Need help with format of tournament with 12 people

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u3353206

Hi All, 

I am organizing a tournament back home for some friends. This year we are with 12 people. I am really struggling to come up with a good design. Two poules of six would make the tournament somewhat to long. Four poules of 3 comes with the problem of a three-way tie.
  

- I want to use 3 chess boards, but I can fix a 4th if needed

- We use time control of 10 minutes (so 20 min per game). 


- Ideally each player would play 3-4 games 

- I would like a Final or even semi-finals

- We start at 8 and would like to finish at 12!

Almost feels like a math puzzle tongue.png

Who can help me design this thing. It is giving me headaches!  

Martin_Stahl
3353206 wrote:

Hi All, 

I am organizing a tournament back home for some friends. This year we are with 12 people. I am really struggling to come up with a good design. Two poules of six would make the tournament somewhat to long. Four poules of 3 comes with the problem of a three-way tie.
  

- I want to use 3 chess boards, but I can fix a 4th if needed

 

- We use time control of 10 minutes (so 20 min per game). 


- Ideally each player would play 3-4 games 

 

- I would like a Final or even semi-finals

 

- We start at 8 and would like to finish at 12!

 

Almost feels like a math puzzle . 

Who can help me design this thing. It is giving me headaches!  

 

Get a 4th board and play a 4 round Swiss. That should give you one clear winner, and if there is a time for first, have a playoff.