Alt Trophy 2021
CONDITIONS OF CONTEST
1. The Alt Trophy 2021 will be hosted in Bridge Base
Online from 11th to 15th of October, 2021.
2. All participants are bound by the regulations
contained within this document.
The Alt Organization emphasizes that all their events
are on invitation.
Teams who are interested in getting such an
invitation and have the idea they meet the standard of Alt’s various events,
can apply for that.
Invitations for this event will be issued to teams of
4 – 12 players.
Alt reserves the right not to invite any team/player
without giving a reason.
At the moment teams and/or players (also who have
played in the Alt before) are applying, they agree on the reserved rights as
mentioned.
Alt preserves the right to continue their events
without a team if there are serious concerns about such a team, leading to
further investigations.
Should a team be disqualified and/or withdrawn by
themselves (before or during the event), no refund of the entry fees will be
made.
3. Schedule of
play:
Monday, 11
October 2021
10:00 Eastern Time (16:00 CET) – Round 01 (12 boards)
11:50 Eastern Time (17:50 CET) – Round 02 (12 boards)
13:40 Eastern Time (19:40 CET) – Round 03 (12 boards)
Tuesday, 12
October 2021
10:00 Eastern Time (16:00 CET) – Round 04 (12 boards)
11:50 Eastern Time (17:50 CET) – Round 05 (12 boards)
13:40 Eastern Time (19:40 CET) – Round 06 (12 boards)
Wednesday,
13 October 2021
10:00 Eastern Time (16:00 CET) – Round 07 (12 boards)
11:50 Eastern Time (17:50 CET) – Round 08 (12 boards)
13:40 Eastern Time (19:40 CET) – Round 09 (12 boards)
Thursday,
14 October 2021
10:00 Eastern Time (16:00 CET) – Round 10 (12 boards)
12:15 EST / 18:15 CET – Quarterfinal (24 boards)
Friday, 15
October 2021
10:00 EST / 16:00 CET –
Semifinal (24 boards)
13:30 EST / 19:30 CET – Final
(24 boards)
4. Qualifying
Stage
The qualifying stage will be played in the form of a
“Swiss” and will consist of 120 boards played in 10 matches of 12 boards each.
The results of each match shall be converted into Victory Points in accordance
with the appropriate WBF IMP/VP scales (see p. 10 below).
In the Swiss stage, any errors in assigning opponents
shall not invalidate the result of that, or any other, match.
In case of an odd number of teams the bye team will
receive 12 VPs.
In the event of two or more teams having the same
number of Victory Points, their rankings will be determined as follows:
The top 8 teams from the Swiss qualifying stage will
advance to the knockout stage.
5. Knockout
Stage
Before the start of the knockout stage a fixed (standard)
bracket will be created and the teams placed 1st – 4th in
the Swiss will be seeded no. 1 – 4.
The teams placed 1st – 3rd in
the Swiss, in that order, get to choose their opponents from the teams placed 5th
– 8th in the Swiss. Those chosen teams are assigned seed no. 8 – 6
respectively. The teams placed 4th in the Swiss will play the
quarterfinal against the remaining team which gets no. 5.
Quarterfinal and semifinal will be played over 1
segment of 24 boards each with possible change of the line-up after 12 boards
(see p. 6 below). Final will be played over 24 boards, 2 separate segments of
12 boards each.
There will be the following carry over:
6. Line-Up
All matches of the Swiss qualifying stage will be
played without change of the line-up; unless there is a serious reason for
that, to be decided by the TD.
In the quarterfinal and semifinal change of the
line-up is possible after 12 boards provided that no player can change the
compass direction (so East will stay East and so on).
The final will consist of 2 separate segments, so there
are no restrictions on the line-up.
The teams are expected to submit their line-up as
soon as practical but in any case not later than 30 minutes before the start of
the round.
Teams who infringe this regulation will be subject to
VP penalties according to this scale:
The line-up must be submitted through the line-up web
utility. All captains will be provided with the respective link and the
password.
It is possible to change the submitted line-up but
not later than 30 minutes before the start of the round.
The line-up is completely blind and will not be
published before the start of the round.
7. Running
the matches
All players involved must be online and logged in to
Bridge Base Online 5 minutes before the start of the round at the latest.
Players should have their official name on BBO
profile. Private isn't allowed. Teams who infringe this regulation will be
subject to VP penalties according to this scale:
The Tournament Director will create the tables and send
invitations to the players in accordance with the line-ups submitted. Players
are requested to accept the invitation immediately upon receipt.
All tables of the same group will play the same
boards.
The Alt Team allows kibitzers. However, this decision
can at any time in any group be revoked. Any communication between players and
kibitzers will be forbidden.
Barometer scoring will be OFF. For the players the
scores are only visible after the last board has been played. Kibitzers (if
allowed) can see the scores during the match.
