McMahon for Dummies?

[Kosh]

I don’t know but maybe matburt does:

How do Tournaments Work?

Swiss and McMahon are not strictly pairing systems they both have pairing components but that’s only a part of it. Our basic Swiss and McMahon tournaments all pair the same way which utilizes the McMahon strength and points based pairing with some other logic (preventing the same players from being paired in further rounds… favoring alternating black and white if possible… etc). We have more pairing options coming in the near future. For tournament structure: In our Swiss tournaments all p…