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suezy

Im wanting to know what tie breaks are in matches and how they are calculated

baghayeri

Whats mean 'tie breaks'  ? can U explain more ?

pawn_eater

support.chess.com/Knowledgebase/Article/View/82/0/what-happens-when-there-is-a-tied-score-and-what-is-the-tie-break

suezy

baghayeri when u play team matches or tournaments for each game you win u receive points in the tie break

suezy

thanks pawn_eater for the link

TadDude
suezy wrote:

Im wanting to know what tie breaks are in matches and how they are calculated


http://www.chess.com/tournaments/help.html#tiebreak

Multiply your individual score against each opponent by that opponent's total score. Add up all these for each opponent.

For the example in the help.

Group #--123PointsTie Break
1. Bob X 0 1 1 1 3 4.5
2. Mary 0 1 X 0 0.5 1.5 3.75
3. John 0 0 0.5 1 X 1.5 2.25

Bob vs Mary: 1 times 1.5 = 1.5

Bob vs John: 2 times 1.5 = 3.0

Bob's tiebreak = 1.5 + 3.0 = 4.5

suezy

Thanks TadDude understand it better now.