[blml] Thai braking

[Eric Landau]

At 12:43 PM 4/2/07, Nigel wrote:

>In a round-robin (or Swiss teams event with duplicated boards), an
>alternative form of scoring is possible - a cross between match-points
>and point-a-board...
>
>[A] Calculate the match-point scores in the usual way.
>[B] For each team, add the North-South and East-West match points.
>
>This scoring method is a radical departure from normal teams/rubber
>bridge scoring but it does make each board count roughly the same and
>the fight for extra overtricks/undertricks again becomes relevant.
>
>An interesting and exciting spin-off is that, with an extra round or two
>at the beginning,  you can combine teams with pairs and individual
>competitions, all scored on a similar basis.

Our local ("unit") game occasionally runs a simultaneous pair-team 
game.  We use a regular two-section crossover board-a-match movement, 
score it both at BAM and at matchpoints, and award two sets of prizes.


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