Manual de Vega Chess 2016 | Page 6

3. Output: here it is possible to visualise and print all the outputs from the program To quit the working session, the user should select Exit from the File menu. To resume an old session, select Open Tournament from the File menu and look for files with a *.veg extension in the working directory. 2.1 Creating a New Tournament To create a new tournament, select New Tournament from the File menu. A new form will prompt the user to enter essential information required for the tournament (see illustration below) in two distinct pages: Tournament definition, Tie Breaks. The field Federation must contain the FIDE country code (3 characters). This information is important as it determines the national rating system and in the case of FIDE ratings, it affects the international norms. Please note that the Rounds variable will have no effect on Round-Robin systems, since they are managed automatically by Vega. 6