The procedures below will be used for all ACA events where prizes are not evenly split. The Tournament Organizer may choose to have a playoff tiebreak instead. A playoff tiebreak must be announced before the start of the tournament in order for it to take precedence over the tie-breaks below.
Swiss event:
1) Head to head (if all those tied played each other).
2) Buchholz (Sum of all scores of opponents).
3) Buchholz cut 1 (Sum of all scores of opponents except the lowest point scorer).
4) Sonneborn-Berger (Sum of all scores of opponents you won against and half the scores of opponents you drew).
5) Most wins.
6) Most games with black.
Round Robin event:
1) Head to head (if all those tied played each other).
2) Sonneborn-Berger (Sum of all scores of opponents you won against and half the scores of opponents you drew.)
3) Koya system (Total points scored against opponents who scored at least 50%).
4) Most wins.
5) Most games with black