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Team tie-breaks
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Match Points or Game Points
A team tie-break that uses whichever score type does not determine the primary standings.
Extended Direct Encounter for Teams
A team tie-break examining games among tied teams with the primary score first and the secondary score next.
Extended Sonneborn-Berger for Teams
A family of team tie-breaks weighting what was scored against each opponent by that opponent's final score.
Scores and Schedule Strength Combination
A team tie-break that adds the secondary score to a normalized measure of the opponents' strength.
Board Count
A team knockout tie-break weighting game points according to the number of the board on which they were scored.
Bottom Board Elimination
A team tie-break progressively excluding results from the lowest boards until the tie is broken.
Top Board Results
A team tie-break that compares points on board one first, then moves downward board by board if the tie remains.