CHESS - Wood Enrichment Services

The players in a quad tournament are divided into groups of four by rating or ability.  It is a three-game round robin event where students only play others in the group.   Individual trophies are given in each quad.

A Swiss tournament is usually a large four game event divided into several sections of students with similar ratings.   To make the pairings, the roster is split in half by ratings.  The top player of the top half is paired against the top player of the bottom half.  The pairing continues until all players are paired.

In future games, players are then grouped by similar records and are paired using the same format.   In later rounds, students with the most wins are paired together and those with the least wins are paired together making it fair for all players.   As a side event, bughouse tournaments are sometimes held before the main event.  Bughouse is a game played with partners.

Preregistration is done here when such tournaments are planned.