How does the chess.com daily tournament pairing system work

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Nine-point-Circle

In a daily tournament, when some players withdraw after Round 1, how will the remaining players be paired in Round 2? Will the players be grouped into groups (where group size = Max Group Size)?

Martin_Stahl
Nine-point-Circle wrote:

In a daily tournament, when some players withdraw after Round 1, how will the remaining players be paired in Round 2? Will the players be grouped into groups (where group size = Max Group Size)?

https://support.chess.com/en/articles/8638888-how-does-a-round-robin-knock-out-tournament-work

It depends on group sizes and potential ties. Groups will either be equal to the configured group size or smaller, if the number of players advancing are top high to accommodate that