Combined Howell-Mitchell movements
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This movement is particularly useful for obtaining one winner from a large field, especially if the event is conducted over 3 sessions.

The principle is to append a Howell movement to a Mitchell movement. There are two basic forms of the movement. In the perfect form all pairs play all other pairs and play all boards in the event. In the imperfect forms, one or both of the above qualities is missing, but other numbers of tables are accommodated.

The perfect Howell-Mitchell movement

Imperfect Howell-Mitchell movement