Bug on tournament?

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orejano

I just got a message that I have advanced to the next round of a chess tournament.

When I go to the tournament page and look at my group I found myself alone in that group. So... what will happen now? I have to  play against myself? The group will be never completed because there will be no games? I will be eliminated of the tournament because I have 0 points????

The tournament link is

http://www.chess.com/tournament/players-with-quotmost-of-gamesquot-battle

I'm on group 1 of round 5.

Orejano

RandomPrecision

I would think you have a 'bye' in this round of the tournament.

It looks like you have a ladder-type tournament, with a group size of two players.  Exactly three players advanced from Round 4, and because of your relative ratings, the other two players were matched against each other.

You should play the winner of CBA and TERRYHOLIDAY in Round 6. Cool

neb-c

You go through to next round.

orejano

I didnt. I'm now playing TERRYHOLIDAY and if I win I'll play against CBA. Kind of weird....

RandomPrecision

They tied, so now CBA is in the same situation you were in, in Round 5. Cool

TadDude

For a tournament with Max Group Size: 2, when there are an odd number of players the player in the middle according to rating gets a bye.

Another characteristic as you see are the extra rounds to determine the winner since the tie break does not work in groups of two. It will take at least 7 rounds to finish your tournament that started with 22 players.

For another example. This tournament of 4 players took 5 rounds.