I believe tie break points takes precedence.
Winning tnmt on tiebreak?
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NimzoRoy wrote:
If there are 2 players tied for first place in a tnmt what is the first tie-break method used: tie-break pts or if one player beat the other player (ie 1-0, 1.5 -0.5 etc) does that take precedence over tie-break pts?
There is one tie break used in tournaments on this site.
http://www.chess.com/tournaments/help.html#tiebreak
" If two players have the same score and the same Tie Break score, both will advance."
If there are 2 players tied for first place in a tnmt what is the first tie-break method used: tie-break pts or if one player beat the other player (ie 1-0, 1.5 -0.5 etc) does that take precedence over tie-break pts?