Tie-breaking in Swiss-system Tournaments - Sonneborn-Berger (Neustadtl Score)

Sonneborn-Berger (Neustadtl Score)

Add the scores of every opponent the player beats and half of the score of every opponent the player draws (Just & Burg 2003:201). The system was named after William Sonneborn and Johann Berger, but it was invented by Oscar Gelbfuhs (Harkness 1967:137). The system is the main tie-breaking system in round robin tournaments, but is also used in Swiss tournaments. It is also called the Neustadtl score.

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