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Wadih Khoury
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Quick pairing question

Post by Wadih Khoury » Sat Apr 23, 2022 3:41 pm

What happens if in the last round of a Swiss, the 2 leaders had double whites?
Will they play each other with the top seed having triple white, or will the 2 be downfloated and play as black against the 2 highest seeds of the next group?

LawrenceCooper
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Re: Quick pairing question

Post by LawrenceCooper » Sat Apr 23, 2022 3:59 pm

Wadih Khoury wrote:
Sat Apr 23, 2022 3:41 pm
What happens if in the last round of a Swiss, the 2 leaders had double whites?
Will they play each other with the top seed having triple white, or will the 2 be downfloated and play as black against the 2 highest seeds of the next group?
The FIDE handbook https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/C040403 states:

2 Pairing a Score-group

2.1 Two players who have not yet played each other are said to be compatible provided that the pairing will not require either player to have the same colour in three successive rounds, or to have three more of one colour than the other.

However:

6.
Exceptions applicable to the last round.
In the last round, the general principle C.04.1.e, requiring players with the same score to be paired if they had not met in an earlier round, shall have priority over alternation and equalisation of colours, even if it is necessary for one of the players to be given the same colour for the third round in succession, or to be given three more of one colour than the other.

Wadih Khoury
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Re: Quick pairing question

Post by Wadih Khoury » Sat Apr 23, 2022 4:26 pm

Thank you, I couldn't remember point 6.

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