Handicaps

Please note that the handicaps are for sessions consisting of 24 boards and should be used proportionally.

The NGS grade is shown after the player's name. In the 'Team' row are the handicaps for 24 boards and for 3 boards. In the Team row the Handicap has been calculated by summing the difference between the team's handicap for 3 boards and that of the other teams. When you score at the end of the session please add or subtract the team's handicap to your total IMPs score for the 24 boards. Please use the team's number on the score cards.

Teams


The way the handicaps have been calculated is as follows:

  1. The NGS grade was obtained from the EBU site on 1 January, 2016
  2. IMPs are calculated by adding 0.5 IMPs for every whole percentage below 50% or subtracting 0.5 IMPS for every whole percentage above 50%.
    47 - 47.99% = + 1.5 IMPs
    48 - 48.99% = + 1.0 IMPs
    49 - 49.99% = + 0.5 IMPs
    50 - 50.99% = - 0.5 IMPs
    51 - 51.99% = - 1 IMP
    52 - 52.99% = - 1.5 IMPs
    etc.
    
  3. The resulting IMPs are then uplifted by 40% to create a handicap.

Others