Quote Originally Posted by g346007_1906957 View Post
Chess player here (around 2280 and apparently that's a lot). Normally (in a swiss) the top ranked plays the top ranked in the second half (so someone around the middle). Second ranked plays the second in the second half...etc... and then the top ranked in the first half plays the lowest rank.

The new pairings are based off of both score, ratings, and colour (who went first)... and need to be generated after each round, rather than preset beforehand.

I never played in a knockout tourney in chess, so not sure what that's about. There are sometimes different sections in tournaments... or sometimes different sections just for the prizes (i.e. if you are 2000, you can play 2400 people but people U2000 can win the U2000 prize).
correct but thats not a knock out tournament.
chess was meant as an example and not to take it literally. its to explain those guys what a knockout tournament is about. what they are trying to implement is a different style and structure of a tournament, more like something where everyone is in their leagues and at the end you can have the winners of the divisions play against each other for a grand prize or whatever.

ps: gratz on your FIDE rating and FYI the top 100 players have a 2600-2700 rating and you should sign up at a club first and then go to tourneys or something