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Swiss-Manager Program

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Swiss-Manager Unicode Version for Windows 7 and newer (23.10.2024, Build 14.0.0.107, Filegröße 6.035.672)

Swiss-Manager Manuals

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Older handbooks (not recommended to use)

Download Rating-Lists

The FIDE-ratinglist can easy updated with the menue item "internet/Update FIDE-ratinglist" direct from the FIDE 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 https://swiss-manager.at/unload/NationalRatings.xls. Further information in sheet "help" in the sample-File.

Changes of the Unicode Version 2024

In individual Swiss system tournaments, the number of rounds was increased from 25 to 30. Build 14.0.0.105 / 23.10.2024)
New Tie-Break "Scores and Schedule Strength Combination SSSC" [91] for Team tournaments. Build 14.0.0.105 / 23.10.2024)
Bugfixing for Tie-Breaks Wertungen EMMSB, EMGSB, EGMSB, EGGSB, BH:MP in case of Forfeit lost. Build 14.0.0.105 / 23.10.2024)
New option for EMMSB, EMGSB, EGMSB and BH:MP Tie-Breaks: Calculate with 3,1,0 instead of 2,1,0 match points. Build 14.0.0.105 / 23.10.2024)
In the player dialog, if sorted by a column, the sorting is retained when a player is deleted. Build 14.0.0.102 / 13.10.2024)
0-0 is allowed in PGN import (happened at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest (draw before the 30th move)). Build 14.0.0.102 / 13.10.2024)
When importing players via XML, you will be asked whether the entered players should be deleted beforehand. Build 14.0.0.102 / 13.10.2024)
When importing teams via XML, you will be asked whether the entered teams should be deleted beforehand. Build 14.0.0.102 / 13.10.2024)
New import rating list Armenia Youth (Unicode). Build 14.0.0.102 / 13.10.2024)
New option in the update ratings/data dialog "Rat old ==> Rtg nat". Build 14.0.0.102 / 13.10.2024)
In individual tournaments (Swiss system and round-robin tournaments), the pairing/results list now says White - Black instead of Name - Name. Build 14.0.0.102 / 13.10.2024)
Templates adapted for IA1 and FA1. Build 14.0.0.102 / 13.10.2024)
New button "Add 500 to UniqueID". Required if tournaments are merged. Build 14.0.0.102 / 13.10.2024)
New menu item "File / XML Export / Export Teams". Build 14.0.0.102 / 13.10.2024)
New menu item "File / XML Export / Export Players". Build 14.0.0.102 / 13.10.2024)
New menu item "File / XML Export / Export Team Pairings". Build 14.0.0.102 / 13.10.2024)
New menu item "File / XML Export / Export Teamcompositions". Build 14.0.0.102 / 13.10.2024)
New menu item "File / XML Export / Export Player Results". Build 14.0.0.102 / 13.10.2024)
New menu item "File / XML-Import / Import Team Pairings". Build 14.0.0.102 / 13.10.2024)
There were problems with the lists. Build 14.0.0.101 / 6.9.2024)
Tournament Upload extended to database key 9.999.999 (previously 999.999). (Build 14.0.0.100 / 5.9.2024)
For the new FIDE tie-breaks I recommend the following sites:
https://fide.com/news/2849 and good examples from Mr. Held https://tec.fide.com/2024/03/18/tie-break-exercise/.
The following Tie-Breaks have been implemented according to the new rules in build 14.0.0.99: (23.08.2024)
- Extended Direct Encounter (EDE) for team-tournaments [81].
- Board Count (BC) for team-tournaments [78]
- Top Board Results (TBR) for team-tournaments [89]
- Bottom Board Elimination (BBE) for team-tournaments [90]
Bugfixing in the "Direct Encounter (DE) Tie-Break [81]" for individual Swiss system tournaments. (Build 14.0.0.98 / 22.07.2024)
