2016 Scoring

Pair Event

The Pairs Championship used Matchpoint scoring. In this form of scoring, a pair's score on each board is compared to other pairs holding their same cards. One matchpoint is awarded for each score a pair beats, and a half matchpoint for each tie. Every board is weighed equally. In this event, each deal was played 8 times, so the maximum score on each board (top) was 7 matchpoints. In a matchpoint game, pairs often look at their percentage to see how well they did, rather than their matchpoint total. An average game is 50%, and 60% is generally considered a very good result.

Fifteen high school pairs entered the Championship, so an ineligible pair of eighth graders played to fill out the eight table movement. There were 7 rounds of 3 boards per round, for a total of 21 boards played. Each N-S pair faced all but one of the E-W pairs, and each E-W pair faced all but one of the N-S pairs.

Note that the Team Championship Final played the same deals as the Pairs Championship, so both sets of scores are listed on the Pairs Recap. The teams’ results were converted to IMPs, while those who played in the Pairs Championship were scored by matchpoints.