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 Storer363
2Brad Mampe306
3Emir Kapanci250
4Alex Zamanian249
5Rich Sweetman238
6Eric Sulkala223
7Paul A. Caracciolo220
8Howard Rosenthal217
9Marty Gross179
10Dougie Roberts173
11Tony Wuersch172
12Albert Steg169
13John Leonard152
14Will Hohorst132
15David Kornwitz122
16Al Theriault113
17Dan Whitney111
18Steve Douglas109
19Mark Frano87
20Tom O'Riordan74
21Cameron Govonlu70
22Steve Gregoire64
23Bob Shepley61
24Constantine Brocoum54
25Max Stockslager50
26Tim Yoshida36
27Scott McGloin35
28Phil Perelmuter28
29Sheila Stein23
30Eric Packer22
31Csaba Daday15
32Chet Lin15
33Tim Churella14
34Aaron Leventhal11
35Bob Zimmerman10
36Stephen Hassman2
37Olof Ingare2
381Ed Ahola2

Intermediate

1Constantine Brocoum292
2Don Weng285
3Apo Pinar264
4Steve Gregoire211
5Stefanie Madanian178
6Dan Volchok173
7Juan Buks170
8Lee Denis144
9Tom Peckham117
10Olof Ingare116
11Mike Forrester113
12Troy Leonard107
13Rich Morris102
14Aaron Leventhal77
15Michael Crystal73
16Chris Hanson62
17Brian Emero56
18Vince Pelote51
19Phil Kurinsky46
20Pam Keeney41
21Matt DeCarlo37
22Diego Rosenfeld36
23Lisa Kendis33
24Ramin Farzaneh-Far29
25Xavier Rosenfeld28
26Jim Fessenden26
27Warren Cormack19
28Alain Cabache15
29Patti Crabtree14
30Mike Duffy12
31Veronica Bacon10
32Penny Fireman10
33Jonathan Margalit7
34Erika McNutt7
35Steven Mitchell7
36Nesho Zashovski7
37Dan Fireman5
38Chris Rusch5
39Peter Antoszyk2
40Doug Bacon2
41Bob Coppola2
42Sarah Jones2
43Ian Maguire2
44Fabiana Rohr2
45Rich Trombetta2
46Rashid Zakeri2
47Chris Matts2