PCH Rapid Tournament #2

About the tournament

Organizer

Pune Chess Hangouts

Date

Sunday, 1 November 2026

Venue

Pune

Time control

Rapid 7+5

Format

Swiss, 5 rounds · FIDE (Dutch) Swiss system, 2025 rules

Players

25 registered

From the organizer

test bnite - make it - break it - own it

How it works

1. Swiss system, 5 rounds. Nobody is knocked out: everyone plays every round, each time against someone on the same score (or as close as possible), and never the same opponent twice.
2. Pairings by computer using the FIDE (Dutch) Swiss system, 2025 rules (FIDE Handbook C.04.3, the rules used for FIDE-rated Swiss events). Colours are balanced over the event: as far as possible nobody gets the same colour three times in a row.
3. Starting numbers go by rating, highest first; equal ratings by name, unrated players last. In round 1 the top seed plays White.
4. Scoring: win 1 point, draw ½, loss 0. With an odd number of players, one player per round gets a bye worth 1 point (never the same player twice).
5. Can't make a round? Tell the organizer before that round is paired: you can take a half-point bye (½ point) or withdraw. Late entries start with 0 points for the rounds they missed.
6. Ranking: points first. Players on the same points are separated by these tie-breaks, in order:
   1. TB1 Buchholz Cut 1 — from round 2
   2. TB2 Buchholz
   3. TB3 Sonneborn-Berger
   4. TB4 Direct encounter — counts only when the tied players have all played each other
   5. TB5 Number of wins including byes
   6. TB6 Number of games won with Black
   7. Then starting number (lower ranks higher)
7. Standings update when every result of a round is in, never part-way through a round. After the final round the organizer checks the results and ends the tournament, and the final ranking is published.

Pairings follow the FIDE Handbook (C.04) and tie-breaks FIDE C.07.