Judy_

I play at e-bridge and I like their movement which I think is fair. The movement in e-bridge tournaments is swiss barometer – the pair in the first place is playing against the pair in the second place and so on. They have two tournaments, one is open and the other is for 299 and below. Also, if you have not finished a board when the alloted time for that round runs out, you still get to finish and then proceed to the next round late. If you get a certain number of minutes behind, then you have to skip a board. And you receive no score for the board that you did not play and it is not averaged in. And with the last round everyone gets to finish, the tournament is over when the last table finishes. Since you are never allowed to get too far behind, the tournament might end just a few minutes over the designated time.

I think I have recently discovered some reasons for some rejections, which is nice to know since I get rejected sometimes. If you are host and need two or three people, and you get several people asking to join at the same time, when you accept one the others get rejected even though you aren't rejecting them and you want them to play. And if you have just one seat available and while accepting the first person several others ask to play, then they are rejected.

Hi, I am an intermediate player who currently plays SAYC and is learning 2/1 GF and would like to practice 2/1 playing and/or partnership bidding. Thanks, Judy :-)