Swiss tournaments

My pleasure @TacticalBert !

Any feedback from the developers? Is this a work in progress, is this something that's just not a priority now, or is this something that lichess really does not want to implement right now? @Toadofsky

The suggestion has been in our issues log for 4 years and nobody has volunteered to develop & test it:
github.com/ornicar/lila/issues/1998

I keep saying I'll eventually get around to it and getting overwhelmed by IRL work, other IRL issues, and all my other open-source projects having problems. Eventually could be a very long time... my SF fork is failing to build right now travis-ci.org/ddugovic/Stockfish

+1 please

After organizing another scholastic "team battle" arena where kids basically threw pieces away knowing they are rewarded for # of games played rather than playing each game well, I am at a decision point myself. Basically, I think arena format just does not work for kids - it teaches them all the wrong things.

I actually ran an experimental event over the weekend where I first asked everyone to hand over their API tokens, then paired people manually using API commands like this:

curl 'lichess.org/api/challenge/$blackUser' -H 'Authorization: Bearer $whiteToken' -X POST -d 'rated=true&color=white&clock.limit=1800&clock.increment=5&acceptByToken=$blackToken'

Barring Swiss/RR formats becoming available, I may try to move all our team matches into board-vs-board format by combining score7.io/ with manual pairings using API tokens as per above. This is essentially a hack around the current setup, not an attempt to build a finished product. I am of course happy to share any knowledge gained in the process, though. Will update later this week.

Greetings @thijscom!

I support your proposal. It would be nice to have swiss tournaments at Lichess.

Maybe this suggestion is silly, but have you tried to contact the developers by email yet?: contact@lichess.org

Another possibility: contact Thibault Duplessis through his chat at lichess.org/inbox/thibault. Maybe you're lucky.

You can also communicate with developers using Lichess GitHub at github.com/ornicar/lila/graphs/contributors. You need to create an account to post. If you send me a proposal, I can publish it on your behalf.

@Toadofsky No problem, I understand. Thanks for everything you've already done for lichess!

I started playing online 20 years ago when FICS have many tournament formats (swiss, round robin, 1-2-3 loses elimination etc) and online support.

And what is your point @denis6917 ?

@TacticalBert In my post lichess.org/forum/lichess-feedback/swiss-tournaments-5#9 I meant actually everyone who complains here that there is no Swiss system. I think I expressed myself misleadingly. Sorry but my English is so la la!