Does anyone know how to make accelerated pairings in SwissSys 9?
Thank you.
When working in a section where you want to accelerate pairings, go to “Setup > Rules for Pairing”. On the left side of the Rules for Pairing window that pops up, there’s a drop-down option labeled “Accelerated pairings”. It’s defaulted to “Off”. There are two other settings: “On” and “Doubled”. “On” corresponds to accelerated pairings by halves (which is what people who talk about “accelerated pairings” usually mean). “Doubled” corresponds to accelerated pairings by fourths, which is pretty rare. Click “OK” at the top of the window when you’re ready to work with the section again.
If you get a pop-up asking whether it’s okay to turn off exhaustive searches, click “Yes”. (Exhaustive searches can’t be done as part of accelerated pairings.)
You will need to set that option to “Off” once you’re past the point of the tournament where you want to accelerate. You’ll also need to set the option for each individual section.
I’m working under the assumption that you understand the strengths and limitations of accelerated pairings, so I won’t belabor that topic. (If that assumption is incorrect, just correct me and I’m sure a number of people will be happy to discuss it.) Good luck.