SVICAR
Program
for swiss system pairings up to 29 rounds 300 players and
round
robin tournaments up to 30 players.
Basic
instructions:
Copy
all files from diskette to directory SVICAR.
Start
program typing SVICAR and press Enter.
First
you see window with authors data, press any key to continue and
you
see licence window. Press any key and in front of you is first
menu
for entry of players or tournaments.
Commands:
F2 - Save players: You can save entered players to file .FIL
Commands in this procedure:
<Tab> to jump below
the first row and vice versa
F3 - Load players: You can load players, who you saved with F2 command
or players from other
(.IGR) files
Commands in this procedure:
<Tab> to jump below
the first row and vice versa
F4 - Input players: You can input players data
Commands in this procedure:
<Enter> to confirm
entered data
<PgUp> to go to previous
player
<PgDown> to go to
next player or to confirm entered data
<Ctrl-Home> to jump
to the first player
<Ctrl-End> to jump to
the last player
<Home> to jump to the
start of the row
<End> to jump to the
end of the row
<up> to go to
previous line
<down> to go to next
line
<left> one character
left
<right> one character
right
<AltI> to enter players from data file REGISTER.TXT
or
FRL.TXT (FIDE)
<AltB> to delete
current player
<AltP> to view
entered players
<AltU> to update date
from REGISTER.TXT
<AltV> to move player
on new number
You can load an already saved
tournament.
You can select the criterion of drawing
lots, select colours for
player No.1 and get pairings for 1st
round.
Now you must also write in the name of
data files, the name of the
tournament and to select the number of
rounds.
You can choose between swiss or round
robin system. If there is only
one player more then number of rounds,
the program automatically chooses
round robin (if 30 players or less).
After
you have made pairings for the 1st round or you have loaded the
tournament
with F9 then you can see the pairings of the 1st round or
the
pairings of the last round (round robin or if you load tournament).
With
Esc you can leave this window and you are now in the main menu.
The
commands of main menu:
the command is self explaining
If you have already started the
tournament and some new players want
to play, you can add them to the list.
After pressing F2 you get
the window for entry of players. The
last entered player must be
confirmed by pressing <PgDown>.
With this command you can:
- overview the table,
- print the table in different ways
pressing <left> and
<right> you can switch among rounds, <up> and
<down> for listing.
F7 - print
you can view and print rankings
N - prizes
calculation of prizes on different
criterions
F7 - print
you can edit pairing, print them and
input results.
F8 - edit pairings
put the cursor to the desired
player you want to change
and write in the number of
player you want to change his
place. Then program calculates
possible error and if it is
all OK, you can leave editing in contrary you must correct
new pairings.
Enter - for entry of results
0 = ½:½
1 = 1:0
2 = 0:1
3 = 1:0 * (without play)
4 = 0:1 * (without play)
5 = 0:0 * (without play)
6 = empty
7 = ½:½ P
(adjourned game)
Esc - to main menu
F7 - Print
try different possibilities of
printing
F10 - view players data
Enter - for selecting players No.
__
Up - previous player
Down - next player
F7 - print (list, statistics ...)
AltO - resigning the player
AltP - correct players data
program saves data to 4 files:
.IGR (players data)
.REZ (results)
.PAR (pairings)
.OST (other data)
with this command you can load other old
or current tournaments.
Enter - for selecting players No. __
Up - previous player
Down - next player
F7 - print (list, statistics ...)
AltO - resigning the player
AltP - correct players data
AltB - erases last pairings if you are in swiss system (not
round robin)
you can set some data:
- tournament name
- number of rounds
- name of arbiter
- ranking criterion
- select printer (pin or laser jet)
- select printer port
- select language
- select criterions for pairings
AltS - change player's number. Other player are moved 1 place.
automatic report of all rounds,
rankings, table, ELO report and
title report to .REP (after last round)
and to HTM files. You can see tournament data
with your favorite internet browser.
HTM files:
index.htm, frame1.htm, main.htm,
list.htm, results.htm, table.htm, ...
Report in Rich text format (RTF) for roundX.
FIDE ELO report and local ELO report.
Select the lowest value of
rating for calculation. Print with F7.
You can see current players results and
theyre possibility to win the
title. Print with F7.
You can call your favourite editor to edit
or print data.
File extensions:
LST - list of
participants
STA - statistics
TAB - crosstable (do 9
rounds)
TA3 - crosstable (do 15
rounds)
TA2 - crosstable (with
Federations)
TBR - crosstable for
round robin tournament
TB1 - crosstable
standings for round robin tournament
RTF - crosstable for
round robin tournament in rich text format
STN - standings
ST1 - standings for
bulletin
ST2 - Crosstable
standings
ST3 - standings in
single line
ST4 - standings in
single line
ST5 - standings with
federations
ST6 - standings for
teletext TV SLO
ST7 - standings for
teletext TV SLO
STB - standings for
EXCEL
PRI - pairings
PR1 - results for
bulletin
PR2 - results in single
line
PR3 - results in single
line
PR4 - results in single
line
PR8 - results for
teletext TV SLO
pari.RTF - pairings v
rich text formatu
EL1 - FIDE ELO rating
report
EL2 - FIDE ELO rating
report
EL3 - National rating
report
EL4 - National rating report
ELL - National rating
report
ELR - FIDE ELO rating
report
DB - for FIDE report !
DB1 - for national
rating report
KAT - category report
KTG - category report
ABC - complete data
ETK - list for labels
<empty> - players
report
roundX.PGN
- players data for games (pairings, F7, 5)
biltenX.RTF - bulletin
for round X.
After Alt-P
for single rounds and Alt-H for all rounds.
HTML report
INDEX.HTM (starting file in tournament folder)
FRAME1.HTM (left frame file with links)
MAIN.HTM (main fram file with tournament title)
LIST.HTM (list of plazers)
RESULTS.HTM (results and pairings)
TABLE.HTM (crosstable standings)
GAMES.HTM (links to games)
LRAT.HTM and ELO.HTM (ELO reports created after R command)