System for chess matches between teams
Final standings of Kings vs. Queens 2011 , tournament under Scheveningen system.
The Scheveningen system (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈsxeːvənɪŋə(n)] ⓘ ) is a method of organizing a chess match between two teams. Each player on one team plays each player on the other team.[ 1] The team with the highest number of games won is the winner. This system was a popular way to create title norm opportunities.[ 2] However, effective from March 2024, it is no longer be possible to achieve title norms from Scheveningen tournaments. [ 3]
The system was first used in a tournament in Scheveningen , Netherlands in 1923. The idea behind it was that a team of ten Dutch players could face ten foreign masters . This has the intention of giving the players on the team experience against strong competition.[ 4]
Standard Scheveningen Tables
Match on 2 Boards
Round 1
A1-B1
A2-B2
Round 2
B2-A1
B1-A2
Match on 3 Boards
Round 1
A1-B1
A2-B2
B3-A3
Round 2
B2-A1
A2-B3
B1-A3
Round 3
A1-B3
B1-A2
A3-B2
Match on 4 Boards
Round 1
A1-B1
A2-B2
B3-A3
B4-A4
Round 2
B2-A1
B1-A2
A3-B4
A4-B3
Round 3
A1-B3
A2-B4
B1-A3
B2-A4
Round 4
B4-A1
B3-A2
A3-B2
A4-B1
Match on 5 Boards
Round 1
A1-B1
A2-B2
A3-B3
B4-A4
B5-A5
Round 2
B2-A1
B3-A2
A3-B4
A4-B5
B1-A5
Round 3
A1-B3
A2-B4
B5-A3
B1-A4
A5-B2
Round 4
B4-A1
A2-B5
A3-B1
B2-A4
B3-A5
Round 5
A1-B5
B1-A2
B2-A3
A4-B3
A5-B4
Match on 6 Boards
Round 1
A1-B1
B2-A2
B3-A3
A4-B4
B5-A5
A6-B6
Round 2
B2-A1
A2-B3
A3-B5
B6-A4
A5-B4
B1-A6
Round 3
A1-B3
B5-A2
B1-A3
A4-B2
A5-B6
B4-A6
Round 4
B4-A1
B6-A2
A3-B2
A4-B1
B3-A5
A6-B5
Round 5
A1-B5
A2-B4
A3-B6
B3-A4
B1-A5
B2-A6
Round 6
B6-A1
A2-B1
B4-A3
B5-A4
A5-B2
A6-B3
Match on 7 Boards
Round 1
A1-B1
A2-B2
A3-B3
A4-B4
B5-A5
B6-A6
B7-A7
Round 2
B2-A1
B3-A2
B4-A3
A4-B5
A5-B6
A6-B7
B1-A7
Round 3
A1-B3
A2-B4
A3-B5
B6-A4
B7-A5
B1-A6
A7-B2
Round 4
B4-A1
B5-A2
A3-B6
A4-B7
A5-B1
B2-A6
B3-A7
Round 5
A1-B5
A2-B6
B7-A3
B1-A4
B2-A5
A6-B3
A7-B4
Round 6
B6-A1
A2-B7
A3-B1
A4-B2
B3-A5
B4-A6
B5-A7
Round 7
A1-B7
B1-A2
B2-A3
B3-A4
A5-B4
A6-B5
A7-B6
Match on 8 Boards
Round 1
A1-B1
A2-B2
A3-B3
A4-B4
B5-A5
B6-A6
B7-A7
B8-A8
Round 2
B2-A1
B3-A2
B4-A3
B1-A4
A5-B6
A6-B7
A7-B8
A8-B5
Round 3
A1-B3
A2-B4
A3-B1
A4-B2
B7-A5
B8-A6
B5-A7
B6-A8
Round 4
B4-A1
B1-A2
B2-A3
B3-A4
A5-B8
A6-B5
A7-B6
A8-B7
Round 5
A1-B5
A2-B6
A3-B7
A4-B8
B1-A5
B2-A6
B3-A7
B4-A8
Round 6
B6-A1
B7-A2
B8-A3
B5-A4
A5-B2
A6-B3
A7-B4
A8-B1
Round 7
