2. Vega for Individual Tournaments
In this tutorial the user will learn how to start a tournament, produce pairings, insert results and show the cross-table in the standard way( Sections 2.1 to 2.6). Section 2.7 describes some tasks such as modifying the tournament details that are sometimes necessary, but which require extra caution. Sections 2.8 – 2.10 describe the Standing, Extras and Rating Report menu items. Miscellaneous other tasks are covered in section 2.11.
The working area of Vega consists of a menu bar, 3 tabbed pages( Players Archive, Round Manager, Output), and a status bar and database area.
When the program starts, the page titled Players Archive is shown:
The File menu gives access to a series of operations including the opening and closing of files, the creation or modification of a tournament and exiting from the program. The three tabbed pages refer to three functions that the arbiter can perform during a tournament.
1. Players Archive: here it is possible to register players, close the registration and start the tournament, modify player details even after the tournament has started, manage withdrawals and late entries and print the list of players.
2. Round Manager: here it is possible to generate and modify pairings for the next round, insert the results of the current round or revisit and correct previous rounds.
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