What are the different tiebreak systems?


To break the tie of players with equal points, you have a choice between several tiebreaker systems. You can define their order of consideration.

Tiebreak systems
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Description of the tiebreak system
Sonneborn-Berger x x Total points of defeated opponents and half of the points of opponents against which there was nil
Number of wins x x Number of games won
Number of wins with the blacks x x Number of games won with the blacks
Buchholtz x Total scores of opponents
Median-Buchholtz 1 x Just like Buchholtz, but we remove the lowest and the highest score of the series
Median-Buchholtz 2 x Just like Buchholtz, but we remove 2 lowest and 2 highest scores of the series
Truncated Buchholtz 1 x Just like Buchholtz, but we remove the lowest score of the series
Truncated Buchholtz 2 x Just like Buchholtz, but we remove 2 lowest scores of the series
Cumulative x Total scores of opponents
Elo performance x Elo average of opponents

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