"Chess One" wrote in message
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"David Kane" wrote in message
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Is anyone familiar with the use of the concept of Swiss pairing (playing
opponents having the same score) for non-chess activities?

I'm wondering if there might be some who have applied the ideas to other
sorts of sports leagues. I'm thinking about
a soccer league. Obviously, not every team plays at the same time and
location, so there would be many complications not present in a chess
tournament. But it seems that it might still produce more competitive
match-ups overall than more traditional scheduling methods.

David, I think Don Shultz wrote in his book /Chess Don/ that on introducing
ELO's idea to chess, a further consideration was to horse racing. Phil


I am not talking about the Elo ratings, but about the Swiss pairing system
first used in Zurich in 1895.