SwissManager

SwissManager is a software approved by FIDE (International Chess Federation)

Chess) that allows us to manage different types of tournaments.
Chess (Swiss System, Swiss System with tiebreaker by teams, System
Swiss Team, Round Robin, Team Round Robin

You can download this program from its official website:[Link]

It is installed by double clicking. click on:

When installed, it will appear in German.

To work with the program in Spanish, above, in the menu bar, click on
Extras

Click on the first one on the list.

Select Spanish (Spanish / Spain) from the dropdown menu

Now Swiss Manager will operate in Spanish.

Install now Help.. Download it from:[Link]

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Therefore, we have the Swiss Manager and its Help (in Spanish) installed.
We are ready to organize our first Chess tournament.

Let us clarify that what we have, so far, is a DEMO version. If you

click on? (at the top, at the end of Menu, on the right) and then on
Information... the following window appears:

How to transform it into full version? Easy. Click on Specials/Install

/ Show Terms of Use/Accept Terms of Use and note in
Installation code the password received upon acquiring this software. Finish
clicking on OK. Now, yes, click again on? /Information...
a window similar to the previous one will appear, indicating that it is about the
FULL version. Check it yourself:

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 Let's go to our first tournament. Open the program.

Click on File/NewTournament and select Swiss System otherwise it

were.

The following appears:

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 Here we are asked to assign a name and type to our tournament. Save. Once
done the above,

SwissManager requests the tournament data entry. There are 6 tabs above.

The first is Generally what the following figure shows:

Designation: Here goes the official name of the tournament. You can note in the lower space
Any other information about it. Comments: Any information about this tournament may be included.
Organizer: Entity or club that organizes. Website and email: If the organization
he has them. Game rhythm: Duration of the match, with or without a clock, etc. Director of

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Torneo, Arbitro Principal y Árbitro:Los nombres de estas [Link]ón:
Click and select CHI Chile.

Lugar:Donde se realiza el [Link]: Número de partidas a [Link] de

edad:Categorías por edad de jugadores, Sub 8, Sub 10, Sub12, etc.
Sort/Display and Evaluated for elo: National Elo must be selected
Nationals proceed. If the tournament were with players with international ranking, it must
mark what corresponds. Pairing, Select Starting points.

Now, second tab. Ties.

20 tiebreakers will appear (of which it is possible to select only

five)

Below are the tiebreakers that come by default. Click on Clear all.
desempatessi es necesario

Now select the tiebreakers you want to apply to your tournament. It is recommended to use the
siguientes: Resultado particular (11) Progresivo (9) Performance (21)

Third tab: Listings.

Si desea otorgar premios según Elo de cada jugador establezca las categorías que
correspond as indicated in the example in the following figure.

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Below are five selected possibilities: Best Woman (Award for Best...
classified lady), Best Elo increase (To the participant whose Elo increased the most),
According to the field type (Related to the player's age), According to the field
club name (Award to the club) of the participant) and In U18 are included
also Sub 16, Sub 14, etc. (If you decide to award prizes to Sub 18 and Sub 16, for
for example, it must establish whether the U16 player can qualify for the U18 award
also).

Fourth and Fifth tab: Board listings and Title Fide. They will not apply.

Sixth tab: Others: Select the following four:

Allow the entry of special results (0:0, ½:0, 0:½)

Players will always be able to be manually matched.

Automatic and

Other tournaments as illustrated in the following figure.

Click on OK.

Introduction of players

SwissManager allows you to introduce players from an Elo list. This list
where all the player data appears is edited by FENACH (Federation
of Chess of Chile) and updated every 2 months according to the tournaments held and
results achieved by the players.

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 the compressed file ENF List
I went down[Link]
for Swiss Manager... that contains the Elo list that interests us. Save.
Unzip this file.

When you decompress that file, two other files will appear.

One, a text file containing these same instructions and another Excel file with CSV extension.
Open this file CVSy and save it as Excel Workbook 97 - 2003.

Now open SwissManager. Click on Elo list. / Import elo lists.

The following will appear:

Click on Import elo lists.

Now we will have the window illustrated below:

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Let's finish.

1) Select elo list. Select the first alternative from the list
dropdown: National elo list NAT.

En2) Select the file to import (for FIDE, ...Click on

button and locate where

saved decompressed file of FENACH with the name of Excel 97 Workbook

2003. Select it and Open. Ready.

En3) Expiration date, write the date you are installing SwissManager.
Example: June 2011.

In 6) Start import, click in button

Finish by clicking the OK button.

With all this, SwissManager has in its system the list of 28,651 chess players.
nationals with the data that this software requires to organize a tournament.

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How to register players from the FENACH list?

Click on Enter / Enter players … The program will show this:

Here are two important parts in this window: the names will be displayed above and
Other data of the players that appear in the FENACH listing. Below it will be added.
registering the names of the players (with all their information) who will participate in the
tournament that is wanted to be organized.

How is the introduction made? There are several ways:

1.- Write in the lower right space, below the OK button, the last name or part of it.
he.

