Mind Sports Olympiad Cambridge 2007 Backgammon Tournaments
Sunday 6th May

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This year the central event will again be a maximum 32 Player
Olympiad Knockout 

There will be a
Main, Consolation, Last Chance, Suicide,
2 Satellites and a Tric Trac Tourno.

As a general rule,
if you lose in the Main you play in the Consolation,
if you lose in the Conso you play in the Last Chance,
if you lose in the Last Chance you play in the Suicide.
Lose in the 1st Rounds of the Consolation or
Last Chance and you also play in a Satellite.
Lose in any Semi-Final and you go into the
3rd place Play-off of that Bracket.
Lose in the 1/4 Finals of the Consolation and
you play in the Tric Trac Tourno.

All players will get at least 5 matches,
some could play as many as 13.

Main Tournament will be 7 pointers with Crawford, 
Consolation Tournament will be 5 pointers with Crawford,
Last Chance Tournament will be 3 pointers with Crawford,
Suicide and Satellites will be 1 pointers.

There are set areas of play for each Bracket.
Please keep to these and you'll understand
the whole Tournament better.

BIBA TOURNAMENT RULES APPLY.

Entry is £12 in advance.

 


A Tric Trac Tourno
(2)
Maximum 12 players

This format does not use the doubling cube.
Everybody plays each other in a 1 game match.
Play for gammons in exciting games.

The winner will take home a trophy.

Entry is £6 on the day.

N.B. Players may only enter the Knockout or the Tric Trac Tourno.


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