Bristol Backgammon

Handicap Knock-outs

How it works

Handicap events, as currently played in Bristol, feature two flights of knock-out.
Both flights are to 7 points, and players are allotted a handicap based on their recent playing records, if any.
New players, and players yet to win a Bristol Backgammon match, are given the most favourable handicap. Other players, not fitting any of the criteria above, e.g. former league players with no recent track record, are handicapped at the director's discretion.
The way the handicaps work is that two players drawn together will start with the higher handicapped player having a points advantage equal to the difference between the two handicaps, e.g. when Player A (who has a handicap of 1) meets Player B (whose handicap is 4), Player B begins the match with a 3-0 advantage.
Check out the latest handicaps of Bristol players.

This is the third year of this unique competition, which this year consists of six events, each costing a mere Ł5 to enter.
Each player's best four events count towards his/her final points tally.
The event points scoring system is based on that for the OGP as applied to Ł10 entry tournaments.

The Handicap Trophy points tariff 2008

From 2006, the Handicap Trophy became a stand-alone event, the link with the OGP and the IGP having been severed. Points awarded are as follows:

POINTS AWARDED for Handicap Trophy wins in 2006
For:	H'cap Ł5
For:	Main	Cons.
Entry	10
Win before semis	15	5
Semi-final win	25	10
Final win	35	15

Points awarded in the 2005 version, both in the OGP and IGP and in the Handicap Trophy were as follows:

O G P and I G P POINTS AWARDED for Handicap Trophy wins in 2005
For:	H'cap Ł5
For:	Main	Cons.
Entry	10
Win before semis	5	2
Semi-final win	8	4
Final win	12	6

Current Handicap Trophy positions
Handicaps of the players
Handicap Knock-out history
Handicap Trophy home page
Rankings history
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