[quote][player]Spiffe[/player] wrote: 1) There was some discussion from [player]erik[/player] about this a while ago, and it seems so useful that I don't know why it fell by the wayside -- allow later rounds of tournaments to start once all games that can affect the results are complete. No need to wait for the 4th & 5th-place players in a section to play out 50 moves of a rook vs. knight endgame. You asked for an example, here's one: http://www.chess.com/tournaments/pairings.html?id=6106&round=1&page=2 You asked for the algorithm, I posted it, I can do so again if you like. [/quote]

This has been suggested many times in the past but I'm pretty sure it's been deemed low priority due to it's perceived relative infrequency.