| Timing of tournaments |
Our tournaments will be timed to give 8 minutes per board. This may be reviewed after a few weeks.
At the end of the allotted time for the round, BBO will move you to the next round regardless of whether you’ve finished or not, The Director will then try to assign a score for the board based on what has happened up to that point. In the meantime, the board might be assigned as an average, or the computer might have assigned a score for you (if it had very nearly finished), and in the 20 minutes post-session, the Director will be looking through all these boards and trying to make a fair assessment.
Be aware that if all the tables finish, then everyone moves for the next round automatically. So, on occasions, the next round might start earlier than the countdown clock suggests!
Feedback would be welcome on whether or not you would like a break halfway through the tournament.ref HP
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| Losing connection |
If you get logged out, don’t worry, just log back in as soon as you can and you will be brought back into the tournament at the earliest opportunity. In the meantime, if needed, the Director will find a substitute for the remainder of the board you are playing or place himself in your seat as a substitute. ref HP
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| Undos |
Undos will not be permitted in BBO club tournaments. If necessary you can call the Director to resolve an issue ref HP
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| Alerting and Explaining Bids |
On BBO, you Alert and explain YOUR OWN BIDS, which only the opposition can see. Not partner’s
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| Making a Claim |
Don’t feel in a rush, but please don't play too slowly! Learn about claiming if you don’t already know - if you make a claim, please be careful about the number of tricks you are claiming and add an explanation about your line of play if one is needed - e.g. “draw trumps and then I have the rest” or “I will take the marked spade finesse” or “I will cash my side-suit winners and you can take your trump trick when you like”. ref HP
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| How the tournament will be run |
EBU master points will be awarded for each session. We have taken the decision to start by not having the sessions NGS graded, and this decision will be kept under review.
Derek Patterson will be our Director and you can call him to the table if there is any problem. Press the three white bars in the blue box top left and select Director.
Directly at the end of play you will get a provisional result. There is then a 20 minute period where any problems can be addressed, in case adjustments need to be made etc., after which the result will become final. Results will be uploaded to the Bromley North and EBU websites. ref HP
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