NB Canyon Chess Tournament This tournament completed March 23rd, 2019.

Detailed breakdown of how Sam's M-S-C-O tiebreaks were calculated. Tiebreaks are used to order players who finish with the same score, in the order M, then S, then C, then O. Byes have no opponent, so they are listed but not counted in the opponent-based tiebreaks.

M - Modified Mean [7.5]

The Modified Mean adds up the scores of every opponent Sam Niemann has played, then discards one of them depending on how Sam Niemann is doing.

Sam's score (1.0 of 5.0 possible) is less than 50% of the possible points, so the highest opponent score is discarded.

Round	Opponent	Opponent's Score	Counted?
1	Noble Reddell	4.0	Discarded
2	Michael Leroy	3.0	Counted
3	Layden White	1.5	Counted
4	Paige Schaale	1.0	Counted
5	Emmanuel Sierra	2.0	Counted
Modified Mean		7.5

S - Solkoff [11.5]

The Solkoff is the combined score of every opponent Sam Niemann has played, with nothing discarded. A higher Solkoff means Sam Niemann faced tougher opposition.

Round	Opponent	Opponent's Score
1	Noble Reddell	4.0
2	Michael Leroy	3.0
3	Layden White	1.5
4	Paige Schaale	1.0
5	Emmanuel Sierra	2.0
Solkoff		11.5

C - Cumulative [2.0]

The Cumulative tiebreak adds together Sam's running score after each round. Early wins count more, because they carry forward into every later round's total.

Round	Result	Score After Round
1	0.0	0.0
2	0.0	0.0
3	0.0	0.0
4	1.0	1.0
5	0.0	1.0
Cumulative		2.0

O - Opponent's Cumulative [36.0]

The Opponent's Cumulative adds together the Cumulative tiebreak of every opponent Sam Niemann has played.

Round	Opponent	Opponent's Cumulative
1	Noble Reddell	12.0
2	Michael Leroy	11.0
3	Layden White	4.0
4	Paige Schaale	3.0
5	Emmanuel Sierra	6.0
Opponent's Cumulative		36.0