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Chess tournament: round-robin table, Sonneborn–Berger and piece colours

A round-robin chess event rests on three things: the right order of rounds, the colour of pieces in every game and a fair split of equal scores. HoneyCup handles all three by FIDE rules.

Круговая таблица шахматного турнира с коэффициентом Бергера

Game results

Instead of a score you enter the outcome: win, draw or loss. In the table that is 1, ½ and 0, and the Points column shows the total, such as 5½. One outcome button is enough to record a game.

Sonneborn–Berger

On equal points places are split by the Sonneborn–Berger score: the sum of points of opponents a player beat, plus half the points of those they drew with. The order follows FIDE: points, then Sonneborn–Berger, then number of wins, then head-to-head. The coefficient has its own column next to the points.

Final standings of a chess tournament
Final places: on equal points, the higher Sonneborn–Berger score ranks first.

Rounds and piece colours

Rounds follow the FIDE Berger tables: the round number is shown right in the cross-table cell, and colours alternate by the rules. In the schedule every game has a colour dot — white or black — so there is no separate chart to check before a round.

Chess tournament schedule with piece colours for each player
Schedule by day: each player has a piece-colour dot, each game its result.

Team chess by boards

For team events there is a “Chess (team)” sport: a team of two players on fixed boards, a match is two games. The Points column shows the sum of board points (win — 1, draw — ½), and teams are ranked by it. Under the team name you see the surnames of the board one and board two players. In multi-sport events individual standings are kept separately for each board, with the team result as the tie-break.

How to start

  1. Create a tournament, pick “Chess” as the sport and “Round robin” or “Swiss system” as the format.
  2. Add participants.
  3. Record game results with the 1 / ½ / 0 buttons.
  4. The table, Sonneborn–Berger and places are calculated automatically.

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