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Event 10 format information and score reporting


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Just saw the results and scoring for round 1 and I must admit to being extremely surprised that wins and losses were not the number one criterion with all else being tie breakers wow good luck all

Gszes makes a valid point. Take an extreme case...

  • 6 play a round-robin of matches, scored on a 0-20 VP scale.
  • A wins all its matches 11-9. So A's score = 5 x 11 = 55 VP.
  • B loses its other matches 0-20. So B's score = 9 VP
  • C, D E, F draw their matches against each other 10-10. So each score 9 + 20 + 27 = 58.
  • i.e A beats everybody but finishes 2nd bottom

Similarly, at imps, one lucky swing-board can dominate all other boards to determine a match-result, so point-a-board seems a superior test of skill.

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Gszes makes a valid point. Take an extreme case...

  • 6 pairs play a round-robin of matches, scored on a 0-20 VP scale.
  • A wins all its matches 11-9. So A's score = 5 x 11 = 55 VP.
  • B loses its other matches 0-20. So B's score = 9 VP
  • C, D E, F draw their matches against each other 10-10. So each score 9 + 20 + 27 = 58.
  • i.e A beats everybody but finishes 2nd bottom

Similarly, at imps, one lucky swing-board can dominate all other boards to determine a match-result, so point-a-board seems a superior test of skill.

 

I don't see why it should be wins that matters at least in the first stage. I have no doubt that the fairest way to determine who has been playing the best bridge is who has finished top.

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A beats everybody but finishes 2nd bottom

Yes, he beat everyone, but they were all really close matches, not very decisive. Everyone else crushed B, so he's presumably a really bad player, yet A still just barely beat him.

 

According to win-loss scoring, there's no difference between a crushing victory and a match where you make one extra overtrick on one board and push all the rest.

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