Scoregroup

A scoregroup contains players who have the same score for pairing purposes when a Swiss round is prepared. Usually this is the tournament score shown in the standings. In an approved accelerated system, however, virtual points may be added only for pairing, so the pairing score can differ from the real tournament score.

The usual aim is to pair within these groups whenever the rules allow it. Without acceleration, this normally matches participants with the same tournament score and therefore similar results so far. A group may still contain an awkward number of players or have no legal solution because of previous opponents, colors or other criteria. The system then uses floats.

A scoregroup is not the same as a pairing bracket. The scoregroup is defined by one fact, the score. The pairing bracket is the set actually being processed and may contain players who floated in from another scoregroup.