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The download-file basically is the full versions. But only with the correct installation code, which the customer receives If he buys the program he can use it as light or full version. Otherwise, the program can used as a Demo version.

New: Download Swiss-Manager Unicode Version

(German/English/Slovenian/French/Turkish/Czech/Serbian/Polish/Croatian)

• Swiss-Manager Unicode Version for Windows XP and newer (06.02.2010, Build 8.0.0.34, Filegröße 2.731.992)
• German Handbook (last change 22.11.2009)
• English Handbook (last change 22.11.2009)
• Czech Handbook (last change 18.03.2009)
• France Handbook (last change 25.07.2005)
• Portugese Handbook PDF-File (last change May 2009)

  Notes:

  • The Unicode version was developed to support also languages like Japanese, Chinese etc.
  • The Unicode version can be installed parallel with the current version.
  • The Swiss-manager file extensions were changed:
      from TUN to TUNx (Single-Swiss-System)
      from TUR to TURx (Single-round robin)
      from TUM to TUMx (Team-Swiss-System)
      from TUT to TUNx (Team-round robin)
  • The Unicode version can read the previous Swiss manager files (*.tun, *.tur, *.tut, *.tum). Vice versa it is not possible. 
  • During reading the file extension is automatically changed to *.TU*x.
  • Swiss-Manager upload and Chess-Results.com were changed to support unicode.
  • Example-tournament with unicode (German and Japanese) http://chess-results.com/Tnr27289.aspx
  • If there are any problems (Swiss-Manager or Chess-Results.com) please contact me (Heinz Herzog).

Changes to the Version from 27.10.2009

The unicode version is with the version of the 27.10.20099 functionally identically with the following changes:

• The tournaments and ratinglists are now saved under "My documents\SwissManagerUniCode\...".
• New main-menu "Rating lists".
• Now up to 10 additional unicode ratinglists can be imported (in Excel format 97-2003).
• The predefined lists NAT, AUT, FIDE, GER, ESP were not changed. (support no unicode)
• In the tournament dialog the Tie-Break Optiongroup was removed.
• New Tie-Break "Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break (variable)[52]".
• New menu item "Internet/Login Online-Registration on Chess-Results.com". A handbook is under http://chess-results.com/AnmeldungSpez.aspx available.
• New menu item "Rating lists/Update SVK-Eloliste".

Changes of the Unicode Version 2009

• Bug fixing in the result-input-dialog if option "Enter results for excluded players (0 as default)" was enabled. (06.02)
• CZE ratinglist in Unicode available. (06.02)
• Bug fixing in menu Data Import/Export. (06.02)
• Some minor bugs. (13.12)

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Download Swiss-Manager Version

(German/English/Slovenian/French/Turkish/Czech/Serbian/Polish/Croatian)

• Swiss-Manager for Windows 98 / ME / NT / 2000 / XP / VISTA (27.10.2009, Build 7.0.0.1072, Filesize 1.632.280)
  Important: If the menu dialog for the language selection does not appear by the 1st start (German is default), you can change the language with the menu item "Extras/Sprachauswahl und Verzeichnisse".
  

Please uncompress the handbooks in the program directory (usually c:\program files\swissManager).

• Download English Handbook (last change 24.03.2008))
• Download German Handbook (last change 24.03.2008)
• Download French Handbook (last change july 2005)
• Download Czech Handbook (last change March 2009) Many thanks to Palovský Ladislav for translation.
• Download Portuguese Handbook (last change May 2009) Many thanks to Eduardo Viana for translation.

Download Rating-Lists

• The FIDE-ratinglist can easy updated with the new menue item "internet/Update FIDE-ratinglist" direct from the FIDE homepage.
• The AUT-ratinglist 06.02.2010 (last change: 8.0.0.34) can easy updated with the new menue item "internet/Update AUT-ratinglist" direct from the Swiss-Manager Homepage.
• Tip: It is possible to import a (national) ratinglist on basis of an Excelfiles. A sample Excel-file is available on my Homepage under http://swiss-manager.at/unload/NationalRatings.xls. Further information in sheet "help" in the sample-File.

The following things were recently changed

• New Option for the Buchholz-TieBreak (variable) [37]: "counted as a game against a virtual opponent". (27.10)
• New menu item: Internet/Update CZE-ratinglist (08.10)
• In the playerdialog for team tournaments the width of the team-panel can be changed. (08.10)
• Bug fixing: In some cases error during assignment of a new databasekey for chess-results.com (21.09)
• Bug fixing FIDE-title-regulations. Wrong rounding in 1.4.4.a (29.08)
• Minor changes for the Vienna Open. (17.08)
• Bug fixing FIDE-title-regulations. Wrong rounding in 1.4.4.a (29.08)
• Minor changes for the Vienna Open. (17.08)
• Adaptation to the FIDE-title-regulations from the 1st July (21.07)
• Increasing of the number of players from 1.200 to 1.500. (02.07)
• New dialog (Menue Input/Results special...) for big single-round robin tournaments. Especially for marathon blitz at Pardubice. (21.06)
• New sortoption (Rating maximum (Nat., Int.)) in the tournamentdialog for the startrank. (21.06)
• Minor extensions for the Vienna Open. (21.06)
• Bug fixing menu item "specials/Update ratings/data" using FIDE-ratinglist. (02.04)
• Bug fixing for Swiss-System tournaments for the last round: The rules B5 and B6 were not considered under certain circumstances. (06.03)
• New Option "Special handling for players without FIDE-rating" in tournament dialog in sheet "lists".
  If activated the rating performance rp is calculated for players without FIDE-rating as follows:
  For player with more than 50%: Rp = Ra + 12.5 for every half point above 50%
  For player with 50%: Rp = Ra
  For player with less than 50%: Rp = Ra + dp (dp corresponding Table 10.1.a see FIDE-Homepage "02. FIDE Rating Regulations (Qualification Commission))
  Note: Only opponents with Fide-rating are taken into consideration. (06.03)
• New menu item: Import Online-Registration from Chess-Results.com.
  Now on chess-results.com the tournament registration can be done online. Then these data can be imported to Swiss manager. (06.03)
• Bug fixing (exception (0)). (17.01)
• Bug fixing Option "Internet/Restricted Tournament upload". (04.01)
• Minor changes importing CZE ratinglist. (04.01)

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