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A traveling scoreslip (also called a traveler) is a form used for recording the results of each deal in a duplicate bridge tournament. [1] In these tournaments, the four hands of each deal are placed into a board so that the same deal can be played by different competitors.
A game is won by the first team to score a 100 contract points. Two games won earns the rubber bonus. The objective is to win by scoring the most total points in the rubber. Usually the partnership to win the two games and the rubber bonus wins the rubber. However, occasionally the other pair accumulate enough penalty points to win.
The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) likewise requires at least 2 1/2 tables for a sanctioned standard pairs game, even though there is a valid movement for such a game, while permitting two tables to play an individual game with a "One Winner" Movement or a team matches. [2]
Score sheet for ACBL pairs tournament. In a pairs tournament, each deal is played a number of times by different players, after which all the scores are compared. The tournament consists of a number of rounds; in each round, a number of boards (i.e. hands), usually two to five, is played against the same opponents.
Each board is usually marked with the following information: board number – (from '1' to as high as '36') identifies the deal and helps to order the play of multiple deals; compass directions – used to match the four hands to the four players at a table; dealer – designates which player is the "dealer"; this designates the player who is to make the first call of the auction ...
In duplicate bridge pairs tournaments, the Neuberg formula is a method of adjusting match point scores achieved on boards which have been played fewer times than other boards. Originally developed by Gérard Neuberg of France, its objective is to achieve a formula for the final score of every pair to which each hand they have played contributes ...
International match points (IMP) within the card game of contract bridge is a measurement for conversion of the absolute contract bridge scores. The total point difference between two scores is compared to a scale ranging from 1 to 24. [1] [2]
The par result is that score that arises from the par contract and on which neither side could reasonably improve by changing their line of play. [1] Game theoreticians would refer to such a par result as a Nash equilibrium. The term par score originated in the game of golf.