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September 13, 1966 Or. T. E. Haddad 1309 Linwood It. Pleasant, Michigan Dear Dr. Haddads 1 hope X hav e your name and address correct? they were given to my wife by telephone, and 1 haven?╟╓t yet learned to read her handwriting. All the scoring in the bridge tournament will be as in regular rubber bridge. You have to score a game to be vulnerable. If you win a 2-game rubber you get a bonus of 700 points. If the opponents score a game during the rbbber, the bonus is only 500 points for the rubber. And so on. If the match ends with a rubber unfinished, a side that is vulnerable gets a bonus of 300 points for its game. If there is a part score in an unfinished game, the part score gets a bonus of 50 points. Otherwise, the scoring is pure rubber bridge. During the first two days, thefield is seeded into sections with the well-known good players spread around so that no section is overloaded with them. You and your parther play six pairs of opponents each day, for atotal of 12 matches. Each match consists of exactly 8 hands of ordinary rubber bridge. At the end of the eight hands, the score of both sides is totalled, and the winner scores 1 point ?╟÷ just like the winner of a baseball game in the major leagues. It doesn?╟╓t matter how much you win by, as long as you win. All pairs who win 6 or more of their 12 qualifying matches will go forward into the knockouts on the third day. Those who win fewer than 6 of the 12 qualifying matches will play in the Consolation. We expect to qualify about $&1?· of the field. First two rounds of the knockouts will be matches of 12 hands. Knockout matches are sudden death ?║?║jj lose once and you're out. Beginning with the third match, we step up to 16 hands per match. The later matches will be even longer, but we will work out details when we see the size of the entry. We would like to finish all matches by Thursday. Oct. 13, so there is a limit to the size of any match. We will have experienced ACBL directors to give book rulings on matters of law. I will head a committee to decide matters of ethids, equity, etc. We will also have experienced casino men to keep an eye out for anybody who handles a deck too well. We will protect the players so that they can relax and have a fine time. It will be the best bridge tournameAti ever held. Please let me know if you have any other questions or suggestions. Sincerely,