Annual Points Race

Playoff points within each division accumulate throughout the season based on the results of the monthly tournaments. After the May tournament, he top 7 points earners in each division qualify for the Championship Playoffs, competing for the titles of Intermediate Player of the Year and, for the winner of the Open division, NEBC Club Champion.

Match Points

Each time you win a match, you are awarded a number of points equal to the length of that match. (7 points for a 7-point match, etc.) In the event your match is shortened due to time pressures, you would still be awarded the number of points specified as the original match length.

Bonus Points

Anytime you reach a “cashing” round in a tournament, you are awarded bonus points as follows:

Main Bracket
1st: 50 points
2nd: 25 points
Semi-finalists: 12 points*

Consolation Bracket
1st: 25 points
2nd: 12 points**

*In the event that fewer than 16 players enter a tournament, the semi-finalists do not cash, but are entered in the consolation bracket. In this case, these players would receive either their 12 semi-finalist points, or their 25 consolation winner points, whichever is greater.

**In the event that fewer than 14 players enter a tournament, no cash award will be given for 2nd-place Consolation, but Bonus points still accrue.

In the event that fewer than 8 players enter, Bonus points will still be awarded so long as a player wins at least one match to earn them.

Participation Points

If you show up, but don’t win any matches, you receive 2 points for participating.

Double-Bonus Events

In our November and May tournaments, Bonus Points are doubled (but with usual 12-point winners earning 25 points) and match lengths are increased in the Open division. These exciting events provide opportunities for large leaps in the standings, so the race remains competitive throughout the year.

June Attendance Points

A regular tournament will be held in June, in concert with the playoff finals in both divisions. All participants in attendance will earn 15 Bonus Points applied to the following season’s points race.

Playoff Format

The top scorer in each division receives a valuable 1st-round bye. The other six players are seeded according to standing: 2nd vs. 7th; 3rd vs. 6th; 4th vs. 5th (winner meets 1st place player in the semis). NEBC will provide cash prizes for the winners, finalists and semi-finalists, commensurate with the cash accumulated by NEBC over the course of the current season. In the event of tournament cancellations, successful completion of 6 of the 9 regular monthly tournaments will be deemed the minimum required to hold a Championship contest. 

Open Division
Rounds 1 & 2: Best 2 out of 3, 9-point matches.
Finals: Best 3 out of 5, 9-point matches.

Intermediate Division
Rounds 1 & 2: Best 2 out of 3, 7-point matches.
Finals: Best 3 out of 5, 7-point matches.

Rounds 1 & 2 are to be scheduled by participants at a time and place of mutual convenience in advance of the final tournament of our season in June, when the finals in both divisions will take place, leading to the naming of the “NEBC Club Champion” and the “Intermediate Player of the Year”.

Points Race Standings (2024 - 2025)

In the event of too few Intermediate players to hold a separate contest, when Intermediate competitors play in the Open, they will earn a 15-point Bonus in addition to any points they earn in the Open event, applied to their Intermediate points race total. Otherwise, points are not transferable between Divisions.

Open

1Marty Storer361
2Rich Sweetman224
3Howard Rosenthal203
4Alex Zamanian193
5Eric Sulkala176
6Tony Wuersch172
7Albert Steg169
8Dougie Roberts166
9Emir Kapanci156
10Brad Mampe156
11John Leonard143
12Paul A. Caracciolo135
13Will Hohorst132
14Marty Gross129
15David Kornwitz120
16Al Theriault106
17Dan Whitney104
18Steve Douglas93
19Mark Frano85
20Steve Gregoire64
21Tom O'Riordan63
22Bob Shepley61
23Constantine Brocoum54
24Cameron Govonlu50
25Max Stockslager50
26Scott McGloin33
27Phil Perelmuter28
28Sheila Stein23
29Eric Packer22
30Tim Yoshida18
31Csaba Daday15
32Chet Lin15
33Tim Churella14
34Aaron Leventhal11
35Bob Zimmerman10
36Stephen Hassman2
37Olof Ingare2

Intermediate

1Constantine Brocoum215
2Don Weng215
3Steve Gregoire202
4Juan Buks170
5Lee Denis139
6Stefanie Madanian134
7Apo Pinar128
8Dan Volchok123
9Mike Forrester113
10Tom Peckham112
11Troy Leonard100
12Rich Morris100
13Aaron Leventhal77
14Michael Crystal73
15Olof Ingare73
16Chris Hanson62
17Vince Pelote51
18Brian Emero47
19Phil Kurinsky46
20Pam Keeney39
21Diego Rosenfeld36
22Lisa Kendis33
23Xavier Rosenfeld28
24Ramin Farzaneh-Far27
25Jim Fessenden26
26Warren Cormack19
27Alain Cabache15
28Matt DeCarlo12
29Mike Duffy12
30Veronica Bacon10
31Penny Fireman10
32Jonathan Margalit7
33Erika McNutt7
34Steven Mitchell7
35Nesho Zashovski7
36Dan Fireman5
37Chris Rusch5
38Peter Antoszyk2
39Doug Bacon2
40Bob Coppola2
41Sarah Jones2
42Ian Maguire2
43Fabiana Rohr2
44Rich Trombetta2
45Rashid Zakeri2
46Mark Frano0
47Dan Whitney0