Re: Equity, some questions

Sven Pran wrote:
>> Herman De Wael
>> Sven Pran wrote:
>>>> Timothy N. Hill
>>>> I don't agree. Cancel the play of the board by the latter pair
>>>> (82B2),
>>> giving them a
>>>> score of "not played." (Also give both pairs who played the wrong
>>>> board
>>> the
>>>> same procedural penalty--1/10 of a top or 3 IMPs seems right.)
>>>
>>> [Sven Pran]
>>> I don't know what rules you have for scoring "not played", but the
>>> laws require awarding an artificial adjusted score unless the board is
>>> (correctly) played at a later time or is not scheduled to be played at
> all.
>>>
>>> Your suggestion has one major flaw:
>>> An adjusted score has impact on all other scores in the field, a
>>> procedural penalty has not.
>>
>> NO, there is no such difference.
>> An (artificail) adjusted score does not affect any other score, since
> those will be
>> Neubergized regardless of whether the adjustment is via an average or as a
> non-
>> played.
>
> [Sven Pran]
> There is indeed.
> A penalty will not change any score, only the total for only the penalized
> contestant.
> Neuberg will change every score on the affected board.
>

Yes indeed, but since the board will not be played whatever we do, the 
scores for all other contestants will remain the same whether we award 
Av- or no score.

> The (incorrect) effect is apparent if the Director uses a penalty to
> compensate for an (in his opinion) unfair rectification.

Whatever that may mean.

Herman
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