From: h75@nikhefh.nikhef.nl (Henk Uijterwaal)
Newsgroups: rec.games.bridge
Subject: Re: victory point scale question
Date: 1 Sep 92 11:31:41 GMT
Reply-To: h75@nikhefh.nikhef.nl (Henk Uijterwaal)
Followup-To: rec.games.bridge
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In article <1992Aug31.172730.28934@cs.brown.edu> ST402256@brownvm.brown.edu (Paul) writes:
 
>10 teams have signed up for the league.  Unless more come in, (and the
>deadline is fast approaching), that will be the number.  It seems to me that 
>the format should be changed.  In 9 weeks, we could run a complete round 
>robin, one match per week.  Each week, teams could play a 24, 28, or 32
>board match.

Yes, I would prefer this over 9 swiss events. Now everybody plays against
everybody else and nobody has to complain about having the better teams
as opponents every week. You also don't have to wait for the new line-up
after each swiss round. 

>I suggested this possibilty to her and she said she'd consider it.

For what it's worth: a (double) round robin has been used for ages in the
teams of four competitions between bridgeclubs here. I've never heard any
complaints about this format.

>What I'd like to know is this:  What are the victory
>point scales (either 20 or 30 point) for 24, 28, and
>32 board matches?  Anyone know?

Yes, I'll add them to this message (in LaTeX format, let me know if you
cannot print it).

Henk. 

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\documentstyle{book}
\begin{document}
\chapter{The W.B.F. IMP--VP scales.}
\label{scale}

If you play an number of boards for which there is no table available, use
the table for the nearest number of boards that is available. If there are
two tables to choose from, choose the lower one. So, the table for 12 boards, 
for example, applies to matches of 11, 12 or 13 boards and the table for 40 
boards applies to matches from 39 to 42 boards.

\begin{table}[tbhp]
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{|r@{--}r|r@{--}r|r@{--}r|r@{--}r|r@{--}r|r@{--}r|r@{--}r|} \hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{ } & \multicolumn{12}{|c|}{\em Number of Boards.} \\ \cline{3-14} 
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\em VP's} & \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\em  8} & \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\em 12} & \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\em 14} &
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\em 16}   & \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\em 20} & \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\em 24} \\ \hline \hline
{\bf 15} & {\bf 15} &  0 &  1 &  0 &  1 &  0 &  2 &  0 &  2 &  0 &  2 &  0 &  3 \\
{\bf 16} & {\bf 14} &  2 &  5 &  2 &  6 &  3 &  7 &  3 &  7 &  3 &  8 &  4 &  9 \\
{\bf 17} & {\bf 13} &  6 &  8 &  7 &  9 &  8 & 10 &  8 & 11 &  9 & 12 & 10 & 14 \\
{\bf 18} & {\bf 12} &  9 & 11 & 10 & 12 & 11 & 14 & 12 & 15 & 13 & 16 & 15 & 19 \\
{\bf 19} & {\bf 11} & 12 & 14 & 13 & 16 & 15 & 18 & 16 & 19 & 17 & 21 & 20 & 24 \\
{\bf 20} & {\bf 10} & 15 & 17 & 17 & 20 & 19 & 22 & 20 & 23 & 22 & 26 & 25 & 29 \\
{\bf 21} & {\bf  9} & 18 & 20 & 21 & 24 & 23 & 26 & 24 & 27 & 27 & 31 & 30 & 34 \\
{\bf 22} & {\bf  8} & 21 & 23 & 25 & 28 & 27 & 30 & 28 & 31 & 32 & 36 & 35 & 39 \\
{\bf 23} & {\bf  7} & 24 & 26 & 29 & 32 & 31 & 34 & 32 & 36 & 37 & 41 & 40 & 45 \\
{\bf 24} & {\bf  6} & 27 & 29 & 33 & 36 & 35 & 38 & 37 & 41 & 42 & 47 & 46 & 51 \\
{\bf 25} & {\bf  5} & 30 & 33 & 37 & 40 & 39 & 43 & 42 & 46 & 48 & 53 & 52 & 67 \\
{\bf 25} & {\bf  4} & 34 & 37 & 41 & 45 & 44 & 48 & 47 & 52 & 54 & 59 & 58 & 64 \\
{\bf 25} & {\bf  3} & 38 & 41 & 46 & 50 & 49 & 54 & 53 & 58 & 60 & 65 & 65 & 71 \\
{\bf 25} & {\bf  2} & 42 & 45 & 51 & 55 & 55 & 60 & 59 & 64 & 66 & 72 & 72 & 79 \\
{\bf 25} & {\bf  1} & 46 & 50 & 56 & 60 & 61 & 66 & 65 & 71 & 73 & 79 & 80 & 87 \\
{\bf 25} & {\bf  0} & \multicolumn{2}{|l|}{ 51 and} & \multicolumn{2}{|l|}{ 62 and} & \multicolumn{2}{|l|}{ 67 and} &
                      \multicolumn{2}{|l|}{ 72 and} & \multicolumn{2}{|l|}{ 80 and} & \multicolumn{2}{|l|}{ 88 and} \\
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{ } & \multicolumn{2}{|l|}{ more.} & \multicolumn{2}{|l|}{ more.} & \multicolumn{2}{|l|}{ more.} & \multicolumn{2}{|l|}{ more.} &
                          \multicolumn{2}{|l|}{ more.} & \multicolumn{2}{|l|}{ more.} \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\caption[W.B.F. IMP--VP scales (part 1)] 
        {\label{tab:part1}
        {\em W.B.F. IMP--VP scales for matches up to 26 boards.}}
\end{table}
\end{document}