A1-B7
A2-B8
A3-B5
A4-B6
B3-A5
B4-A6
B1-A7
B2-A8
Round 8
B8-A1
B5-A2
B6-A3
B7-A4
A5-B4
A6-B1
A7-B2
A8-B3
Match on 9 Boards
Round 1
A1-B1
A2-B2
A3-B3
A4-B4
A5-B5
B6-A6
B7-A7
B8-A8
B9-A9
Round 2
B2-A1
B3-A2
B4-A3
B5-A4
A5-B6
A6-B7
A7-B8
A8-B9
B1-A9
Round 3
A1-B3
A2-B4
A3-B5
A4-B6
B7-A5
B8-A6
B9-A7
B1-A8
A9-B2
Round 4
B4-A1
B5-A2
B6-A3
A4-B7
A5-B8
A6-B9
A7-B1
B2-A8
B3-A9
Round 5
A1-B5
A2-B6
A3-B7
B8-A4
B9-A5
B1-A6
B2-A7
A8-B3
A9-B4
Round 6
B6-A1
B7-A2
A3-B8
A4-B9
A5-B1
A6-B2
B3-A7
B4-A8
B5-A9
Round 7
A1-B7
A2-B8
B9-A3
B1-A4
B2-A5
B3-A6
A7-B4
A8-B5
A9-B6
Round 8
B8-A1
A2-B9
A3-B1
A4-B2
A5-B3
B4-A6
B5-A7
B6-A8
B7-A9
Round 9
A1-B9
B1-A2
B2-A3
B3-A4
B4-A5
A6-B5
A7-B6
A8-B7
A9-B8
Match on 10 Boards
Round 1
A1-B1
A2-B2
A3-B3
A4-B4
B5-A5
B6-A6
B7-A7
A8-B8
B9-A9
B10-A10
Round 2
B2-A1
B1-A2
B8-A3
B3-A4
A5-B10
A6-B5
A7-B6
B4-A8
A9-B7
A10-B9
Round 3
A1-B3
A2-B8
A3-B4
A4-B10
B6-A5
B7-A6
B9-A7
A8-B1
B2-A9
B5-A10
Round 4
B4-A1
B3-A2
B10-A3
A4-B6
A5-B7
B8-A6
A7-B5
A8-B9
B1-A9
A10-B2
Round 5
A1-B5
A2-B4
B9-A3
B7-A4
B1-A5
A6-B10
B8-A7
B2-A8
A9-B3
A10-B6
Round 6
B6-A1
A2-B7
A3-B1
A4-B9
A5-B8
A6-B2
B10-A7
B5-A8
B4-A9
B3-A10
Round 7
A1-B7
B5-A2
B2-A3
B1-A4
B4-A5
B9-A6
A7-B3
A8-B10
A9-B6
A10-B8
Round 8
B8-A1
B6-A2
A3-B5
A4-B2
A5-B9
A6-B1
A7-B4
B3-A8
B10-A9
B7-A10
Round 9
A1-B9
A2-B10
A3-B7
B5-A4
B2-A5
B3-A6
B1-A7
A8-B6
A9-B8
B4-A10
Round 10
B10-A1
B9-A2
B6-A3
B8-A4
A5-B3
A6-B4
A7-B2
B7-A8
A9-B5
A10-B1
Match on 11 Boards
Round 1
A1-B1
A2-B2
A3-B3
A4-B4
A5-B5
A6-B6
B7-A7
B8-A8
B9-A9
B10-A10
B11-A11
Round 2
B2-A1
B3-A2
B4-A3
B5-A4
B6-A5
A6-B7
A7-B8
A8-B9
A9-B10
A10-B11
B1-A11
Round 3
A1-B3
A2-B4
A3-B5
A4-B6
A5-B7
B8-A6
B9-A7
B10-A8
B11-A9
B1-A10
A11-B2
Round 4
B4-A1
B5-A2
B6-A3
B7-A4
A5-B8
A6-B9
A7-B10
A8-B11
A9-B1
B2-A10
B3-A11
Round 5
A1-B5
A2-B6
A3-B7
A4-B8
B9-A5
B10-A6
B11-A7
B1-A8
B2-A9
A10-B3
A11-B4
Round 6
B6-A1
B7-A2
B8-A3
A4-B9
A5-B10
A6-B11
A7-B1
A8-B2
B3-A9
B4-A10
B5-A11
Round 7
A1-B7
A2-B8
A3-B9
B10-A4
B11-A5
B1-A6
B2-A7
B3-A8
A9-B4
A10-B5
A11-B6
Round 8
B8-A1
B9-A2
A3-B10
A4-B11
A5-B1
A6-B2
A7-B3
B4-A8
B5-A9
B6-A10
B7-A11
Round 9
A1-B9
A2-B10
B11-A3
B1-A4
B2-A5
B3-A6
B4-A7
A8-B5
A9-B6
A10-B7
A11-B8
Round 10
B10-A1
A2-B11
A3-B1
A4-B2
A5-B3
A6-B4
B5-A7
B6-A8
B7-A9
B8-A10
B9-A11
Round 11
A1-B11
B1-A2
B2-A3
B3-A4
B4-A5
B5-A6
A7-B6
A8-B7
A9-B8
A10-B9
A11-B10
Match on 12 Boards
Round 1
A1-B1
A2-B2
A3-B3
A4-B4
A5-B5
A6-B6
B7-A7
B8-A8
B9-A9
B10-A10
B11-A11
B12-A12
Round 2
B2-A1
B3-A2
B4-A3
