A tie-breaking system used in Open Swiss. The highest and lowest scores from opponents are deducted from the opponent’s total.
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Quotes of the Day
According to my experiences, in key events, normally the games’ quality is not as high as other major events. Most brilliant games are not found in championships at present.
Garry Kasparov 2014
The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.
Savielly Tartakower
If the FIDe elections were not decided by the votes of the delegates but by the world’s chess society as a whole, there would not even be a competition.
Anatoly Karpov NIC 2010
After the 2nd game I could have returned to Moscow. There was only one way I could have won this match.
Boris Spassky (1974)
My style is based on giving energy and creating. Karpov’s style is something that is probably taking energy from his opponent. NIC 1989
Garry Kasparov 1989 NIC