Alt Trophy 2024
CONDITIONS OF CONTEST
1. The Alt Trophy 2024 will be hosted in Bridge Base
Online from 9th to 11th of January, 2024.
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.
There is no limit
to the number of players on each team.
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.
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disqualified and/or withdrawn by themselves (before or during the event), no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: three
days, four matches of 8 boards per day from 10:00 NY Time (16:00 Paris Time)
till 14:30 NY Time (20:30 Paris Time).
Tuesday, 9
January 2024
10:00 Eastern Time / 16:00 Paris Time – Round 01 (8
boards)
11:10 Eastern Time / 17:10 Paris Time – Round 02 (8
boards)
12:20 Eastern Time / 18:20 Paris Time – Round 03 (8
boards)
13:30 Eastern Time / 19:30 Paris Time – Round 04 (8
boards)
Wednesday,
10 January 2024
10:00 Eastern Time / 16:00 Paris Time – Round 05 (8
boards)
11:10 Eastern Time / 17:10 Paris Time – Round 06 (8
boards)
12:20 Eastern Time / 18:20 Paris Time – Round 07 (8
boards)
13:30 Eastern Time / 19:30 Paris Time – Round 08 (8
boards)
Thursday,
11 January 2024
10:00 Eastern Time / 16:00 Paris Time – Semifinal 1/2
& Round 09 (8 boards)
11:10 Eastern Time / 17:10 Paris Time – Semifinal 2/2
& Round 10 (8 boards)
12:20 Eastern Time / 18:20 Paris Time – Final 1/2
& Round 11 (8 boards)
13:30 Eastern Time / 19:30 Paris Time – Final 2/2
& Round 12 (8 boards)
4. Format
All teams play 3 days x 4 rounds x 8 boards (32
boards per day, 96 boards in total)
The first two days: qualifier (Swiss/Danish or Round Robin), 8 rounds x 8 boards. The top 4
teams go to the semifinal, the rest continue playing Swiss/Danish for the 3rd
place.
The last day: first two matches – semifinal (2 segments x 8 boards), the other teams
play during semifinal 2 matches of Swiss/Danish. The winners of the semifinals
go to the final (2 segments x 8 boards), the losers go
“back” to the main field and together with other teams play 2 matches of
Swiss/Danish for the 3rd place.
Qualifying
Stage
The qualifying stage will be played either in the
form of a “Swiss” or “Round Robin” and will consist of 64 boards played in 8
matches of 8 boards each. The results of each match shall be converted into
Victory Points in accordance with the appropriate WBF IMP/VP scales (see p. 9
below).
In the event of two or more teams having the same
number of Victory Points, their rankings will be determined as follows:
The top 4 teams from the qualifying stage will
advance to the knockout stage. The other teams continue playing four rounds
(last two rounds – together with the losers of the semifinal) for the 3rd
place.
Knockout
Stage
After the end of Round 8 of the qualifying stage the
top ranked team should choose its opponent for the semifinal from the teams
placed 3rd and 4th.
The captain will inform about this choice via TD and/or will mail to info@netbridge.online within half an
hour after the qualifying stage is finished. If not or late then matches will
be: 1 versus 4 and 2 versus 3.
The losers of the semifinal will return to the main
field with their score after Round 8 of the qualifying stage + 26 VP and will
play two rounds of Swiss/Danish for the 3rd place.
Semifinal and final will be played over 2 separate
segments of 8 boards each with possible change of the line-up after 8 boards
(see p. 5 below).
There will be the following carry over:
5. Line-Up
All 8-board matches/segments will be played without
change of the line-up; unless there is a serious reason for that, to be decided
by the TD.
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 15 minutes before the start of the round.
The line-up is completely blind and will not be
published before the start of the round.
6. Running
the matches
All players must be online and logged in to Bridge
Base Online five minutes before the start of the round at the latest.
Players must have their official name on their BBO
profile; ‘Private’ is not allowed. Violations of 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 table settings will NOT allow kibitzers. Some
selected matches will be shown in the BBO VUGRAPH AREA with 30 minute DELAY.
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).
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. They only are permitted to
consult a described defense against the Multi convention.
The gravest possible offence is for a partnership to
exchange information through prearranged methods of communication other than
those sanctioned by the Laws of Bridge, or to gain information through
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 8 boards within 1
hour. 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.
7. 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
8. 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.
9. The WBF Victory Points scale for 8 boards:
|
IMP |
VP |
|
IMP |
VP |
||
|
0 |
10.00 |
10.00 |
|
22 |
16.90 |
3.10 |
|
1 |
10.44 |
9.56 |
|
23 |
17.11 |
2.89 |
|
2 |
10.86 |
9.14 |
|
24 |
17.31 |
2.69 |
|
3 |
11.27 |
8.73 |
|
25 |
17.50 |
2.50 |
|
4 |
11.67 |
8.33 |
|
26 |
17.69 |
2.31 |
|
5 |
12.05 |
7.95 |
|
27 |
17.87 |
2.13 |
|
6 |
12.42 |
7.58 |
|
28 |
18.04 |
1.96 |
|
7 |
12.77 |
7.23 |
|
29 |
18.21 |
1.79 |
|
8 |
13.12 |
6.88 |
|
30 |
18.37 |
1.63 |
|
9 |
13.45 |
6.55 |
|
31 |
18.53 |
1.47 |
|
10 |
13.78 |
6.22 |
|
32 |
18.68 |
1.32 |
|
11 |
14.09 |
5.91 |
|
33 |
18.83 |
1.17 |
|
12 |
14.39 |
5.61 |
|
34 |
18.97 |
1.03 |
|
13 |
14.68 |
5.32 |
|
35 |
19.11 |
0.89 |
|
14 |
14.96 |
5.04 |
|
36 |
19.24 |
0.76 |
|
15 |
15.23 |
4.77 |
|
37 |
19.37 |
0.63 |
|
16 |
15.50 |
4.50 |
|
38 |
19.50 |
0.50 |
|
17 |
15.75 |
4.25 |
|
39 |
19.62 |
0.38 |
|
18 |
16.00 |
4.00 |
|
40 |
19.74 |
0.26 |
|
19 |
16.23 |
3.77 |
|
41 |
19.85 |
0.15 |
|
20 |
16.46 |
3.54 |
|
42 |
19.95 |
0.05 |
|
21 |
16.68 |
3.32 |
|
43 |
20.00 |
0.00 |
Last update:
December 30, 2023