Endorsed Tournament Managers

Endorsed Tournament Managers


Definitions

FPC

Free Pairings Checker

Tool embedded in the tournament-manager containing the pairing-engine that can be freely used by external people (without the user interface).

See Section C.04/Appendix A.4 for further details.

RTG

Random Tournament Generator

Freely available tool that generates a full TRF for a simulated tournament.

See Section C.04/Appendix A.5 for further details.


VEGA

Author

Luigi Forlano

ITA

Website

vegachess.com

Platform

Windows

download =>

Vega7.exe

Linux

download =>

Vega7

Pairing System

Dutch

Internal Pairing Engine

NO ( uses JaVaFo )

Endorsement Congress

Göynük (2017)

Endorsed Version

7.6.0 Build 35

FPC availability

thru JaVaFo (chapter: Pairings Checker)

RTG availability

thru JaVaFo (chapter: Random Tournament Generator)

Pairing System

Dubov

Internal Pairing Engine

YES

Endorsement Congress

Torino (2006)

Endorsed Version

4.2

FPC availability

NO

Note. FPC and RTG are available with the current version which has not been re-endorsed yet.

RTG availability

NO


SWISS SYS

Author

Thad Suits

USA

Website

swisssys.com

Platform

Windows

download =>

swiss9.exe

Pairing System

Dutch

Internal Pairing Engine

NO ( uses bbpPairings )

Endorsement Congress/PB

Minsk (Presidential Board – April 2018)

Endorsed Version

9.6

FPC availability

thru bbpPairings (see introduction, which refers to JaVaFo 1.4 – chapter: Pairings Checker )

RTG availability

thru bbpPairings (chapter: Random Tournament Generator)


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SWISS MASTER

Author

Royal Dutch Chess Federation

NED

Website

schaakbond.nl/swissmaster

Platform

Windows

download =>

Swiss.exe

Pairing System

Dutch

Internal Pairing Engine

NO ( uses JaVaFo )

Endorsement Congress/PB

Minsk (Presidential Board – April 2018)

Endorsed Version

5.6.9

FPC availability

thru JaVaFo (chapter: Pairings Checker)

RTG availability

thru JaVaFo (chapter: Random Tournament Generator)


SWISS MANAGER

Author

Heinz Herzog

AUT

Website

swiss-manager.at

Platform

Windows

download =>

SwissManager.exe

Pairing System

Dutch

Internal Pairing Engine

NO ( uses JaVaFo)

Endorsement Congress/PB

Minsk (Presidential Board – April 2018)

Endorsed Version

13.0.0.11

FPC availability

thru JaVaFo (chapter: Pairings Checker)

RTG availability

thru JaVaFo (chapter: Random Tournament Generator)


SWISS-CHESS

Author

Franz-Josef Weber

GER

Website

swiss-chess.de


Platform


Windows


download => not available

winswiss.exe, FPC\winswiss_console.exe (FPC, RTG)

Pairing System

Dutch

Internal Pairing Engine

YES

Endorsement Congress/PB

Minsk (Presidential Board – April 2018)

Endorsed Version

9.05

FPC availability

WinSwiss_Console.exe tournament_TRF


RTG availability

WinSwiss_Console.exe <V1>\<V2>xxxx.<V3> /G NNNN MMMM

Note. The previous command will create a number of TRF(S) in the folder <V1>, with names from

<V2>NNNN.<V3> to <V2>MMMM.<V3>. For instance, WinSwiss_Console.exe

.\testxxxx.fid /G 5000 5000 will create test5000.fid in the current folder.