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From: joseph@hp-pcd.UUCP (joseph)
Newsgroups: net.chess
Subject: Re: software for chess pairings wanted
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Date: Mon, 24-Sep-84 03:33:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 24 03:33:00 1984
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Nf-From: hpcvlo!joseph    Sep  5 23:33:00 1984


 I once played in a tournament where a computer was used for the
 pairings. (This was a high school tournament in San Antonio, and
 not a USCF event.) After the first round, it was decided that the
 pairings for the first round were wrong, and this round was 
 invalidated after it was finished. The 6 round tourney became a
 5 round tourney, and the computer was abandoned. However, 

 designing software to do swiss pairings is straightforward, and
 would not take much time. See the USCF rules and guidelines for
 tournament play if you are not familiar with how to do swiss
 pairings.