Swiss tournament

British  

noun

1. (in certain games and sports) a tournament system in which players are paired in each round according to the scores they then have, playing a new opponent each time. More players can take part than in an all-play-all tournament of the same duration

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Etymology

Origin of Swiss tournament

named from a chess tournament held in Zürich in 1895

Example Sentences

On his 32nd appearance at the Swiss tournament at age 58, Miguel Ángel Jiménez carded a 73.

From Seattle Times

The Darwinian logic of your typical weekend Swiss tournament dictates that the big sharks — usually with “GM” or “IM” before their name on the wall chart — prey on the smaller fry in the early going and then square off against one another for the big prizes in the money rounds.

From Washington Times

Mark Crowther, a librarian information scientist at Britain’s Bradford University, typed in some recent games and an online posting of a recent Swiss tournament.

From Washington Times

A nine-round Swiss tournament in his honor was held once again this month in the Russian city of Samara, with Russian IM Alexey Mokshanov taking first with 7½ points, a half-point clear of five pursuers.

From Washington Times

I will never be paired with Roger Federer or play a competitive round with Tiger Woods, but I was the sacrificial lamb — the highest-rated player of the second half of the field — in an actual rated game at a weekend Swiss tournament in Arlington against a young Alex Sherzer, shortly before the then-IM from Fallston, Maryland, went on a tear and nearly won the 1993 U.S. championship.

From Washington Times