Bugfixing for searching in the rating list when also searching for first names. (Build 14.0.0.97 / 01.07.2024)
Bugfixing for the Scheveningen system: result entry did not work in certain cases (Build 14.0.0.96 / 28.06.2024)
Bugfixing in the "Direct Encounter (DE) Tie-Break [81]" for individual Round Robin tournaments. (Build 14.0.0.95 / 06.06.2024)
Bugfixing in the "Direct Encounter (DE) Tie-Break [81]" for individual Swiss system tournaments. (Build 14.0.0.94 / 02.06.2024)
Bugfixing in the "Direct Encounter (DE) Tie-Break [81]" for individual Swiss system tournaments. (Build 14.0.0.92 / 01.06.2024)
Bugfixing for team Swiss system tournaments: The game points for the bye-team may have been incorrect. (Build 14.0.0.91 / 07.05.2024)
New language Azerbaijani. Many thanks to Raul Guliyev for the translation. (Build 14.0.0.90 / 06.05.2024)
In the menu item "Lists / Pairing cards (Excel)" there is the additional parameter ACLUB and BCLUB to output the club name. (Build 14.0.0.86 / 14.04.2024)
for the menu item "Lists / Pairing Cards (Excel)" also xlsx files can be used as templates. (Build 14.0.0.86 / 14.04.2024)
The following Tie-Breaks have been implemented according to the new rules in build 14.0.0.86: (14.04.2024)
- Direct Encounter (DE) for single tournaments [81]
- Progressive Score (PS) for team tournaments [86]
- Koya System (KS) for team tournaments [87]
Bugfixing: The game points for the bye-team may have been incorrect. (Build 14.0.0.85 / 12.04.2024)
The following Tie-Breaks have been implemented according to the new rules in build 14.0.0.84: (09.04.2024)
Extended Sonneborn Berger Tie-Break for Teams [82] (ESB)
- EMMSB : Total matchpoints opponent × matchpoints scored.
- EMGSB : Total matchpoints opponent × gamepoints scored.
- EGMSB : Total gamepoints opponent × matchpoints scored.
- EGGSB : Total gamepoints opponent × gamepoints scored.
Buchholz Tie-Break for Teams [84] (BH)
- weighted with gamepoints BH:GP
- weighted with matchpoints BH:MP
Bugfixing: The old Buchholz Tie-Break [37] and Sonneborn Berger Tie-Break [52] with the option "Baku 2023" were 0 for a short time. (Build 14.0.0.83 / 08.04.2024)
Bugfixing: Array overflow when more than 15 rounds if the new Tie-Breaks are used. (Build 14.0.0.82 / 08.04.2024)
The default Tie-Breaks for a new tournament have been adapted. (Build 14.0.0.81 / 08.04.2024)
Bug fix when marking whether a rank is identical. (Build 14.0.0.81 / 08.04.2024)
The following Tie-Breaks have been implemented according to the new rules in build 14.0.0.80: (04.04.2024)
- Average of Opponents' Buchholz (AOB) [77]
- Average Perfect [Tournament] Performance of Opponents (APPO) (APPO) [88]
- Average [Tournament] Performance Rating of Opponents (APRO) [88]
- Average Rating of Opponents (ARO) [80]
- Buchholz Tie-Break (BH) [84]
- Sonneborn Berger Tie-Break [85]
- Progressive Score (PS) [86]
- Koya System (KS) [87]
- Tournament Performance Rating (TPR) [88]
- Perfect Tournament Performance (PTP) [88]
- Direct Encounter (DE) coming soon [81]
The old Tie-Breaks are hidden, but can be shown by clicking on a checkbox.
Bugfixing when importing the Russian rating list (array overflow). (12.3.2024)
Bugfixing Buchholz Tie.Break variable [37] for individual Swiss system tournaments for a players without a half point bye. (12.3.2024)
The same applies to the Sonneborn Berger Tie-Break variable [52]. (12.3.2024)
Minor adjustments to the Tie-Break [68] "The greater number of wins/games (WIN,WON,BPG,BWG)" for the new BAKU tie-breaks. (12.3.2024)
Minor adjustments to the Tie-Break [36] "Rating average of opponents (variable)" for the new BAKU tie-breaks. (12.3.2024)

