Nine Teams
I'm running a teams of four session. I would like to play 36 boards so that every match attracts Master Points. Players find 36 is "enough" and I don't feel I could go up to, say, 40.
This works perfectly with 10 teams - all-play-all with 9 four-board rounds - but I have only nine teams registered for the event. I will try to get another team, but if I fail will I just have to settle for 8 four-board rounds and no Master Points?
Six 6-board matches feels far too unbalanced. Playing four 4-board matches and four 5-board matches is initially appealing, but on consideration doesn't work as the 4-board players will just have to wait for the end of the 5-board matches.
Or does someone have a solution?
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You can play 8 x 5 as american whist with 45 boards in play, you can arrange this so that 4 matches are complete at half time, so teams can score up, but the board remain live. You can also play the '4N+1' movement with 5 board rounds - each session requires two sets of boards 1-20 + one set 21-25. (Then 26-45 + one set 46-50, for session 2). This allows scoring up and no security issues between sessions.
To play 36 boards, you can play the 4N+1 movement with 4 board rounds in the second session. Or you can play the american whist with score break, and take away one board from each set of 5 in the second half.
Thank you. Your final option looks attractive. Is there a code for EBUScore Teams for this movement?
The last option is M135 'Scorebreak, Tables in Single line, User specified start move'
Selecting this movement gives options for 'EW Move from Home Table;
Inital: Up 4, 4 rounds
Later: Up 3, 4 rounds.
The double move (EW down 4, boards down 2) occurs after 2 rounds.
For the second half, the practical solution is to physically remove all boards which are a multiple of 5 (so no table can play them by accident) and instruct the players to enter those boards as 'Not Played' (and turn off the option that Not Played requires TD confirmation.)
Many thanks!