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> I feel sort of cheated because I didn't find out a thing about my current
> rating (at least as far as I can tell).  It's greater than 1300 and less
> than 1900.  Gee, I knew that before the tournament.
> 
> Is this sort of thing typical of the Swiss system, or did I just "luck" out?
> Is this why everyone hates the Swiss?
> 									Roy
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You can compute your new rating after the tournament, and find out
your current rating. So, playing a swiss tournament tells you much
more about your current strength  relatively to the other players.
Besides, I think an Open Swiss tournament is the only place where
a rusty rated player (1600) have a chance to play National,
International or Grand chess Masters.
Since the surest way to improve in chess is to play stronger
opponents, I think the Swiss system is a very good school of chess
for low and medium rated players (up to 2200).
For this very reason, it is not very liked by higher rated players,
because that's where they run the highest risk of being upset by
a lower rated pawn-pusher.
Few years ago, when I was a 1650 rated chess player, I played a
crazy swiss tournament : I won against a 2430, and draw a 2250,
but lost against a 1970 and an unrated player!!
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