Swiss Master
Officially endorsed by FIDE
We are very busy creating a major opdate of swissmaster. At the moment we receive a lot of requests for an update in which the title and rating regulations are according to the latest rules. If you already have installed SwissMaster, copy this executable over the existing one and you have this update.
The installed version - build 15 - calculates the Buchholz score according to the old rules. The executable - build 21 - according to the new system.
The Royal Dutch Chess Federations has developed in cooperation with MSD Software B.V. De KNSB a Windows version of the famous Swiss Master DOS. This program 'Swiss Master 5' is for customers not from the Netherlands for sale for the price of € 50,- . The prise is based on development and maintenance costs.
Version dated 24 July 2008, version 5.5 (build 15)
Some highlights:
- The calculation of Title Results (foreigner rule) is improved
- Web Presentation: links and layout improved; choise of starting page
- Round Robin is supported (n players, n-1 rounds = Round Robin; if n an odd number then n players, n rounds = Round Robin)
- Dates of the rounds can be entered (for webpresentation and rating reports)
- CSV files (like the Dutch ratinglist) can be used for entering players
Version dated 3 April 2006, version 5.5 (build 3)
- New FIDE rating report is implemented.
- The copyright notice is changed to 2004-2006.
- The Help files is updated.
- W-We is calculated per game
- Websites can be generated, with pictures of the players included
- The lookup player is changed, now it is easier to update the players rating using a new ratinglist.
Version dated 29 April 2005, version 5.1 (build 9)
- Dutch rating report is updated according to the Dutch rating rules.
- Bug in Export is repaired. When choosing from the Export Menu after clicking in the empy screen the Program sometime crashed.
- The Help files is updated in the Dutch rating reports.
- After deleting a ratinglist from the rating list directory, Swiss Master removes the list from the dropdown box.
- Bug in Dutch rating report with forfeited results are fixed.
- The drop down box in the template dialogue is expanded.
Version dated 10 April 2005, version 5.1 (build 7)
- Numeric keyboard is supported in the result window.
- If a change is made in the tournament data there will now always be a reminder to save the data.
- When loading a ratinglist now always the correct directory is loaded.
- In the helpfiles swiss 5.0 is replaced for swiss 5.
- The templates for rankinglist and pairinglist are changed. It now provides a more decent layout by exporting to HTML.
- The Fide ratinglist of April 2005 is added.
- The swiss files of Moscow 2005 are added as illustartion
Version dated March 2005, version 5.1 (build 6)
- Calculation TPR 0% and 100% is equal to FIDE
Version dated February 2005, version 5.1
- Round Robin is now supported - if the 'number of players' = 'number of rounds' + 1 then automaticly the pairing is conform a Round Robin tournament
- In Round Robin mode Excel-template produces a full crosstable according to pairing number and according to ranking order
- Bug in Buchholzpairing-mode (first round) fixed
- Bug in Teampairing-mode fixed
- Several other minor improvements