Changes of the Unicode Version 2023

New Option "Win bye is counted" in the Tie-Break "The greater number of wins (variable) [68]". (23.11.2023)
Deactivation TRF06 file. (02.11.2023)
Bugfixing in TRF16 file if bye player gets 0.5 points. (02.11.2023)
Bugfixing in the menu item "Other / Rtg. Admin. File CAN". (01.11.2023)
Bugfixing in the menu item "Input / Dates for player pairings..." (30.10.2023)
New option "Set rating to 0 if player is not found in rating list" in the Update ratings/data form. (30.10.2023)
When importing players (menu items "File/Import Players (XML)" and "Other/Data Import/Export") you can now select whether the players that have already been entered should be deleted beforehand. (11.10.2023)
For all tournaments from Brazil the State must be selected before upload to chess-results.com. (3.10.2023)
Bugfixing (Array overflow) of the AUT rapid chess rating list. (1.10.2023)
New option (Baku 2023) for the Sonneborn Berger Tie-Break variable [52] for individual round robin/Swiss system tournaments. (14.9.2023)
New option (Baku 2023) for the Buchholz Tie.Break variable [37] for individual Swiss system tournaments. (14.9.2023)
Ukrainian translation update. (14.9.2023)
When searching in a rating list, a federation can now be clicked after players have been found. All players of only this federation will then be displayed. The other players will be removed from the search result. (1.9.2023)
Small changes for the "2023 World Rapid Team Championship" in Dusseldorf (20.8.2023)
Bugfixing (Array-overflow) when importing the RSA rating-list. (5.8.2023)
New sort option "All Boards" for Team-swiss-system-tournaments (5.8.2023)
Small adjustments to the Schiller system. (29.6.2023)
New Tie_Break 76: Special game points for white and black. (29.6.2023)
Translation into Basque. Many thanks goes to Mr. Mikel Aretxaga Zubelzu. (6.06.2023)
New field in the tournament form: FIDE Event ID. Is only visible for FIDE rated tournaments. Appears in the tournament details on chess-results.com. (25.5.2023)
One of 38 federal states must now be selected for the host federation Indonesia (22.5.2023)
Bugfixing when importing the Russian rating list (array overflow). (16.05.2023)
Two federal states were added for the host federation Malaysia (12.5.2023)
When generating a PGN file, the FIDE ID is now also output. (09.5.2023)
One of 8 federal states must now be selected for the host federation Kyrgyzstan (09.5.2023)
One of 14 federal states must now be selected for the host federation Malaysia (09.5.2023)
Small adjustments for the English rating lists. (25.4.2023)
New menu item for importing the English Blitz rating list. (24.04.2023)
Small adjustments in the Ukrainian translation. (04/24/2023)
The Baku acceleration mode in Swiss system was adapted to the changed rules. See https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/C0405. The old accelerated system has been disabled. (22.04.2023)
Translation into Ukrainian. Many thanks to Mr. Horodyskyi Oleh. (20.04.2023)
Some adaptations for the Team Rapid World Championship in Düsseldorf in August. (12.4.2023)
New option for outputting the TRF16 file for single-tournaments. See also Technical News (3.4.2023)
New option for outputting the TRF16 file for team-tournaments. See also Technical News (3.4.2023)
The Hungarian translation has been updated again. Thanks to Mr. Attila Kasa. (3.4.2023)
The Hungarian translation has been updated. Thanks to Mr. Attila Kasa. (8.3.2023)
Bugfixing of the FIDE title list. Yes and No were swapped for the option "At least two other federations (rule 1.43) (6.3.2023)"
One of 32 federal states must now be selected for the host federation Mexico (21.1.2023)
Expansion of the federations: GEQ, DMA, LCA, SKN, GRN, VIN, CAR, COM, SWZ, ERI. (20.1.2023)
Bugfixing of the FIDE-Title-List: The rule 1.4.1.c was not implemented. (11.01.2023)