B5-A4
B6-A5
B1-A6
A7-B8
A8-B9
A9-B10
A10-B11
A11-B12
A12-B7
Round 3
A1-B3
A2-B4
A3-B5
A4-B6
A5-B1
A6-B2
B9-A7
B10-A8
B11-A9
B12-A10
B7-A11
B8-A12
Round 4
B4-A1
B5-A2
B6-A3
B1-A4
B2-A5
B3-A6
A7-B10
A8-B11
A9-B12
A10-B7
A11-B8
A12-B9
Round 5
A1-B5
A2-B6
A3-B1
A4-B2
A5-B3
A6-B4
B11-A7
B12-A8
B7-A9
B8-A10
B9-A11
B10-A12
Round 6
B6-A1
B1-A2
B2-A3
B3-A4
B4-A5
B5-A6
A7-B12
A8-B7
A9-B8
A10-B9
A11-B10
A12-B11
Round 7
A1-B7
A2-B8
A3-B9
A4-B10
A5-B11
A6-B12
B1-A7
B2-A8
B3-A9
B4-A10
B5-A11
B6-A12
Round 8
B8-A1
B9-A2
B10-A3
B11-A4
B12-A5
B7-A6
A7-B2
A8-B3
A9-B4
A10-B5
A11-B6
A12-B1
Round 9
A1-B9
A2-B10
A3-B11
A4-B12
A5-B7
A6-B8
B3-A7
B4-A8
B5-A9
B6-A10
B1-A11
B2-A12
Round 10
B10-A1
B11-A2
B12-A3
B7-A4
B8-A5
B9-A6
A7-B4
A8-B5
A9-B6
A10-B1
A11-B2
A12-B3
Round 11
A1-B11
A2-B12
A3-B7
A4-B8
A5-B9
A6-B10
B5-A7
B6-A8
B1-A9
B2-A10
B3-A11
B4-A12
Round 12
B12-A1
B7-A2
B8-A3
B9-A4
B10-A5
B11-A6
A7-B6
A8-B1
A9-B2
A10-B3
A11-B4
A12-B5
Match on 13 Boards
Round 1
A1-B1
A2-B2
A3-B3
A4-B4
A5-B5
A6-B6
A7-B7
B8-A8
B9-A9
B10-A10
B11-A11
B12-A12
B13-A13
Round 2
B2-A1
B3-A2
B4-A3
B5-A4
B6-A5
B7-A6
A7-B8
A8-B9
A9-B10
A10-B11
A11-B12
A12-B13
B1-A13
Round 3
A1-B3
A2-B4
A3-B5
A4-B6
A5-B7
A6-B8
B9-A7
B10-A8
B11-A9
B12-A10
B13-A11
B1-A12
A13-B2
Round 4
B4-A1
B5-A2
B6-A3
B7-A4
B8-A5
A6-B9
A7-B10
A8-B11
A9-B12
A10-B13
A11-B1
B2-A12
B3-A13
Round 5
A1-B5
A2-B6
A3-B7
A4-B8
A5-B9
B10-A6
B11-A7
B12-A8
B13-A9
B1-A10
B2-A11
A12-B3
A13-B4
Round 6
B6-A1
B7-A2
B8-A3
B9-A4
A5-B10
A6-B11
A7-B12
A8-B13
A9-B1
A10-B2
B3-A11
B4-A12
B5-A13
Round 7
A1-B7
A2-B8
A3-B9
A4-B10
B11-A5
B12-A6
B13-A7
B1-A8
B2-A9
B3-A10
A11-B4
A12-B5
A13-B6
Round 8
B8-A1
B9-A2
B10-A3
A4-B11
A5-B12
A6-B13
A7-B1
A8-B2
A9-B3
B4-A10
B5-A11
B6-A12
B7-A13
Round 9
A1-B9
A2-B10
A3-B11
B12-A4
B13-A5
B1-A6
B2-A7
B3-A8
B4-A9
A10-B5
A11-B6
A12-B7
A13-B8
Round 10
B10-A1
B11-A2
A3-B12
A4-B13
A5-B1
A6-B2
A7-B3
A8-B4
B5-A9
B6-A10
B7-A11
B8-A12
B9-A13
Round 11
A1-B11
A2-B12
B13-A3
B1-A4
B2-A5
B3-A6
B4-A7
B5-A8
A9-B6
A10-B7
A11-B8
A12-B9
A13-B10
Round 12
B12-A1
A2-B13
A3-B1
A4-B2
A5-B3
A6-B4
A7-B5
B6-A8
B7-A9
B8-A10
B9-A11
B10-A12
B11-A13
Round 13
A1-B13
B1-A2
B2-A3
B3-A4
B4-A5
B5-A6
B6-A7
A8-B7
A9-B8
A10-B9
A11-B10
A12-B11
A13-B12
Note for all tables:
In the n-th round the player A1 plays with the player Bn.
Player A1 changes color in the next round.
In the first round the player An plays with the player Bn.
See also
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