11 teams movement
I will be scoring a club session with 11 teams currently entered. We normally play 24 boards, but the only way I can think of doing this is to have 4 x 3 board rounds and 6 x 2 board rounds, which presumably will involve marking the third board as not played at the end of each of the 2 board rounds.
Is there a better way of running the session, and will it cause any problems in EBUScore?
Is there a better way of running the session, and will it cause any problems in EBUScore?
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The alternative would be to just play 8 rounds and there are movements in EBUScore to do this.
If you did decide to go with your method, you could run a session of 10x2-board rounds and then another of 4x1-board rounds.
We do this when we have 11 teams. Use M135 with Initial: Up 5 and Later Up 4 to play 26 boards by removing last board in all sets after the scorebreak after round 6 and marking them as "No Play" (63+42).
To play 24 boards: Initial Up 4 and Later: Up 5 and the scorebreak is after round 4. (4*3+6+2)
Doesn't cause any problem with EBUScore Teams
NB: You'll need 33 boards!
I dont think there is an easy answer to this one....i would just settle for 10 x 2 boards and just finish a bit earlier. Or just do 8 x 3 boards and accept that you wont play 2 teams. On this second option, you can seed the teams to ensure no team avoids playing the two strongest teams in the room! Suggested solutions removing boards from a set makes no sense to the fairness in my opinion.
I don't see how it is unfair playing valid team matches against all other teams, some matches with 3 boards, some with 2. I'd think this is fairer than each team not playing some other teams