two players. asks for two players and pairs them. Results can be entered with the following codes: a: R0-0 both teams receive 0 because they did not show up b: R1-0 black did not show up, white receives the point c: R0-1 white did not show up, black receives the point @: add 10.0 to white score Normal scores such as 3.5-0.5 for four players are entered by typing the score of the first team without the dot. That is 3.5-0.5 is entered as 35, 1.0-4.0 is entered as 10. 12.5-1.5 is entered as 25 followed by @. A result can be removed with the space bar. Special keys: return to main menu show help print pair two players unpair a game go to DOS #20