This is the basic and most widely used type of tournament on BrainKing. The players are distributed to sections of max. 8 people (depending on the number of signed players and the tournament parameters) and each player plays one or two games with all other players of the same section. When all sections are finished and their winners are determined, the list of all winners will form the next round. A tournament is finished when the last round contains only one sections. Winners of this sections will win the tournament.