amstergammon Backgammon
Tournament Rules & Procedures
January 2011
We play according the WBGT rules
Link: Tournament Rules (pdf file)
Pay Special attention to:
- 1.7 subsection 1
Aids: No other than those to keep score. The opponent has to agree for anything else. - 2.2 subsection 4
Time penalties: 1 point for every 5 minutes. - 3.5
In any tournament the players may choose to play the match using a game clock if both parties agree to it. The game clock is placed on the side of the home boards. - 4.1 subsection 2
Thouching the dice while they are on the board is prohibited. - 4.1 subsection 5 Premature action
If a player rolls the dice before the opponent has finished his or her turn, the roll may only be rerolled if the opponent demands so. - 4.2. subsection 4
Errors in the starting position must be corrected before a player's second turn. Otherwise the starting position is valid. - 4.3 subsection 1
Players must stop and start the game clock with the same hand used for moving the checkers. - 4.3 subsection 2
During a break, both players must note down the time on the game clock on their scorecards. - 4.3 subsection 3
Time has run out: the player loses the match unless there is a "gin" situation. - 4.4 Doubling cube
The value of a cube in a Crawford game is null.
A doubling cube at a wrong level is considered to be at the correct level. - 4.5
All matches must be played to the end. - 4.7
In case of non-resolvable dispute about the score, the score-sheet of the trailing player in the match will be valid. - 5.1 Disputes
If a dispute arises between two players they must leave dice, checkers, doublng cube, scorecard and other things UNTOUCHED.
Adapted for Amstergammon:
- 1.4 subsection 3
this fact must be reported to Amstergammon. The report, with the reasons of the ruling, will be send to the player(s). - 1.5
The official language is English or Dutch. - 1.6 subsection 5
this fact must be reported to Amstergammon. The report, with the reasons of the ruling, may be send to the spectator(s) - 1.7 subsection 5
this fact must be reported to Amstergammon. The report, with the reasons of the ruling, will be send to the player(s). - 2.2 subsection 4
15 minutes (not 5) after the starting time the first penalty point is awarded. - 2.4
Amstergammon has no waffle boxes - 5.5 and 5.6
Read "Amstergammon" in stead of "the WBGT board".