Vince writes:

> Because the DC event is going to be operated by personnel without a lot
> of technical background, or experience with tsh, I am recommending that
> they set up their sessions in advance (except for the last session of
> three) to minimize the pressure to get everything keyed in while the
> event is in progress.
[...]
> config max_rounds = 14
> config initial_schedule = 3

Since you have more than 14 players, you could certainly increase the
length of the initial schedule from three rounds to say seven, to get
the staff through to Saturday lunch. The downside to this would be
a moderate decrease in pairings accuracy, but since the NSC was paired
this way until 2006 (though granted with twice as many rounds) the
players won't likely mind too much.

Otherwise the usual solution solution in tsh is to pair all of the
rounds in a session based on the standings at the beginning of the
session, either Swiss or Chew:

autopair 7 8 ns 0 7
autopair 7 9 ns 0 7
autopair 7 10 ns 0 7
autopair 7 11 ns 0 7

or

autopair 7 8 cp 7
autopair 7 9 cp 7
autopair 7 10 cp 7
autopair 7 11 cp 7

John
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