Does this do Swiss system pairings?

No. It draws round robin, single elimination and double elimination. Swiss pairings are recalculated each round from the current scores, which needs dedicated pairing software.

What is the best format for a small chess club tournament?

An all-play-all round robin, up to about ten players. Everybody plays everybody, the table settles it, and no one is knocked out after one bad game.

How many games in an 8 player chess round robin?

Twenty eight, over seven rounds of four games. Each player plays the other seven once.

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Chess Club Tournament Bracket Generator

A small chess section is traditionally an all-play-all: six, eight or ten players, everybody plays everybody, ranked on points. That is exactly a round robin, and it is the format this tool is best at for chess. Eight players is twenty eight games over seven rounds, which is a club season rather than an evening.

Be aware of the limit before you start. Larger chess tournaments use the Swiss system, where pairings are recalculated each round to match players on similar scores, and this generator does not do Swiss pairings. For a club section up to about ten players a round robin is the standard and better answer anyway; above that, a Swiss pairing program is the right tool.

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Which format to run

Round robin for a club section of ten players or fewer, ranked on points. Knockout for a quick one-night blitz event. For a large open, use Swiss pairings instead: this tool does not produce them.

Running it on the day

A round robin here scores three for a win and one for a draw, not the one and a half chess normally uses. The order it produces is the same; only the numbers differ.
Seed by rating, strongest first, so the table reads sensibly and the knockout draw spreads the strong players out.
Colour allocation is not handled here. Alternate colours by round yourself, or note them on the printed schedule.
For blitz or rapid, one round takes as long as one game. For a classical time control, expect one round per club night.

How the draw is structured

Entrants

Matches played

Rounds

Per entrant

Round by round

Round	Matches	Entrants left after it
Round 1	4	all still playing
Round 2	4	all still playing
Round 3	4	all still playing
Round 4	4	all still playing
Round 5	4	all still playing
Round 6	4	all still playing
Round 7	4	all still playing

How long it takes

Rounds run one after another, because a round cannot start until the one feeding it has finished. Matches inside a round can all run at once, so the number of boards you have decides the day more than the number of entrants does.

Boards	30 min matches	60 min matches	90 min matches
1	14h	28h	42h
2	7h	14h	21h
4	3h 30m	7h	10h 30m

Playing time only. Add changeovers, warm-ups and the gap between rounds.

Questions

Does this do Swiss system pairings?: No. It draws round robin, single elimination and double elimination. Swiss pairings are recalculated each round from the current scores, which needs dedicated pairing software.
What is the best format for a small chess club tournament?: An all-play-all round robin, up to about ten players. Everybody plays everybody, the table settles it, and no one is knocked out after one bad game.
How many games in an 8 player chess round robin?: Twenty eight, over seven rounds of four games. Each player plays the other seven once.

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The same draw, in detail

8 Team Round Robin ScheduleEight teams playing everyone: twenty eight matches across seven rounds of four. Free round robin generator, printable schedule.