The results of this tournament are now posted on the tournament results page.

Info

• The tournament will be held on Wednesday, March 26, 2008.
• It is for Singles only, no Doubles.
• Pre-registration is required, deadline is Saturday, March 22, 2008.
• No extra fee to enter the tournament (other than the usual season pass or drop-in fee).
• All rated players are eligible and encouraged to participate in the tournament.
• Please come early to help set-up tables. If you are going to be late, please send a note to info@rttc-mn.org.
• Format of play: round robin of 4-6 players in a group. Each group will have two winners.
• Players will be grouped based on ratings, instead of random drawing (like we used to do), so there will be no big gap in ratings, hence no huge points given/received.
• The most recent ratings (from the latest results) will be used.

• The match is best 2 out of 3 game. Each game is up to 21 point.
• A higher rated player spots some points to a lower rated player depending upon their rating differences (to provide an equal win opportunity to all players).
• The higher rated player will serve first and the lower rated player will get to pick side. For subsequent games, players alternate serving (the player or pair serving first in a game shall receive first in the next game of the match).
• In case of no rating difference or no points spotted, regular drawing of serve should be used. One person would then pick to serve, and the other pick the side of the table.
• 2-point change of service will be used. When the game starts at odd number (i.e.: 0-11), the player who serves first will only serve one point.
• The Handicap Chart looks like this:

     Handicap Chart for 21 Point Game

Rating           Number of points spotted

differences      by higher rated player

==========       ======================

0-12 points             0

13-31                   1

32-56                   2

57-87                   3

88-124                  4

125-167                 5

168-216                 6

217-271                 7 

272-332                 8

333-399                 9

400-472                10

473-551                11

552-636                12

637-727                13

728-824                14

825-927                15

928-over               16

The first column in the table is the rating differences between the two players, and the right column is number of points that the higher rated player would spot for the lower rated player.
For example, if player A has a rating of 1500, and player B has a rating of 1000 the match would start with 0-11 in favor of player B.