Swiss tournament

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Swiss tournament

(General Sporting Terms) (in certain games and sports) a tournament system in which players are paired in each round according to the scores they then have, playing a new opponent each time. More players can take part than in an all-play-all tournament of the same duration

[named from a chess tournament held in Zürich in 1895]

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No references found			Greg Eagleton is the current junior club champion, beating Rachita Puri in the last round of a Swiss tournament. Chess by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) We won the Swiss tournament with a group of 13 which is fantastic when you consider teams like France, Portugal and Russia travelled with up to 60 members. Martial Arts : Don't mess with our mudo guru .. he's pure mental by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) Byline: MARTIN BLACKBURN TIM HENMAN stormed past local favorite Roger Federer in straight sets to win the Davidoff Swiss tournament yesterday - and put it down to: "Sheer hard work. Tennis: Tim master class as hard work pays off with a title by The Mirror (London, England)			swipe card swipes Swiple Swipper swipple swirl swish swishy Swiss Swiss canton Swiss chard Swiss cheese Swiss cheese plant Swiss Confederation Swiss franc Swiss French Swiss German Swiss Guard Swiss mountain pine swiss muslin Swiss people Swiss pine swiss roll Swiss steak Swiss stone pine Swiss tournament Swiss-French Swiss-German switch switch back Switch board switch cane switch engine switch grass switch hitter switch horn switch knife switch off switch on switch over switch round switch selling switch through switch yard switch-hit switch-hitter switch-ivy switch-over switchback switchblade switchblade knife			Swiss Society of Intensive Care Medicine Swiss Society of Nuclear Medicine Swiss Society of Pharmacology and Toxicology Swiss Society of Psychology Swiss Society of Radiobiology and Medical Physics Swiss Society of Social and Preventive Medicine Swiss Society of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology Swiss Society of Vexillology Swiss Spallation Neutron Source Swiss Spanish Intermittent Therapy Trial Swiss Speleological Society Swiss steak Swiss Stem Cells Network Swiss Stock Exchange Swiss stone pine Swiss stone pines SWISS Study Group for Morbid Obesity Swiss Study on Air Pollution and Lung Disease in Adults Swiss Surfing Association Swiss system tournament Swiss Table Tennis Swiss Table Tennis Federation Swiss Tactics and Teamwork Swiss Technical Diving Equipment Swiss tournament Swiss Trans Oceanic Yacht Club Swiss Tropical Institute Swiss Union for Laboratory Medicine Swiss University Sports Foundation Swiss Unix User Group Swiss Vacuum Society Swiss Vitis Microsatellite Database Swiss Volley Region Solothurn Swiss Volvo Meeting Swiss voulge Swiss voulge Swiss watch Swiss watch Swiss watch Swiss watch Swiss Watch Company Swiss Web Group Swiss Western Centre for Logic, History and Philosophy of Science Swiss Windband Association Swiss Wrestling Federation Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra Swiss-American Cultural Exchange Council Swiss-American Friendship Society Swiss-Asia Financial Services Pte. Ltd. Swiss-Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Swiss-French Swiss-Garden Hotel Kuala Lumpur Swiss-Garden International Vacation Club

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