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matchpoint penalties

Posted By: Chuck Bower
Date: Thursday, 10 March 2011, at 3:57 p.m.

In Response To: What penalty do you impose? (Rory)

I would probably issue a 2 point penalty....

You (and Bill M.) are proposing something which I've never seen (or even heard) done in my backgammon life: imposing matchpoint penalties for an arbitrary rule violation. (This latter qualification excepts the penalty points for showing up late to play a match and the old days' analog clock penalties for running out of time.)

That doesn't make it wrong, and of course Rule 1.1 gives you the right, but 'precedence' has historically been a strong factor in US tournament rulings, from my observation.

Now I'm ready for the barrage of posts detailing all the matchpoint penalties levied in the past year alone. :)

Messages In This Thread

• What penalty do you impose?
  Bill -- Thursday, 10 March 2011, at 1:57 a.m.
  • What penalty do you impose?
    Leonardo Jerkovic -- Thursday, 10 March 2011, at 2:42 a.m.
  • What penalty do you impose?
    Rory -- Thursday, 10 March 2011, at 3:10 a.m.
    • matchpoint penalties
      Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 10 March 2011, at 3:57 p.m.
  • N.E.I.
    Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 10 March 2011, at 3:26 a.m.
    • N.E.I.? *NM*
      Rory -- Thursday, 10 March 2011, at 3:41 a.m.
      • Not Enough Information *NM*
        Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 10 March 2011, at 3:50 p.m.
    • N.E.I.
      Stick -- Thursday, 10 March 2011, at 4:22 a.m.
      • N.E.I.
        Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 10 March 2011, at 4:03 p.m.
  • What penalty do you impose?
    Casper van der Tak -- Thursday, 10 March 2011, at 8:46 a.m.
    • What penalty do you impose?
      Rory -- Thursday, 10 March 2011, at 9:10 a.m.
  • Rules clarification needed?
    Stein Kulseth -- Thursday, 10 March 2011, at 9:33 a.m.
    • Rules clarification needed?
      Steve Mellen -- Thursday, 10 March 2011, at 1:12 p.m.
      • Rules clarification needed?
        Casper van der Tak -- Thursday, 10 March 2011, at 1:15 p.m.
        • Rules clarification needed?
          Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 10 March 2011, at 5:14 p.m.
  • What penalty do you impose?
    Bill Riles -- Thursday, 10 March 2011, at 4:12 p.m.
  • What penalty do you impose?
    KenB -- Thursday, 10 March 2011, at 4:33 p.m.
    • What penalty do you impose?
      tem_sat -- Thursday, 10 March 2011, at 5:52 p.m.
    • What penalty do you impose?
      Barry Silliman -- Thursday, 10 March 2011, at 6:22 p.m.
      • +1 *NM*
        Rory -- Thursday, 10 March 2011, at 7:42 p.m.
  • What penalty do you impose?
    Phil Simborg -- Thursday, 10 March 2011, at 10:09 p.m.
    • How do you impose penalty?
      Chiva Tafazzoli -- Friday, 11 March 2011, at 7:34 a.m.
      • How do you impose penalty?
        Stick -- Friday, 11 March 2011, at 7:42 a.m.
        • How do you impose penalty?
          Chiva Tafazzoli -- Friday, 11 March 2011, at 11:37 a.m.
        • How do you impose penalty?
          Bob Koca -- Friday, 11 March 2011, at 8:07 p.m.
  • What penalty do you impose?
    Justin N. -- Friday, 11 March 2011, at 9:18 a.m.
    • What penalty do you impose?
      Stick -- Friday, 11 March 2011, at 9:26 a.m.
      • What penalty do you impose?
        Justin N. -- Friday, 11 March 2011, at 9:54 a.m.
        • What penalty do you impose?
          Justin N. -- Friday, 11 March 2011, at 9:57 a.m.
        • What penalty do you impose?
          Rich Munitz -- Friday, 11 March 2011, at 2:41 p.m.
          • What penalty do you impose?
            mtuhtan -- Friday, 11 March 2011, at 4:05 p.m.
            • What penalty do you impose?
              Rich Munitz -- Friday, 11 March 2011, at 6:56 p.m.