Advantages and disadvantages of Swiss competition system

The advantage of Swiss competition system over round robin competition is that when there are many contestants, there is no need to play many rounds. One disadvantage of the Swiss competition system is that, except for the last champion and the last place, according to different scoring methods or breaking the same score, the ranking of intermediate players may be rough and random or draw lots.

The inherent advantage of the Swiss competition system over the elimination system is that it does not need to eliminate any contestants. Before the game, players can be sure that no matter how they play, they can participate in all rounds of games without worrying about being eliminated in advance. In the worst case, when the number of players is odd, there will be a round without competition (that is, a bye), but you can still guarantee to get 1 point.

A player can only have one bye at most. Unlike the knockout round, the Swiss competition system will save the suspense for the last game. Sometimes a player leads too much, and one or even several rounds in advance can ensure the championship. The common remedy is to make the Swiss system first, and then eliminate the top players to decide the champion.

Made in Switzerland:

Also known as the integral cycle system (not to be confused with the cycle system), it is often used in chess matches. It first appeared in the 1895 competition in Zurich, Switzerland, hence its name.

One of the special match systems of chess competition, which is suitable for chess, China chess, Go, Gobang and military chess. The basic principle is to avoid the seed players fighting from the beginning. It is a scientific, reasonable and most commonly used competition system. The English abbreviation is SS, which is made in Switzerland.