What is the tournament format that is used?
So far, we have used a two day format for the event – the Qualifiers on Saturday and the Finalls on Sunday. The qualifiers are a standard swiss format, with just enough rounds to find the top 5 through 8 players to compete in the Finals. The number of rounds of play required and the number of finalists both depend on the number of starting players. The Finals are a round robin format. This way, if you make it into the Finals but start out with one bad game, you do not necessarily lose the event. It may be possible to hold the qualifiers and the Finals in one day, but the other events would need to be sacrificed and we would have to strictly adhere to the time limits.
