# Blitz Questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Running Chess Tournaments\ **Created:** [June 8, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/blitz-questions/19231 "2014-06-08T21:10:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![wintdoan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wintdoan](https://forum.uschess.org/u/wintdoan)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/blitz-questions/19231/61 "2014-09-28T14:42:43Z")
> [@Micah Smith](#): > > > [@relyea](#): > > > > > [@Micah Smith](#): > > > > > > If you do the tournament in round robin format, is it better to do random pairing numbers or by do the pairing numbers by rating? > > > > Quads are done by rating. Larger RRs are done by random draw. > > > > Alex Relyea > > Sometimes you need to think outside the box and not do everything by the book Alex. Sometimes the box exists for a reason. Six players (and higher) RR schedules are more complicated than quads. A quad can be run safely as a Swiss. You can also alternate colors in 1 and 2 and toss for color in 3. Neither of those strategies will work with a hex or larger. (A Swiss might work, but only with some luck with the results). There will be some lines in the big RR table that are more favorable than others—that’s why you randomize rather than assign. ---
**Author:** ![relyea](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.uschess.org/relyea/32/190_2.png) [@relyea](https://forum.uschess.org/u/relyea)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/blitz-questions/19231/62 "2014-09-28T18:51:35Z")
> [@Micah Smith](#): > > > [@relyea](#): > > > > > [@Micah Smith](#): > > > > > > If you do the tournament in round robin format, is it better to do random pairing numbers or by do the pairing numbers by rating? > > > > Quads are done by rating. Larger RRs are done by random draw. > > > > Alex Relyea > > Sometimes you need to think outside the box and not do everything by the book Alex. I’ve heard this before. Are you also going to say that the rulebook is just a suggestion guide? I run my tournaments with one goal of not getting reversed on appeal. Alex Relyea ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.uschess.org/system/32/2_2.png) [@system](https://forum.uschess.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/blitz-questions/19231/63 "2024-04-22T08:40:59Z")
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