[blml] Incomplete Swiss matches [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

John Probst:

>This is by way of consultation; as I'm involved.  My online site had a
>massive crash tonight, thus killing off a number of swiss matches in
>progress. We need to score them on an EBU 20-0 scale. The matches are of
>18 boards (and the scoring is Butler imps, although that's not relevant
>except that an award of 2 imps a board is appropriate if you're awarding
>average plus.)
>
>We use EBU White Book for default regulation so if nine boards have been
>played the match is in good standing.
>
>As I see it, this is a "no fault of your own" situation, but I dislike
>inflating VPs in a Swiss.
>
>We could 1) score the number of boards actually played on an appropriate
>scale for that number of boards, thus avoiding VP inflation
>2) Award average plus both sides and score as an 18 board match where the
>total VPs are > 20
>3) Take a halfway house of some sort.
>
>What do we do about matches that have played fewer than 9 boards? Our
>default VPs for a "no fault of your own" is 14. Can we adjust this based
>on such results as we have, and if so, how?  Taking the case where only 3
>boards or 8 boards have been played, it's unfair to adjust the VPs purely
>on scores attained, but something might be possible.
>
>Await replies with interest.  John

Law 81C3:

"The Director's duties and powers normally include the following:
to establish suitable conditions of play and to announce them to the
contestants."

Richard Hills:

If I was the TD I would use Law 81C3 to:

(a) cancel the entire event, due to it being irrevocably compromised by
the huge number of fouled boards, and
(b) refund the entry fees of all contestants, and
(c) give all contestants free entry (if they desired) into a replay of the
entire event.

A decade ago the ABF carelessly held a national pairs championship in a
venue with inadequate space and no air-conditioning during the height of
the Australian summer.  (It was not entirely the fault of the ABF, as the
vendor of the venue had given the ABF misleading assurances.)

Due to the stifling heat, those participants who wished to withdraw were
permitted to do so, and all participants were given free entry to the
following year's national pairs championship.


Best wishes

Richard James Hills, amicus curiae
National Training Branch, DIAC
02 6225 6285

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