Welcome at the

 

When?  20.-22. December 2024 

Where? RealBridge

What? Youth-Teams Tournament organized by German Bridge Federation (DBV) and BV Waldsolms

How? Registration in teams of at least 4 players. You can add unlimited players during the event. The age-limit is U31, on or after 1st January 1994.

 

The timetable is flexible. There are fixed sessions on Saturday and Sunday. Additionally, each team can play any number of optional rounds.

Optional are the whole Friday, early morning, break and evening rounds We can help you to find additional teammates, especially those located in different timezones, so your team can play more optional sessions.

 

Special:

Each player can play in as many teams as wished. The teams just have to ensure they have 4 players available for each session they sign up. If you get to play vs. own teammates, you have to play your best bridge and be fair to the field. Intentional losses will be reported. If a team has 8 or more players available for a session, it can sign in for two matches at the same time. 

 

Procedere:

Each team must submit its individual schedule by Thursday (Dec 21st). Coordinate with your team members in advance. A subsequent change is very difficult to make and could lead to a bye for another team. We set up a timetable and make sure that all teams get roughly equally strong opponents and, of course, only play in rounds that they have previously selected. The fixed rounds on Saturday and all optional rounds are thus scheduled in advance. The fixed rounds on Sunday are played using the delayed Swiss system. There will be a cut after the last round. Then the average of the VP achieved so far counts. At this point the extra points are calculated (*) --> see page 2! In the final round the teams 1-2 and 3-4 will play each other. (**) --> see page 2!

 

Implementation:

Thomas Gotard is the head TD of this event. Please contact him via mail or facebook for any questions converting the tournament. Sibrand van Oosten helps you to connect players and teams, so each player can play as many matches as wished. National and international TD will help to run the tournament.

 

You get access to Google documents where you can enter your team, and find all relevant Information. We play ten boards per round. The directors will setup a website with all information about matches, results, hand records etc. Your captain enters your line-up at least 15 minutes before the start of your match. Our TDs will set up the matches for you. 

 

Costs:

All costs will be covered by German Bridge Federation. We celebrate our 75th anniversary.

 

Prizes:

The winning team will receive free entry to the German Bridge Trophy 2025, a live event in June. For more information please visit:

https://www.bridge-verband.de/clients/bridge/content/e24734/files24759/2025_GBT_Invitation.pdf

 

We will form a 2nd invited team for this event with the winners of special categories:

1. player who played the most boards   
2. player who played for the most different teams   
3. player who played with most different partners   
4. player who played most matches in mixed partnerships   
5. player who played most matches in transnational partnerships   
6. player who has most net total points in redoubled contract

In case of ties we find a suitable solution.

 

The

top 3 teams total and in each category will receive diplomas:

-U16

-U21

-U26

 

Details:

Opponents (*) 

Before
the cut, we will check if you have an above average number of strong or weak opponents during the tournament. This can happen due to the movement. For every match you play against an opponent with a tournament average of over 12 VP, you receive "his average minus 12" VP bonus. For each match you play against an opponent with an average of

less than 8 VP, you get "8 VP minus his average" VP deduction. For example, if you played a round against a team with a 13.5 VP tournament average, you will receive 1.5 bonus points. For example, if you played two rounds against a team with 7.5 VP tournament average, you receive 2x0.5 = 1.0 VP deduction

 

Number of matches: 

There are 8 fixed rounds on Saturday and Sunday plus the final round. If you
cannot participate in all of them, it would also be possible to add another pair to your team or join an existing team. There are also a total of 26 optional rounds, in which those teams that like to play a lot can play against like-minded teams. 10-12 is the optimal number of matches in this period. Teams that would like to play less might can have an advantage, because it can be easier to achieve a high average if you play fewer matches. For the teams with an average of more than 10 VP who have not played rounds 9, and 10 will receive an artificial score of 10 VP for these matches. As a result, the average for these teams may fall slightly. Teams that want to play (significantly) more than 12 rounds will find it mathematically more difficult to maintain a high average. From the 13th match onwards, bonus points are therefore awarded: 0.1 VP for match 13; 0.2 VP for match 14, 0.3 VP for match 15 etc. but limited to 1VP/match A team that plays all 26 rounds gets 9.5 VP bonus 

 

Bonus points:

All positive bonus points and negative deductions are added after the last preliminary round and used to set up the final rounds. 

 

Final

round Sunday, 21:00 (CET) Teams 1+2 play for the gold and silver medal,

teams 3+4 play for the bronze medal. These matches count twice to determinate the final average.

 

Late changes to the schedule:

During the tournament, it is difficult to cancel a scheduled match Up to four hours before the match, you can ask the tournament directors for a change. schedule We will then try to

find another opponent for the team without opponent. Your team will receive 8 VP for this round (or your average if it is <8) Unexcused non-appearance leads to a 12-0 score in favour of the innocent team. (AVE+) If one of your team members drops out at short notice, you can spontaneously name and set up a substitute player. The tournament directors may be able to find you someone.