MEDIAN SYSTEM

A tie-breaking system used in Open Swiss. The highest and lowest scores from opponents are deducted from the opponent’s total.

As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively. Mark Dvoretsky
I think that ACP is a small clique, which gives power to more cliques. Nigel Short
2016
Petrosian would never have beaten me if he had played like that in 1963. Mikhail Botvinnik
1966
Petrosian-Spassky? To think I could have watched an excellent football match instead! Mikhail Tal
1966
A game of chess has three phases: the opening, where you hope you stand better; the middlegame, where you think you stand better; and the ending, where you know you stand to lose. Savielly Tartakower

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