There are now Swiss tournaments on lichess! We can now discuss how they can be improved.
Some ideas that were mentioned in one of the Swiss tournaments:
- Only let players join the tournament until the start of the third round (they can only skip the first two rounds).
- Players who withdraw from tournaments lose tournament points (and if it's a rated tournament also rating points).
- The tournament has a number of rounds instead of a duration (but an estimate of the duration is given and the tournament could get terminated if no pairing was possible for a certain amount of minutes).
Other ideas:
- Only players who complete at least 75% of their tournaments can join tournaments where the creator of the tournament has chosen that option.
- Instead of once, each player can get paired against the same player twice (preferably once with white and once with black).
- A tie for first place is followed by a tie-break match.
Some ideas that were mentioned in one of the Swiss tournaments:
- Only let players join the tournament until the start of the third round (they can only skip the first two rounds).
- Players who withdraw from tournaments lose tournament points (and if it's a rated tournament also rating points).
- The tournament has a number of rounds instead of a duration (but an estimate of the duration is given and the tournament could get terminated if no pairing was possible for a certain amount of minutes).
Other ideas:
- Only players who complete at least 75% of their tournaments can join tournaments where the creator of the tournament has chosen that option.
- Instead of once, each player can get paired against the same player twice (preferably once with white and once with black).
- A tie for first place is followed by a tie-break match.