Changes of the Unicode Version 2022

Extension of the FIDE Sonneborn-Berger Tie-Break [35] in team tournaments with the option "weighting according to game points or match points". (22.11.2022)
Structure change in the English rating list. (19.11.2022)
Update of the Turkish translation. Many thanks to Mr. Bilge Ibrahim Özel. (19.11.2022)
Implementation of a KO-System option in the Team Swiss system, especially for the World Team Championship 2022. (12.11.2022)
Small changes in the Certificate of Title Result IT1. (12.11.2022)
In the case of Swiss team system tournaments, you can now decide during the upload whether the team composition should on chess-results.com be displayed or not. (27.10.2022)
Minor Bugfixing entering/updating players in team tournaments. (27.10.2022)
Bugfixing import Standard FIDE-rating list (Arrayoverflow).(30.09.2022)
Small adaptations for the Chess Olympiad in Chennai. (24.7.2022)
New Tie-Break [75]: Olympiad-Sum of Adjusted matchpoints without lowest result (Chennai). (24.7.2022)
Tie-Break [74] Olympiad-Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break without lowest result (Chennai) adapted to changed rules. (24.7.2022)
Bugfixing: In the Fide title norm list, the number of foreign players with Fide rating, the title holders and the number of foreign federations were determined incorrectly in some cases. (12.06.2022)
New pairing system for team-round-robin tournaments: Schiller system for exactly 4 teams and 12 players (6.6.2022)
Bugfixing when inputting via grid (players/teams/dates...) Cells were duplicated. (30.05.2022)
New Tie-Break [74]: Olympiad-Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break without lowest result (Chennai). (24.5.2022)
If in the "Output scores" the option "0.5" is selected, then the points and Tie-Breaks are output as a number (formerly as a string) in Excel. (4.5.2022)
All Tie-Breaks are now output in the Excel/text file by default. Previously only on screen (4.5.2022)
New checkbox in the tournament form: "Show on chess-results". If selected, the field "remarks" will be displayed on chess-results.com with an orange background. (4.5.2022)
FIDE-+/- rating calculation: Only one discarded result with the highest rating difference is taken into account. (4.5.2022)
Small corrections when importing the RSA rating list. (19.04.2022)
Bugfixing when importing the Russian rating list (array overflow). (12.04.2022)
Upgrading the program development environment from Embarcadero® Delphi 10 Seattle to Delphi 11.1 Alexandria. (23.3.2022)
Small adjustments for the Olympiad Mode 2022. (23.3.2022)
New Option in the pairing-form: Olympiad Mode 2022. (13.03.2022)

Changes of the Unicode Version 2021

Bugfixing of the Pairings checklist. (8.12.2021)
Bugfixing when importing the rating list from Costa Rica and Uruguay. (27.11.2021)
New checkbox for the board and player performance list in team tournaments to determine the necessary games: "Mathematically round, otherwise round up to the next whole number" (20.11.2021)
To avoid problems when downloading / installing, the setup file SwissManagerUnicodeSetup.exe is now signed with a code-signing certificate, where I am the publisher. (16.11.2021)
Bugfixing when importing the Russian rating list (array overflow). (15.10.2021)
Update of the Excel templates "FIDE Arbiter Norm Report Form" (FA1) and "International Arbiter Norm Report Form" (IA1). (13.08.2021)
Bugfixing in the function "Create FIDE title Excel file". (13.08.2021)
Bugfixing in the Tie-Break "Direct Encounter" (only seldom occurred). (13.08.2021)
Bugfixing in the calculation of the FIDE-rating change for Rapid and Blitz tournaments. (12.08.2021)
Update due to format change of the English rating list. (24.07.2021)
New menu item "File / Import PGN-File (results). Especially for online tournaments. Here the results of the selected round are imported from the PGN file. (20.07.2021)
Bugfixing in Tie-Break 14 ("Result of teams in the same point group according to match points") for double-round tournaments. (10.07.2021)
Small corrections when importing the RSA rating list. (16.06.2021)
The RSA rating list has a new format (CSV file instead DBF file). The filename "ratings_cfplay.zip" has remained the same. (04.06.2021)
New menu item "File / Import Player-Results (XML)", Example see PDF-File under XML_import_Swiss-Manager.pdf (21.04.2021)
New menu item "Rating lists/Update VIE rating lists" (Standard, Rapid, Blitz) (28.03.2021)