Undo and claiming: Alt Team encourages players to
accept an opponent’s undo in obvious misclick
situations during bidding as well as play. In case such undo is refused a
player gets one ’challenge‘ whereby the TD can be
called to the table. Play must halt until the TD arrives. The TD will assess
the situation, and if he or she believes the undo is justified by an obvious misclick that no reasonable player should refuse, the undo
has to be accepted by the opponents.
Players alert and explain their own calls. Calls must
be alerted before entering them. If you don’t alert before making your call,
your opponent may think that it is natural, make his or her call, then see the
alert, and legitimately ask for an undo in case the information changes their
perspective.
If players explain calls via chat they should set the
recipients to Opponents, not Table, so that partner will not see the
explanation. The best way is to explain calls via the BBO alert mechanism (see
above).
The use of both HUM systems and ‘Brown
Sticker’ systems is prohibited.
Players may not consult their own convention card nor
use any aids to their memory or calculation or technique between the
commencement of the auction and the end of play.
The gravest possible offense is for a partnership to
exchange information through non-public communication or (individual) players
self-kibitzing.
If players notice highly suspicious calls or plays,
we encourage you to send a report to the organizers at info@netbridge.online. We will not
reveal your name as source.
Players are expected to finish 12 boards within 1
hour 30 minutes. The Tournament Director may cancel unplayed
boards if in his or her opinion a delay in finishing the match in the allotted
time would interfere with smooth running of the competition.
8. Request
of the TD ruling
This tournament will of course be played in the most
respectful way possible. Fun and good bridge are paramount. Alt Team relies on
reluctance and restraint to call the Director. Should a team find a serious
cause for demanding a ruling, then this will only be dealt with if the captain
of the team announces this via email within 45 minutes after the last board
played (with an explanation and a request for a specific adjustment of the
score). Netbridge will inform the other team and give
that team the opportunity (through its captain) to respond via an email within
45 minutes after being informed. The protest will be decided by a qualified
director; or world class player; no further appeal will be possible after
his/her decision.
To submit protests, you should send email to: info@netbridge.online
9. There will be individual Alt points (for the ’Triple
F Alt Point Race’) assigned to the players who played at least 25% of the
boards. The points as such will be published in the Alt bulletin.
10. These Regulations may be amended and augmented at the
discretion of the organizing committee if circumstances so warrant so as to
ensure the smooth, efficient and enjoyable running of the tournament.
Although this tournament isn't aligenced
with any bridge federation we will cooperate and provide them with all the
information necessary to detect and prevent cheating.
11. The WBF Victory Points scale for 12 boards:
|
IMP |
VP |
|
IMP |
VP |
||
|
0 |
10.00 |
10.00 |
|
27 |
16.91 |
3.09 |
|
1 |
10.36 |
9.64 |
|
28 |
17.08 |
2.92 |
|
2 |
10.71 |
9.29 |
|
29 |
17.24 |
2.76 |
|
3 |
11.05 |
8.95 |
|
30 |
17.40 |
2.60 |
|
4 |
11.38 |
8.62 |
|
31 |
17.56 |
2.44 |
|
5 |
11.70 |
8.30 |
|
32 |
17.71 |
2.29 |
|
6 |
12.01 |
7.99 |
|
33 |
17.86 |
2.14 |
|
7 |
12.31 |
7.69 |
|
34 |
18.00 |
2.00 |
|
8 |
12.61 |
7.39 |
|
35 |
18.14 |
1.86 |
|
9 |
12.90 |
7.10 |
|
36 |
18.28 |
1.72 |
|
10 |
13.18 |
6.82 |
|
37 |
18.41 |
1.59 |
|
11 |
13.45 |
6.55 |
|
38 |
18.54 |
1.46 |
|
12 |
13.71 |
6.29 |
|
39 |
18.66 |
1.34 |
|
13 |
13.97 |
6.03 |
|
40 |
18.78 |
1.22 |
|
14 |
14.22 |
5.78 |
|
41 |
18.90 |
1.10 |
|
15 |
14.46 |
5.54 |
|
42 |
19.02 |
0.98 |
|
16 |
14.70 |
5.30 |
|
43 |
19.13 |
0.87 |
|
17 |
14.93 |
5.07 |
|
44 |
19.24 |
0.76 |
|
18 |
15.15 |
4.85 |
|
45 |
19.34 |
0.66 |
|
19 |
15.37 |
4.63 |
|
46 |
19.44 |
0.56 |
|
20 |
15.58 |
4.42 |
|
47 |
19.54 |
0.46 |
|
21 |
15.79 |
4.21 |
|
48 |
19.64 |
0.36 |
|
22 |
15.99 |
4.01 |
|
49 |
19.74 |
0.26 |
|
23 |
16.18 |
3.82 |
|
50 |
19.83 |
0.17 |
|
24 |
16.37 |
3.63 |
|
51 |
19.92 |
0.08 |
|
25 |
16.55 |
3.45 |
|
52 |
20.00 |
0.00 |
|
26 |
16.73 |
3.27 |
|
|
|
|
Last update:
September 15, 2021