chess-The Oxford Companion to Chess - First Edition by David Hooper & Kenneth Whyld

posal was oade by Dr zboriet of Prague in
Scnochzenung, 1869. Eaeh player's nomal sore
w6 to be divided by the nmber of gamcs he
played to produ@ a weighted score. A player's
'zborieL s@re was then calo'ated by adding the
weighted sores of aU lhe opponenh he had
defeated od multiplying this sun by his own
Neighted score. Thus sensible toumament placi.gs
could be obtained lor events in vhich players did
not onplere their programne, nol an unusual
oEtrien e a1 the time. o. a sinilar basis Oscar
Gelbfuhs laid th€ foundation of the NEUsrAmr
s@nE .ow conmoily u*d Io. tie-breaking, and
.fren miralled the soNNEsoRN-rE*GB.
There wd g.cat controversy between the
lheoreticians and also with those like Johannes
Metee. (18s0-196) who ne@ly defended nomal
soring. When Ludwig Woinbrentrer Published
Neuer Mod6 zu. Besnmnune det Reih.nfotse del
Preisfiset bei knacntumietut (1887) Merser
poinred our rhar rhe proposalwas so @mplcated
rhar u eme ca*s a nlayer woul'i r@re tElter by
AUXILIARY SCORING METHOD 19
A.omd 1900 interest in the underlyine issue, the
alocation of tournament tu.ds, becane paramount:
a.d the unrivalled rmz syscu was used a1
seve.almajorevents. An excellenlsuomaryolthe
whole subiecl up to thal tine appeeed in tVie,€.
Scha.hzeitunB, 1901. and lhe strbslane of thal
arricle was published in the ,r,tish Ches MaEozihe
in 1902.
Tbe inhoduction of the sw'ss sYsrEM led to a
new requnement because playets {ere no lonecr
faci.g the same opponenrs. In additioo to ne6ur
ing a playeas streneth an evalualion o{ lhe
opposition w6 nceded. This led lo the delelopmenr
oI BUcdEo.z. sorKoE. cooNs. MEDTAN. and
eroEss sores, although no amount oI statisti.al
subtlerv can compensate lor ovestrelchine the
swiss system. (See also suM or p*@nFrs,vt
None of lhes nethods was inlended lor use
vhen a lournameol remaitred unfinished, bul for
lhe lollowiog @mp isotr of rhe oore impo.tanl
netho.b tne crcssrable oI Manaheim 1914 is Ed.
This toumament was unfinished on &couni oI the
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