Changes of the Unicode Version 2020

New menu item "File / Import PGN-File". (09.12.2020)
Bugfixing (Array-overflow) when importing the Russian rating-list. (18.11.2020)
Bugfixing when pairing a single Swiss-System tournament with the option "FIDE (JaVaFo engine, www.rrweb.org/javafo) chess-results.com". (20.10.2020)
The structure and link of the English rating list has changed. (16.9.2020)
Changed menu item "Upload pictures to Chess-Results.com" ==> "Upload pictures/files to Chess-Results.com". In addition to photos, files can now also be uploaded, which are then available for download on the results pages. (13.9.2020)
New Tie-Break "Sonneborn-Berger (Matchpoints) [74]" (25.8.2020)
New menu item "File / merge tournament". Here 2 Singl-Swiss system tournaments can be merged into one tournament. (28.06.2020)
New template for the title norm form (IT1). (28.06.2020)
New button "Check Online" in the player input dialog. Checks whether the entered nickname (in the Clubname field) is valid and online. Invalid/not online players can be excluded before pairing. (June 26, 2020)
New combobox "Online Playing Server" in the tournament dialog in sheet "other". At the moment only PlayChess (ChessBase) is supported. (June 26, 2020)
New host federation "ONL (Online)" for the upload to chess-results.com. (15.6.2020)
Bugfixing in a team-Swiss system tournament when the pairing is repeated with a team having a bye. (7.6.2020)
Bugfixing Checklist (6.5.2020)
Bugfixing of the FIDE-title list (Rule 1.43). (19.02.2020)
Bugfixing when setting a fixed table in the pairing list for team Swiss system tournaments. (11.01.2020)

Changes of the Unicode Version 2019

Bugfixing import Rapid FIDE-rating list (Arrayoverflow).(04.12.2019)
Changing Tie Break 11 (Direct Encounter).
The following feature has been deactivated: If a player in a Tie-Break group has played all games and has all lost/won, then he is the last/first in the Tie-Break group. (15.11.2019)
Change from link to rating-list of South Africa (RSA)(26.07.2019)
Change Olympaid mode (for EYCC): For pairing of all rounds the teams are ranked according to the two first selected Tie-Breaks, if equal according to the Start-Ranking (24.10.2019)
New Menu-item: "File/Merge tournaments" for single-swiss-system-tournaments (13.10.2019)
Change from link to rating-list of South Africa (RSA)(26.07.2019)
Bugfixing (Array-overflow) when importing the Russian rating-list. (08.06.2019)
Extension of the installation code to 20 characters. The old codes remain valid. (08.05.2019)
Bugfixing of match points in team tournaments on teams that have a bye. (23.01.2019)
Expansion of the number of participants to 2000 for Swiss system tournaments. (09.01.2019)
Bugfixing for Team-Round-Robin-Tournaments. The numbers (gam./+/=/-) were displayed incorrectly if an odd number of teams. (07.01.2019)

