Notice on Holding the "Century Changda Cup" Winter Continuous Double Bridge Competition in Beijing
2008-11-16
Beijing Bridge Association


Beijing Bridge Association and Beijing Century Changda Railway Equipment Technical Service Co., Ltd. are scheduled to jointly hold the "Century Changda Cup" Beijing Winter Continuous Double Bridge Competition in November and December 2008.


 1. Organizer: Beijing Century Changda Railway Equipment Technology Service Co., Ltd.


          Beijing Bridge Association


 


2. Contest date:


Preliminaries: 18:30-22:30 in the evening of November 21


13:30-17:30 pm on November 22 and 23


18:30-22:30 on the evening of December 12


13:30-17:30 pm on December 13, 14


Final: December 20th 9:00-17:30


 


3. Competition location: Beijing Bridge Association Activity Center


 


4. Competition item: Open double match


 


5. Competition method:


1. Preliminaries: There are six independent units in total. Bridge fans can participate in all units or several of them. Each unit is limited to four groups.


2. Finals: Take the top thirty-one pairs of players from the preliminaries and a pair of players from the sponsoring unit to conduct two unit finals. The two rounds of points are added together to rank.


3. Both the preliminaries and the finals used the Mitchell shift method, all playing the same cards.


4. Preliminary points calculation: The total points of each pair of players is the sum of the points of each unit that they participated in. The points of each unit of each pair of players is equal to the logarithm of the unit minus the ranking of the pair of players in the unit. For example: 42 pairs of players participate, 41 points for the first place, 40 points for the second... analogy.


5. When the players with the top 31 accumulative points in the preliminaries enter the finals, if the points are the same:


(1) Compare the number of units participated, and the more one is listed first, if it is still the same;


(2) Compare the integral value of any session of the participating units, the higher one is listed first, if it is still the same;


(3) Draw lots to determine the ranking.


 


6. Reward method:


1. Preliminaries: The top three in each group of each unit (ranked by the single champion), each pair of players will be awarded 200 yuan, 150 yuan, and 100 yuan.


2. Finals: The top 16 players will be awarded 3000 yuan, 2700 yuan, 2500 yuan, 2300 yuan, 2100 yuan, 1900 yuan, 1700 yuan, 1500 yuan, 1300 yuan, 1200 yuan, 1100 yuan, 1000 yuan, 900 Yuan, 800 Yuan, 700 Yuan, 600 Yuan.


3. Master points are awarded in accordance with the corresponding regulations of the China Bridge Association regarding master points.


 


7. Registration method:


1. Registration time: from now until 15 minutes before the start of each unit competition


2. Telephone appointment: Bridge Activity Center 62005111 13910879411


City Bridge Association Office 66155020 13601053993


3. Registration fee: RMB 40 per pair for each unit in the preliminaries and RMB 80 for each pair in the final.


Holders of stored-value gold cards can enjoy a 25% discount, and a 15% discount for silver cards.


10% off regular cards, 68% off senior cards, and 68% off student cards.


 


 


Beijing Bridge Association


November 15, 2008