--- In tsh-users@yahoogroups.com, "John Chew" <jjchew@...> wrote:
>
> --- In tsh-users@yahoogroups.com, "G. Vincent Castellano" <gvc@> wrote:
>
> > Are there any tricks to dealing with drop-outs? If I pair someone
> > with player 0 for the remainder of an event, will I have trouble
> > with generating pairings?
>
> In general, the only times you should have to manually pair someone
> with 0 are when they have been included in computed pairings that
> won't be modified by their absence, and it's only the affected rounds
> where the pairings need to be adjusted.
>
> Otherwise, quoting from http://tsh.poslfit.com/doc/trouble.html :
>
> > If a player gives you notice that he will be missing one or more
> > games, or you end up determining that he is a no-show after the
> > tournament has begun, you can prevent them from being considered
> > for pairings using the "EditScore" command. If player 4 in division
> > A should no longer be paired, enter "es a 4" to begin editing the
> > player's scoresheet, then enter "off -50" give them forfeit losses
> > whenever pairings are computed. ("off 50" will give them a 50-point
> > bye, and "off 0" will record a missed game without assigning a win
> > or loss). If the player subsequently returns to the tournament, you
> > can re-enable their pairings by entering "on" while editing their
> > scorecard.
>
> John
> --
> John Chew (poslfit on MD) * jjchew@... * http://www.poslfit.com
>

On this subject, is there any way of retroactively taking a player out of a
league where he's already played some games? I need to remove a player from one
of the leagues at my local club which means blanking all of his scores-
hopefully without rebuilding the division from scratch.

cheers

BJW