How Do Tournaments Work Exactly?

I just started a chess 960 tournament and I was wondering how the winner is determined on here. Is it whoever has the most wins (points) or is it more like a last man standing thing?

You realize in a knockout tournament the last man standing would... have the most points

Yeah I know, lol. I guess I was just wondering what the standard tournament type is for chess.

http://www.chess.com/tournaments/pairings?id=79896&round=1

It looks like everyone is split into groups of 4 and in that group each player plays each other twice.  The one with the most points advances to the next round where presumably those who advanced are broken into groups again and it repeats.  I don't think there's a loser's bracket type of deal but I may be wrong. 

You could always ask the organizer: http://www.chess.com/members/view/determinacy

That's what I figured. Well thanks for your help. I'll ask the tournament director for more info.

Oh, here's the main page of it by the way:

http://www.chess.com/tournament/chess-960-fast-tournament

Found it by clicking on your game and in the top right the title "Chess 960 Fast Tournament Round 1" is a link.

Thanks!

Not necessarily. You could receive a bye in a round and not get two full points.

waffllemaster wrote:

You realize in a knockout tournament the last man standing would... have the most points