tie-points

In a tournament how are the tie points awarded?

https://support.chess.com/customer/en/portal/articles/1444840-what-happens-when-there-is-a-tied-score-and-what-is-the-tie-break-

Ok, now can someone explain it in laymans terms?

If i am in a tournament and after 4 rounds i have lost no games but someone who has won only 2 games has a higher tie score,how does that work?

Your tie-break points are based on your opponent's scores. It is equal to the score of the opponents that you beat plus half the points of the opponents you draw.

So, the guy with fewer points has won against players with higher scores than your opponents.  But tie-breaks only matter if your actual score is tied.

Let's say you're #3 in your group. You're listed on Row #3.

1. Look at your Column #1 - you'll see your two numbers vs. the player in Row #1 (1=win, 1/2=draw, 0=loss).

2. Look at the Score column for the #1 player. Let's say he/she won 4 games so his/her score is 4.

Tiebreaker points:

3a. If you *won* one game against player #1, then for *that* game you get their *entire* score - you get 4 tiebreaker points.

3b. For your *other* game against player #1, if you *drew* your other game against player #1 then for *that* game you get *half* of their score - you get 2 tiebreaker points.

3c. You earned 4 + 2 = 6 tiebreaker points from your play against player #1.

Now Figure out how many tiebreaker points you earned from players 2, 4, 5 and 6. Add all those tiebreaker points to the 6 tiebreaker points you earned from player #1. That will be your total tiebreaker points. 

Every time a game finishes, everyone's tiebreaker points get updated appropriately. It's a cool system, really.

If someon won only 2 games and has more tiebreaker points than you have with 4 games, it means they won against players with higher Scores. I'm guessing you had a couple/few draws.

Okay, so what this means in laymans terms is... If you are winning win slowly. If you are losing lose fast. I messed up I won fast and lost slowly. I am the leader in my round and will lose my last game. the tie will go to the second place because he took a long time to lose. So there is a Tie game strategy lose slowly.

No, the speed of your games does not matter. Only the quality of your wins and draws is relevant.
For example let's say that you're tied with another player at four wins each, AND you beat the top four players in the tournament and they beat the bottom four.
You should win the tie since your wins were achieved against the better tournament opponents.

Ok so I am #1 and will lose the round to #2. I have beaten everyone #2 has and I beat them all faster. But it was earlier in the game so they beat fewer people at the time I beat them. I got fewer tie breaker points. I have 31 tie points #2 will beat #3 he will have 24 tie points. When he beats me he will tie me 9 games to 9 but have 33 Tie breaker points. So he wins right? Even though we have beat the same people and lost only to each other? Or am I wrong, is it a true tie and we both advance?

The only thing that matters is the scores at the end of the round, not when the wins happened. So yes. If your opponent wins the next two games, you'll have the same score and tiebreak so both will move forward.

Just like Group 1: https://www.chess.com/tournament/38th-chess-com-tournament-1101-1200/pairings?page=1

Oh great. Nice to know.