Editing Module:Sports table/Chess/doc (section)

===Special case for only two players===

When there are only two players, the module enters a special case.
The data for the following table comes from the [[2014 World Chess Championship]].
{| class="wikitable" style="background:white;"
|-
|'''What you type'''
|<syntaxhighlight lang=moin>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Chess

|source={{cite web|title=Anand vs Carlsen, 2014
        |url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=84885|accessdate=9 April 2020}}
|update=complete
|title=World Chess Championship 2014
|show_positions=no
|hide_played=yes
|only_pld_pts=yes
|show_matches=yes
|team1=MC |team2=VA

|name_MC={{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}}
|name_VA={{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}}

|match_MC_VA=½+1+0+½+½+1+½+½+½+½+1+—
|bgcol_MC_VA=B+W+B+W+B+W+W+B+W+B+W+B
|match_VA_MC=½+0+1+½+½+0+½+½+½+½+0+—
|bgcol_VA_MC=W+B+W+B+W+B+B+W+B+W+B+W
|game1_header=<small>[http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2014-wcc/01-Anand_Viswanathan-Carlsen_Magnus Game&nbsp;1]<br />8 Nov.</small>
|game2_header=<small>[http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2014-wcc/02-Carlsen_Magnus-Anand_Viswanathan Game&nbsp;2]<br />9 Nov.</small>
|game3_header=<small>[http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2014-wcc/03-Anand_Viswanathan-Carlsen_Magnus Game&nbsp;3]<br />11 Nov.</small>
|game4_header=<small>[http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2014-wcc/04-Carlsen_Magnus-Anand_Viswanathan Game&nbsp;4]<br />12 Nov.</small>
|game5_header=<small>[http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2014-wcc/05-Anand_Viswanathan-Carlsen_Magnus Game&nbsp;5]<br />14 Nov.</small>
|game6_header=<small>[http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2014-wcc/06-Carlsen_Magnus-Anand_Viswanathan Game&nbsp;6]<br />15 Nov.</small>
|game7_header=<small>[http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2014-wcc/07-Carlsen_Magnus-Anand_Viswanathan Game&nbsp;7]<br />17 Nov.</small>
|game8_header=<small>[http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2014-wcc/08-Anand_Viswanathan-Carlsen_Magnus Game&nbsp;8]<br />18 Nov.</small>
|game9_header=<small>[http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2014-wcc/09-Carlsen_Magnus-Anand_Viswanathan Game&nbsp;9]<br />20 Nov.</small>
|game10_header=<small>[http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2014-wcc/10-Anand_Viswanathan-Carlsen_Magnus Game&nbsp;10]<br />21 Nov.</small>
|game11_header=<small>[http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2014-wcc/11-Carlsen_Magnus-Anand_Viswanathan Game&nbsp;11]<br />23 Nov.</small>
|game12_header=<small>Game&nbsp;12<br />25 Nov.</small>
}}</syntaxhighlight>
|-
|'''What it looks like'''
|{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Chess

|source={{cite web|title=Anand vs Carlsen, 2014
        |url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=84885|accessdate=9 April 2020}}
|update=complete
|title=World Chess Championship 2014
|show_positions=no
|hide_played=yes
|only_pld_pts=yes
|show_matches=yes
|team1=MC |team2=VA

|name_MC={{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}}
|name_VA={{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}}

|match_MC_VA=½+1+0+½+½+1+½+½+½+½+1+—
|bgcol_MC_VA=B+W+B+W+B+W+W+B+W+B+W+B
|match_VA_MC=½+0+1+½+½+0+½+½+½+½+0+—
|bgcol_VA_MC=W+B+W+B+W+B+B+W+B+W+B+W
|game1_header=<small>[http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2014-wcc/01-Anand_Viswanathan-Carlsen_Magnus Game&nbsp;1]<br />8 Nov.</small>
|game2_header=<small>[http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2014-wcc/02-Carlsen_Magnus-Anand_Viswanathan Game&nbsp;2]<br />9 Nov.</small>
|game3_header=<small>[http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2014-wcc/03-Anand_Viswanathan-Carlsen_Magnus Game&nbsp;3]<br />11 Nov.</small>
|game4_header=<small>[http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2014-wcc/04-Carlsen_Magnus-Anand_Viswanathan Game&nbsp;4]<br />12 Nov.</small>
|game5_header=<small>[http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2014-wcc/05-Anand_Viswanathan-Carlsen_Magnus Game&nbsp;5]<br />14 Nov.</small>
|game6_header=<small>[http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2014-wcc/06-Carlsen_Magnus-Anand_Viswanathan Game&nbsp;6]<br />15 Nov.</small>
|game7_header=<small>[http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2014-wcc/07-Carlsen_Magnus-Anand_Viswanathan Game&nbsp;7]<br />17 Nov.</small>
|game8_header=<small>[http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2014-wcc/08-Anand_Viswanathan-Carlsen_Magnus Game&nbsp;8]<br />18 Nov.</small>
|game9_header=<small>[http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2014-wcc/09-Carlsen_Magnus-Anand_Viswanathan Game&nbsp;9]<br />20 Nov.</small>
|game10_header=<small>[http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2014-wcc/10-Anand_Viswanathan-Carlsen_Magnus Game&nbsp;10]<br />21 Nov.</small>
|game11_header=<small>[http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2014-wcc/11-Carlsen_Magnus-Anand_Viswanathan Game&nbsp;11]<br />23 Nov.</small>
|game12_header=<small>Game&nbsp;12<br />25 Nov.</small>
}}
|}
As can be seen from this example, the crosstable now displays a column header for each game in the match, instead of the normally displayed column header for each player. As such, there is no longer a main diagonal of NULL matches. Also, if {{para|short_XXX}} were defined, its value would never be used.
Instead, headers in the match table are determined by the {{para|gameN_header}} parameter for each number N corresponding to a game. The default value for this parameter is the number specified by N.
It is highly recommended to use {{para|bgcol_XXX_YYY}} in two player tables, so that each column can represent a distinct game, in the order that they are played.
It is also recommended that the H2H, Wins, and played columns be hidden in a two player table, because this information is easily discerned from the points.
For information on the {{para|source}} and {{para|update}} parameters used in this table, see [[#Footer options]].