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
Although mathematically it may be alright (assuming you are imping and not Vping), the unfairness will be around the perception of the players. If there is a close finish, you may likely get complaints that a team had to play 3 boards against the strongest team, and 2 against the weakest team. I do recall a Portland Pairs heat many years ago, where the TD played 10 x 2 boards and then 6 x 3 boards. At the time, Max Bavin assured us this was fair because it was a competition over the country but this didnt stop a lot of correspondence about how a pair had played 12 boards against the four strongest pairs in the room!
I agree, but it's less fair than playing the same number of boards against all other teams.