#Swiss manager chess manual#

I find UTU Swiss the easiest program to create ECF grading submission files for occasional junior tournament that has been run using manual pairing cards. It has gone through a number of upgrades which I found have made it easier to use. UTU Swiss (the replacement for Tournament Director program) is very minimalist in design and operation, and takes a little time to familiarise yourself with its use. It is designed for use with the FIDE rating list, although it is possible to import the ECF list by reformatting it. Swiss Master is a simpler and more straight forward program to use. That is primarily the reason I don't like using it. It can be very embarrassing and frustrating.Įxpertise can only be gained by regular use and it is essential to have to hand a crib sheet, as advised by Brian Towers, just in case you forget the procedure for removing players, setting byes and repairing. Tournament Controllers using it in a tournament for the first time frequently run into the same difficulties that you have encountered. Swiss Manager is a very powerful capable computer pairing program but its greatest failing, as you discovered, is the non intuitive menu system. in case anyone asks the obvious, in the 'Other' tab of the 'Tournament Data Dialog (Swiss System), the radio box 'Players/Teams can be always be paired manually' is ticked. However, sometimes I get this problem, and I end up just banging my head against a brick wall.ītw. I know that it is possible to pair the first round manually, as I have done this before. If I go to 'Round 1', it will allow me to pair the second round manually.

If I go to 'Round 0', it won't let me repair the first round manually. However, I then have to correct the pairings. This problem disappears if I pair the first round by computer. I have this problem that it ignores my pairings if I pair the first round manually, and acts as if the round has not been paired. I have been wasting hours this evening trying to recreate the tournament with Swiss Master (with a view to uploading the tournament to ).

(The Open & U160 were continued to be paired with Swiss Manager, without issue.) However, I ended up with enormous problems trying to do this, and in the end, I defaulted to using Swiss Master, instead. Today, pairing the Richmond Rapidplays U120, I needed to re-pair some players in the first round. I find it a rather cussed piece of software, unfortunately. Hi, does anyone have experience with Swiss Manager?