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'The Organiser' is the organisation or company (e-bridge for
example) who are running the On-line bridge event. |
| 2. |
'WBF' is the World Bridge Federation. |
| 3. |
The 'WBF On-Line Bridge Scale' is the scale used to assign
WBF On-Line Bridge Points for a tournament. It is as follows: |
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1st place
2nd place
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place
7th place |
Maximum points depending on the tournament
70% of maximum
50% of maximum
40% of maximum
30% of maximum
20% of maximum
10% of maximum |
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The last place to be awarded points must be no less than
50% of the total entrants (i.e. to award points to the 7th
placed pair or team there must be at least 14 pairs or teams).
The Rounding on these allocations will be in accordance with
the current WBF rounding system which is as follows: |
| 4. |
'Year' is defined as a WBF Master Point year which runs from
the beginning of the last 'conventional' World Bridge Championship
to the beginning of the next 'conventional' World Bridge Championship. |
| 1. |
The Organiser will be sanctioned by the WBF to
award WBF On-Line Bridge Points (WOBP) in its bridge tournaments.
WBF On-Line Bridge Points (WOBP) will be awarded following the
scheme below: |
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a. |
In pairs and individual tournaments of between 8 to 11 boards the first place will be awarded 5 WOBP, the rest according to the WBF On-Line Bridge Scale. |
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b. |
In pairs and individual tournaments of more than 12 boards
and less than 18 boards, the first place will be awarded 12
WOBP, the rest according to the WBF On-Line Bridge Scale. |
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c. |
In pairs and individual tournaments of more than 18 boards,
the first place will be awarded 15 WOBP, the rest according
to the WBF On-Line Bridge Scale. |
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d. |
In teams tournaments of more than 12 boards and less than
18 boards played in total, the first placed team members will
be awarded 15 WOBP, the rest according to the WBF On-Line Bridge
Scale. |
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e. |
In teams tournaments of more than 18 boards played in total,
the first placed team members will be awarded 18 WOBP, the rest
according to the WBF On-Line Bridge Scale. |
| 2. |
There is to be no conversion between
WOBP and WBF Master Points or WBF Year Points as it is felt
that the two types of bridge are very different and therefore
there can be no sensible conversion rate. |
| 3. |
A player who accumulates 500 WOBP
will be awarded the official WBF title of "WBF Online Tournament
Player (WOTP)" whilst the player retains sufficient WOBPs (see
point 5. below). |
| 4. |
A player who accumulates 1000 WOBP
will be awarded the official WBF title of "WBF Online Bridge
Master (WOBM)" for life. |
| 5. |
A player who will accumulate 2,500
WCBP will be awarded the official WBF title of "WBF Online Bridge
International Master (WOBM)" for life. |
| 6. |
WOBPs accumulated will depreciate
at the rate of 40% per year in the following years. |
| 7. |
If a player's total number of WOBPs
becomes less than 3, it will be considered to equal zero. |
| 8. |
It is the Organiser's duty to inform
the WBF Masterpoints secretary of any events to be held and
the proposed table of point allocations. |
| 9. |
It is the Organisers duty to provide
the WBF with the required data in an agreed form to the WBF
Masterpoint secretary as soon as possible after the event's
results have been finalised, and in any event no later than
2 weeks after the end of the tournament. |
| 10. |
Recognizing the winners Players winning
WBF On-Line Bridge titles will be published in official WBF
titles list, on the web. |
