Re: Equity - some questions
Herman De Wael <[email protected]>
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Yes, it is - a compensation for not being allowed to play this board. Seen like that, a score of A- is actually a penalty of 20%. Sven Pran wrote: > An adjusted score is of course a sanction, but it shall never be used as a > penalty. > > When you say that A- is a penalty (like 10% of a top) then what do you say > that A+ is - a bonus? > >> Herman De Wael >> Of course A- is a sanction. The expected value of a board is 50%, so if > you get >> 40%, that is a sanction. >> I agree wholeheartedly with those here ho argue that the two pairs are not >> treated equally, and saying that they get the same penalty is just > covering up >> tactics. >> I would, in this case, either give 50% to the second pair and a penalty to > both >> sides, or give a penalty only to one pair so as not to have to explain to > the totally >> innocent third pair why their opponents get 50% hen clearly at fault. >> Herman. >> >> Martin Sinot wrote: >>> I don't agree. The pair now getting A- is not penalized, bur rectified. >>> After all, they can no longer obtain a score on the deal, so the TD >>> must give them one, and since it is their own fault, it will be A-. >>> That is a matter of rectification. The other pair already had a legal >>> score, so they keep it. In addition both pairs can be given a PP, >>> which normally will be equal for both pairs (unless of course the TD >>> finds one pair more at fault than the other, but that seems unlikely >>> here). So yes, both pairs are equally sanctioned (because the A- is not > a >> sanction). >>> >>> regards >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blml mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.rtflb.org/mailman/listinfo/blml > _______________________________________________ > Blml mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rtflb.org/mailman/listinfo/blml > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2016.0.7690 / Virus Database: 4627/12722 - Release Date: 08/01/16 > > _______________________________________________ Blml mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rtflb.org/mailman/listinfo/blml