"Jud McCranie" wrote:
If the pairings go up and you are given a full point bye for a round,
can you elect to take a half point bye (or perhaps 0) instead? Is it
fair?

If I were the TD, I would certainly honor such a request. At the same time,
I'd point out to the player that the half or zero couldn't later be changed
back to a 1, once the half or zero had been used to pair subsequent rounds.
Nor could a half or zero be used for pairing purposes while a 1 is used for
scoring purposes.

One pitfall: With zero, the TD (or the computer) might be tempted to assign
another full-point bye later, as the player would still be the lowest-rated
with the lowest score. The TD should be on the lookout for that
possibility.

Bill Smythe