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<span style="font-weight: bold; display: block;">ozzie_c_cobblepot wrote:</span>
<div><p>They should auto-book players from one tournament which would otherwise get cancelled into another tournament which also doesn't have enough players, like the airline industry.</p></div>
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If the time control, format, etc. are the same. :)
The number of rounds for a Swiss tournament must be determined by the number of players present at the beginning of the tournament, of course. Otherwise, there are not enough games played between the players contending for the medal ranks, and the final rankings will not make sense. Don't worry about these medal contenders maybe leaving the tournament early, they will naturally tend to stay in because they are still fighting for the medals, even if some others may already have dropped out.