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When is a draw not a draw? (part 2)
Using
BOARD COUNT and the ELIMINATION METHOD
to resolve draws in
team knockout tournaments.
Part 1 of this guide looked at board count.
This page takes a similar look at the elimination rule (and illustrates board count again).
These two pages together, show examples of using board count and the elimination rule, and include an explanation of how they work.
If you just want a quick guide of how to use them both, take a look at the summary in the right hand column.
Let's start with an example:
In the final of The Local Knockout tournament, Gifford's Cross played Knotbury:
The Local Knockout, Final.
|
Gifford's Cross |
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Knotbury |
| 1 |
RJ Davies |
1 |
0 |
RT Jones |
| 2 |
E Bright |
0 |
1 |
F Cooper |
| 3 |
CA Jones |
½ |
½ |
CE Smith |
| 4 |
E Parker |
0 |
1 |
CQ Morse |
| 5 |
C Mills |
1 |
0 |
J Squires |
| 6 |
FM Jeffries |
½ |
½ |
PF Smith |
The points total give a 3 - 3 a draw, so according to the tournament rules, we start by trying board count:
Gifford's Cross won on boards 1 and 5, so their board count is 1 + 5 = 6
Knotbury won on boards 2 and 4, so their board count is 2 + 4 = 6
Here, board count is the same for both teams.
According to the rules:
"In the event of a drawn match, the result will be decided by the ‘Board count’ method.
If that fails to produce a winner, then the ‘Elimination rule’ is used until the tie is broken."
Board count did not produce a winner, so we turn to the elimination rule.
Elimination Rule
With the Elimination rule, the bottom board is eliminated, and the points total for each team worked out as usual on the remaining boards.
Let's go back to our example, and eliminate the bottom board:
The Local Knockout, Final
(with board 6 eliminated).
|
Gifford's Cross |
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Knotbury |
| 1 |
RJ Davies |
1 |
0 |
RT Jones |
| 2 |
E Bright |
0 |
1 |
F Cooper |
| 3 |
CA Jones |
½ |
½ |
CE Smith |
| 4 |
E Parker |
0 |
1 |
CQ Morse |
| 5 |
C Mills |
1 |
0 |
J Squires |
Here, we have eliminated board 6, but the points totals are still drawn 2½ - 2½.
So we repeat the process, and eliminate board 5.
(See NOTE 1 below)
The Local Knockout, Final
(with boards 5 & 6 eliminated).
|
Gifford's Cross |
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Knotbury |
| 1 |
RJ Davies |
1 |
0 |
RT Jones |
| 2 |
E Bright |
0 |
1 |
F Cooper |
| 3 |
CA Jones |
½ |
½ |
CE Smith |
| 4 |
E Parker |
0 |
1 |
CQ Morse |
Now the totals are 1½ - 2½, giving a win for Knotbury.
Hard luck Gifford's Cross, better luck next year.
Board count is always used before the Elimination rule, because board count can include the whole team, and not just a part of it.
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