Round 3/8 Pairings!

Temporarily marked as draws:
R1 sircachetes - Freddioso
R2 ReChesster - chen-rcc

![Screenshot 2026-02-22 232042.png](https://image.lichess1.org/display?op=noop&path=Z4tX76mxskLg.png&sig=6091502139585d9495e2338e43293c67e569c47d) Temporarily marked as draws: R1 sircachetes - Freddioso R2 ReChesster - chen-rcc

Wolfram_EP

@Puredication I understand why temporarily marking as draws is done and looks sensible, but also something to ponder about. If you get a draw, and later you play a match and win, then you still get full point for that previous game. But in next round you are paired as if you drew, that is, you get easier opponent than if you had played your game and won in time. This makes it easier to accumulate points in Swiss if you delay all your matches that you would otherwise win, and thereby incentivizes those delays.

Based on those considerations I would propose to change the rule regarding temporary draws to make those draws permanent (enacting rule change only for rounds 3 and following), for people to incentivize playing the matches in time, rather than vice versa.

@Puredication I understand why temporarily marking as draws is done and looks sensible, but also something to ponder about. If you get a draw, and later you play a match and win, then you still get full point for that previous game. But in next round you are paired as if you drew, that is, you get easier opponent than if you had played your game and won in time. This makes it easier to accumulate points in Swiss if you delay all your matches that you would otherwise win, and thereby incentivizes those delays. Based on those considerations I would propose to change the rule regarding temporary draws to make those draws permanent (enacting rule change only for rounds 3 and following), for people to incentivize playing the matches in time, rather than vice versa.

Orcinus_Orca