FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

Because my forum was used rather seldom, I have stopped it and have replaced it with this FAQ page.

I receive many requests to Swiss manager and Chess-Results.com. Here I will publish questions of general interest.

Swiss-Manager FAQ

1 How to import the national ratinglist?

It is possible to import a (national) ratinglist on basis of an Excelfiles. A sample Excel-file is available on my Homepage under http://swiss-manager.at/unload/NationalRatings.xls.

How to do (for Unicode):

  • Download the example-excel-File
  • Fill your data into the Excel-File (See also sheet "help")
  • In Swiss-Manager: Menu-Item "Rating Lists / Import rating lists" ==> Import rating lists
  • Select option "UniCode Version"
  • Select ratinglist ADDx Additional rating list
  • Select the Excel-File
  • Enter "Short name (federation)
  • Start Import

How to do (for non Unicode):

  • Download the example-excel-File
  • Fill your data into the Excel-File (See also sheet "help")
  • In Swiss-Manager: Menu-Item "Rating Lists / Import rating lists" ==> Import rating lists
  • Select ratinglist "NAT national rating list"
  • Enter Select the Excel-File
  • Optional: Enter "Data validity
  • Start Import

2 Can I upload the tournament''s games to chess-results.com?

3 What is to do if a player retires during a round robin tournament?

4 Buchholz-Tie-Break Calculation

5 Entering Results for not paired players in a Single-Swiss System

6 Where can I find the Tie-Break 3 points for win, 1 point for a draw, 0 for loss?

7 On the ranking-list only the first Tie-Break is printed, on the screen all Tie-Breaks are shown.

8 Who is the "creator" of the Swiss-Manager file and where can I see him?

9 Does Swiss manager run on Tablet-PCs or Smart-Phones?

10 Where can I enter the installation code?

11 Where the language can be set/changed?

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