Does anyone have a way for 11 tables to play 6 rounds with 6 board sets? We can duplicate boards easily. So far, I can't seem to make it work and my head is beginning to hurt. Maybe something has to give.
Just an idea but if you can duplicate as many boards as you need why not run a Swiss Pairs?
That way you overcome the otherwise inevitable inequity in only playing 6 of 21 possible opponents
I assume the aim is to play 12 boards to leave time for the food and drink. Of course you could play 11 1-board rounds which might take the same amount of time. The normal route for everybody to play the same boards where the number of rounds is less than the number of tables is to play a web mitchell requiring two sets of boards but as you have an odd number of tables this only works with an odd number of rounds so you could devise a 14-board movement with two sets of boards quite easily.
The way I have achieved what you want is is to use three sets of boards and on Tables 1-10 play a 10-table web mitchell with six rounds and two sets of boards which requires a skip after 3 rounds, and Table 11 rather appropriately becomes a 'party' table. So Table 11 has its own set of boards, EW (it can be NS) at table 11 after Round 1 become a 'rover'. They displace EW (NS) at a table which will be playing the same boards as Table 11 in that round and the displaced pair go and play at Table 11 for one round.
Many years ago I created this movement in ScoreBridge and I can still produce the table cards for it. I may have to reproduce it this year in EBUScore if we have 11 tables. I am hopeful we will creep up to 12 or 13 but I won't know till later next week but I hope I have given you enough information to create it for yourself.
@Paul_Gibbons said:
I assume the aim is to play 12 boards to leave time for the food and drink. Of course you could play 11 1-board rounds which might take the same amount of time. The normal route for everybody to play the same boards where the number of rounds is less than the number of tables is to play a web mitchell requiring two sets of boards but as you have an odd number of tables this only works with an odd number of rounds so you could devise a 14-board movement with two sets of boards quite easily.
The way I have achieved what you want is is to use three sets of boards and on Tables 1-10 play a 10-table web mitchell with six rounds and two sets of boards which requires a skip after 3 rounds, and Table 11 rather appropriately becomes a 'party' table. So Table 11 has its own set of boards, EW (it can be NS) at table 11 after Round 1 become a 'rover'. They displace EW (NS) at a table which will be playing the same boards as Table 11 in that round and the displaced pair go and play at Table 11 for one round.
Many years ago I created this movement in ScoreBridge and I can still produce the table cards for it. I may have to reproduce it this year in EBUScore if we have 11 tables. I am hopeful we will creep up to 12 or 13 but I won't know till later next week but I hope I have given you enough information to create it for yourself.
My Excel spreadsheet (available to you on Sync as a panel TD, Paul) will create it for EBUScore.
Many thanks for all the suggestions. In the end my director came up with a novel solution: 2 sets of boards with a relay between T1 and T11; EW move down two tables with boards moving down one table. This is fine for the first 4 moves but needs an irregular movement for the last round. We just wrote the move for the last round on the table cards. Even after a few glasses of mulled wine players seemed to cope. Contingency plan for 10 tables playing 6 rounds was a simple web Mitchell.
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Just an idea but if you can duplicate as many boards as you need why not run a Swiss Pairs?
That way you overcome the otherwise inevitable inequity in only playing 6 of 21 possible opponents
Peter Bushby Suffolk
I assume the aim is to play 12 boards to leave time for the food and drink. Of course you could play 11 1-board rounds which might take the same amount of time. The normal route for everybody to play the same boards where the number of rounds is less than the number of tables is to play a web mitchell requiring two sets of boards but as you have an odd number of tables this only works with an odd number of rounds so you could devise a 14-board movement with two sets of boards quite easily.
The way I have achieved what you want is is to use three sets of boards and on Tables 1-10 play a 10-table web mitchell with six rounds and two sets of boards which requires a skip after 3 rounds, and Table 11 rather appropriately becomes a 'party' table. So Table 11 has its own set of boards, EW (it can be NS) at table 11 after Round 1 become a 'rover'. They displace EW (NS) at a table which will be playing the same boards as Table 11 in that round and the displaced pair go and play at Table 11 for one round.
Many years ago I created this movement in ScoreBridge and I can still produce the table cards for it. I may have to reproduce it this year in EBUScore if we have 11 tables. I am hopeful we will creep up to 12 or 13 but I won't know till later next week but I hope I have given you enough information to create it for yourself.
My Excel spreadsheet (available to you on Sync as a panel TD, Paul) will create it for EBUScore.
Thanks Gordon
Many thanks for all the suggestions. In the end my director came up with a novel solution: 2 sets of boards with a relay between T1 and T11; EW move down two tables with boards moving down one table. This is fine for the first 4 moves but needs an irregular movement for the last round. We just wrote the move for the last round on the table cards. Even after a few glasses of mulled wine players seemed to cope. Contingency plan for 10 tables playing 6 rounds was a simple web Mitchell.
Peter