Press Enter and SwissManager will display it at the top of the window. Double click
at any part of the player row that we are interested in introducing and that name is
will load into the tournament list.
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2.-All chess players listed in FENACH have an identification.
(ID) what is a number. Write down that number (but preceded by the letter i) in the same
previous space and SwissManager will show the data corresponding to that player.
Accept a double click on its row and the player will join the tournament we are in.
organizing.

3.- Click on the Manual Introduction button (necessary option when the player that we
interesting figure in the FENACH listings

If you want to exclude a player, just select them and click the Delete button.

Once the incorporation of players is finalized, you can check your list by making
click on Introduce / Introduce players … , on Introduce / Players
by clicking the SP button on the toolbar, alternatives which
they bring up the window where you can fill in data, register or delete
players.

Assign date and time to the tournament. It is recommended to use this format: Date23.06.2011
andTime11:30.

Finish this part by clicking on Enter / Rearrange initial ranking. Respond YES
to the message.

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Formation of couples.

Click on Pairing/Pairing Menu (or press the F6 key).

Click on the Start button and then OK. This is how we have formed the first Round.
Do you want to see the pairs that SwissManager formed?

Good. Click on Listings / Matches (or just press the F10 key).

If you wish to cancel the pairing of this round: Click on Specials /

Options / Delete rounds / OK.

If you deleted the pairings, you need to set them up again: Pairing / Menu
Unpairing (or press F6 key) / Start / OK.

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If you want to view this result, click on Listings / Matching (or press
F10 key).

Entry of match results

After a round of matches is completed, enter their results: Input /

Results... (or press F7 key).

To enter results, we obviously need pairs of players who have

round finished.

Let's hold a fictional tournament then.

File / NewTournament / Swiss System / (We assign a name) FirstTournament

Chess 2011.

Complete the data required by the software. Determine the tiebreakers. In Listings:
select who will receive awards. InOthers: Select Allow input
of special results (0:0, ½:0, 0:½) and it will be possible to manually pair the
players always.

In the order of the pairing list: Automatic marking. In tournament type:

Check Other tournaments.

Finish by clicking OK and the window will open where you must enter the
names of the participants.

Use the bottom right part, under the button

OK

Type without accents. Sometimes just one last name is enough. When it comes to a very last name.
common, a lengthy list will appear and it is necessary to specify with the other surname and/or
name to facilitate the search for that chess player. Use uppercase or lowercase.

Let's assume that the following players will participate in this tournament: Jorrat, Casanga
Cortés, Cortés Castillo Raúl, Pérez López, Anticevic, Lenoir, Jeraldo Alvarado
["Pallamar","Paredes Alvarez","Jopia Milla","Neira Zenteno","Nuñez Cerda","Romeral","Moraga"]
Muñoz Daniel, Huerta Casanga, Fuentes Zepeda Carlos
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Write the player's last name and then ENTER. It will appear at the top.
player with all his data and when clicking on Accept, he will be integrated into the list of
their tournament.

If your player does not appear in official listings (in the case of new players) they must
Enter it by clicking the manual entry button and type the data that
You know and the system asks. If you registered a player who will not attend, select him.
and click on Delete. Once you have entered all the players, click on OK.

To view your player roster, click the SP button.

Pairings

Click on Pairing / Pairing Menu (or F6) / Start / OK

Click on Listings / Pairing (or F10) and the window appears that shows the
first round pairs.

The first round is played and the first results are entered. When trying to do so,
SwissManager (showing the figure below) will require us to determine the date and
game time. Click OK.

The following window appears in which the date and time of the matches must be indicated.
The format should be as follows: 20.06.2011 and 11:30.

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All of this can also be done at any time by clicking on
Enter / Dates ...
Results
Click on Enter / Results… (or F7)

The couples appear and on the right the different buttons that will help us for
record the different results. You can also use the keyboard: 1= 1:0, 2=
½:½,3= 0:1, 0 = remove result.
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Enter all results and click on the FIN button. To view what was noted:
Reports / Results (F9)

Now, second round: Pairing / Pairing menu (F6) Start / OK

To view the formed pairs: Listings / Pairings (F10)

Input of results for the second round: Enter / Results… ( F7). All are entered
results andFin.

To view the notes from round 2: Listings / Results (F9).

We finish this tournament by forming the pairs for round three: Pairing / Menu of
pairing(F6).

Round three results: Introduce / Results(F7).

View final classification: Listings / Table by classification.

Awards

Quick reference

Approved by FIDE at the congress in October 2004 in Calvia (Spain).

Simple handling.

Swiss System: up to 1500 participants / 46 rounds.

Round Robin: up to 149 rounds

Round Robin by teams: up to 1500 participants / 23 rounds.

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 Swiss system by teams: up to 1500 participants / 150 teams / 23 rounds.

Fast and easy entry of players with the help of the FIDE elo list or elo lists.
nationals.

Fast and reliable pairing (just a few seconds).

Processing multiple tournaments at the same time.

Quick and convenient introduction of results.

Information and listings of all accessible rounds at any time.

Output of lists to screen, printer, or file.

Unicode support (languages like Japanese, Chinese...)

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