Changes of the Unicode Version 2018

Bugfixing when sorting the startingrank-list using UNICODE characters (21.11.2018)
New Selection (Time-Control: Standard, Rapid, Blitz) in the tournament form. (27.10.2018)
Bugfixing (Array-overflow) when importing the RSA rating-list. (27.10.2018)
Bugfixing (Array-overflow) when importing the Russian rating-list. (15.10.2018)
Minor Bugfixing menu item "Other/Rtg. admin. file ENG" (15.10.2018)
New Tie-Break ( Games descending (More is better) [65] ) for Single-Swiss-System-Tournaments. (02.10.2018)
New menu item "Other/Rtg. admin. file ENG" (01.10.2018)
Additional fields "Score required ..." and "Exceeding norm by ...points" on the Certificate of Title Result (7.9.2018)
Change of Tie-Break 56 "Sum Matchpoints (2,1,0) without lowest result" (7.9.2018)
On the pairings-checklist now the 0 forfeits are marked as down-floater (5.9.2018)
Additional fields (Numbers of GM, IM, WGM, WIM, FM, WFM) on the Certificate of Title Result (28/29.08.2018)
New menu item "Rating lists/Update ENG rating list/Rapid" (25.08.2018)
Minor changes for the Chess Olympiad in Batumi. (15.08.2018)
In "FIDE Data Export TRF16" Key 122 "Allotted times per moves/game" was temporarily not issued. (29.07.2018)
In "FIDE Data Export TRF16" in Key 112 is now output the deputy arbiters and the "normal" arbiters. (23.07.2018)
New Sheet "Arbiter" in the tournament form. Here you can enter the fields "Chief Arbiter", "Deputy Chief Arbiter" and "Arbiter" using the FIDE-rating-List.
Important: If the option "Only search for arbiters (IA, FA) in FIDE list" is used, the FIDE list must be re-imported. (08.07.2018)
New Field "Deputy Chief Arbiter" in the tournament form. (08.07.2018)
Bugfixing in the new installation process. (17.06.2018)
The installation can be done with or without SSL. (16.06.2018)
Important:
For the installation (input of the installation code) an active internet connection is now necessary.
Due to the change, it is unfortunately necessary to enter the code once. Sorry. (15.06.2018)
Bugfixing: Rarely, the normal pairing was done with the Baku Accelation mode. (14.05.2018)
Bugfixing of option 1.21 in the FIDE title norm list (26.03.2018)
Bugfixing: Import of rating-lists (20.03.2018)
Increased the maximum number of participants to 2,000 for team tournaments (19.03.2018)
If a ratinglist has an invalid format, it will be deleted." (07.03.2018)
Slovenian manual available. Many thanks to Boris Žlender. (07.03.2018)
New menu item "Rating lists/Update SLO rating list" (21.02.2018)
New menu item "Other/Rtg admin. file RSA" (21.02.2018)
Problems with the upload (in rare cases) fixed (19.02.2018)
New menu item "Internet/Download tournament from chess-results.com". The creator of the tournament can download the original file, all other users get the file without the birth date (because of the new General Data Protection Regulation coming in May). (16.02.2018)
The player performance list and board list can now be uploaded on chess-results.com, if the option "Upload/display on chess-results.com" is selected, when the list is called. (16.02.2018)
The Standard Lists on chess-results.com ("The best player" and "The best player per board") according Points and according percent are now not active by default. They can be activated with "Internet/Customize lists at chess-results.com". (16.02.2018)
Preparation for uploading the board list and player performance list on chess-results.com. (Only for team-tournaments available) (11.02.2018)

Important Update on 03.02.2018

Implement of the new Swiss-Pairing rules from July 2017
Including the Baku Acceleration mode
Build Number changed from 12.0.0.295 to 13.0.0.12
New menu item "Other / FIDE Daten Export TRF16
New checkbox "C.04.5.1 Baku Acceleration" in the Form "Accelerated System Parameters"
New checkbox "Apply the FIDE-rules for the Swiss-System tournaments from July 2017" in the tournament form in sheet "other". The checkbox is selected by default (only relevant for single Swiss-System tournaments) and can only changed/unselected before pairing the first round. It is strongly recommended not to unselect the checkbox.
if the checkbox is selected then

JaVaFo pairing engine is mandatory.
Automatic sort of the starting rang before pairing round 4 if Accelerated System is used and a new player is entered.
Only pairings of the current round can be changed with menu "Pairings / Set new player..."
Warning if a not paired player gets 1 point.
The points of the PAB (Pairing-Allocated Bye) are all rounds the same.
The Option "Pair according to tiebreak, not start rank" is disabled.
Sorting/Display of the starting rank (6 radio button) can only be changed before round 1 is paired.

The option "Apply the FIDE-rules for the Swiss-System tournaments from July 2017" is enable if a tournament is load which is saved with build < 13.0.0.0 Exception: if the results for the bye are entered every round or the pairing is according the rank instead of startrank
If the pairing mode (1/0.5/0 , 3/1/0) is changed after round 1 then the pairings from round 2 are deleted
The field "Points for the bye player" in the tournament dialog in sheet "General" can be changed including the round with where the first bye occurs.
The option "Allow input of special results (0:0, ½:0, 0:½, 1U:0U, ½:½U, 0U:1U)." in the tournament form in sheet "other" is seleted by default.
The option can be disabled, then all not paired players (excluded the PAB (Pairing-Allocated Bye)) get no color and 0 points.
The option "Enter results for excluded players/teams (0 as default)" in the tournament form in sheet "other" is seleted by default.
If a result is different from 0, then the option is disabled.
The Option "Accelerated System" in the pairing option can only be changed (enabled/disabled) in the first round.
The Option "Pair according to tiebreak, not start rank" is disabled if using "JaVaFo Pairing engine".
No manual sort after round 4.

