K = 20 as long as a player ' s rating remains under 2400. K = 10 once a player ' s published rating has reached 2400 and remains at that level subsequently, even if the rating drops below 2400. K = 40 for all players until their 18th birthday, as long as their rating remains under 2300. K = 20 for RAPID and BLITZ ratings for all players. The formula used to calculate the rating variation is given in Section 2.10.
ID Nat: Player national code in 8 digit format( default = 0). Rtg Nat: Current national rating of the player( default = 0).
K Nat: Coefficient for national rating calculations( default = the last inserted value). Vega can be modified in order to meet specific requests from other Federations. In this case please contact the author.
Origin: supplementary field that can contain the player’ s region, state, province, club name... In some tournaments this field can be used to get a standing by team( see section 2.7).
Status: A player at a given round can be in one of three possible states: Paired,“ white” color, the player is available to play this round; Not Paired / Withdrawn,“ red” color- the player is not available for this round; Byed,“ yellow” color- the player has a prearranged draw / BYE. The status for the remaining rounds can be changed at any time by a right click on the player name
and then selecting Set player Status. A new window will open to set status for the remaining rounds.
To remove the player from the remaining rounds press the button Withdraw player. To accept the settings press button Done.
It is possible to inquire the history status of all players via the menu item Extra / Show players status. Moreover Vega shows a summary towards the bottom of the Player
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