Bugfixing: Import FIDE-rating list for player with name-length > 32 characters. The FIDE list must be re-imported. Maybe other rating-lists too. (31.01.2018)
Adaptations for the FIDE-endorsement of the July rules (25.01.2018)
Fall-back-Solution: If JaVaFo fails, then the Swiss-Manager engine is enabled. (25.01.2018)
Small Adaptations for the FIDE-endorsement of the July rules (04.01.2018)
Bugfixing import Rapid FIDE-rating list (Arrayoverflow).(01.01.2018)

Changes of the Unicode Version 2017

Adaptations for the FIDE-endorsement of the July rules (17.12.2017)
Adaptations at the CAN ratinglist. (26.10.2017)
Bugfixing for new results: 1:0U, ½:½U, 0:1U. (24.07.2017)
Bugfixing: Wrong message when entering result 1:0. (14.07.2017)
New results: 1:0U, ½:½U, 0:1U for results with less than one move. (12.07.2017)
Change of the country code of Lebanon from LIB ==> LBN. (21.06.2017)
Bugfixing import RSA-ratinglist (Arrayoverflow). (31.05.2017)
New-Menu-Item "Other / Rtg. admin. file RUS." (03.05.2017)
Bugfixing. In some cases in the list "Title confirmation for one player" the average rating Ra was wrong. (09.04.2017)
New Menu-items "Rating lists/Update RUS (CRR) standard rating list","Rating lists/Update RUS (CRR) rapid rating list""Rating lists/Update RUS (CRR) blitz rating list" (10.02.2017)
Change of the links for the Uni-Code RUS-rating lists (20.01.2017)
Expansion of the additional ratinglists from 80.000 to 100.000 players. (07.01.2017)

Changes of the Unicode Version 2016

Bugfixing. The option "Accelerated Pairings" was no working. (07.12.2016)
Bugfixing: In some cases there was a "Bereichsüberlauf" (overflow) in the player input form only in team-tournaments. (11.11.2016)
Bugfixing: In some cases, the message 38 was not displayed during program exit (save tournament data) although data was changed. (04.11.2016)
New-Menu-Item "Specials / Rtg. admin. file BEL. (01.11.2016)
"Accelerated Pairings" activated for pairing with JaVaFo-engine. (21.10.2016)
Change of the federation code of Singapore from SIN to SGP (30.09.2016)
Bugfixing assigning fixed boards, if the option "Offset board in pairing list" is set. (30.09.2016)
Correction from 24.9. (25.09.2016)
Bugfixing importing field "date of birth" from Text Files. (24.09.2016)
Bugfixing because of overflow during import of the FIDE-rapid-list. If you have problem to start Swiss-Manager please hold the Shift key during Start (02.09.2016)
New Tie Break: [71] Berlin System for Team-Tournaments. (15.08.2016)
New Menu-item "Rating lists/Update URU" (30.07.2016)
2 new check-boxes in the Player-Input-form for Swiss-System-tournaments : "check presence of players" and Spieler Anwesenheit prüfen" und "Show not present players". If this function is used, not present players are not paired. (30.07.2016)
New Menu-items "Rating lists/Update RUS standard rating list","Rating lists/Update RUS rapid rating list""Rating lists/Update RUS blitz rating list" (10.06.2016)
Upgrade of the software development environment from Delphi XE5 to Delphi 10 Seattle. (25.04.2016)
Bugfixing, if a fixed board is assign in an single-swiss-system-tournament. (11.03.2016)
Bugfixing in Tie Break 11 (Direct Encounter). (04.02.2016)
Bugfixing of the FIDE-Title-Norm-list, Rule 1.43e. (29.01.2016)
Rating list RUS changed to ORR (20.01.2016)
For all tournaments from India the State must be selected before upload to chess-reuslts.com. (20.01.2016)
Translation into Chinese. Many thanks to He Guigang. (15.01.2016)
Bugfixing of the checklist (Downfloater). (07.01.2016)
New option "Creating a backup-file after pairing a round" in the option dialog for Swiss-System tournaments. (06.01.2016)