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
2Alex Zamanian176
3Tony Wuersch167
4Howard Rosenthal165
5Albert Steg160
6Dougie Roberts159
7Brad Mampe156
8Eric Sulkala146
9John Leonard134
10Rich Sweetman132
11Will Hohorst127
12Marty Gross119
13David Kornwitz106
14Al Theriault104
15Emir Kapanci102
16Dan Whitney102
17Paul A. Caracciolo98
18Steve Douglas91
19Mark Frano85
20Tom O'Riordan61
21Bob Shepley61
22Steve Gregoire59
23Constantine Brocoum54
24Max Stockslager50
25Scott McGloin31
26Phil Perelmuter28
27Sheila Stein23
28Eric Packer22
29Tim Yoshida18
30Csaba Daday15
31Chet Lin15
32Tim Churella14
33Aaron Leventhal11
34Bob Zimmerman10
35Stephen Hassman2
36Olof Ingare2

Intermediate

1Don Weng213
2Constantine Brocoum208
3Steve Gregoire202
4Juan Buks170
5Stefanie Madanian122
6Mike Forrester113
7Tom Peckham112
8Troy Leonard100
9Dan Volchok97
10Apo Pinar82
11Aaron Leventhal77
12Michael Crystal73
13Olof Ingare68
14Chris Hanson62
15Lee Denis59
16Rich Morris53
17Vince Pelote51
18Phil Kurinsky46
19Diego Rosenfeld36
20Lisa Kendis33
21Pam Keeney29
22Xavier Rosenfeld28
23Jim Fessenden26
24Brian Emero21
25Warren Cormack19
26Alain Cabache15
27Mike Duffy12
28Veronica Bacon10
29Matt DeCarlo10
30Penny Fireman10
31Jonathan Margalit7
32Steven Mitchell7
33Nesho Zashovski7
34Dan Fireman5
35Peter Antoszyk2
36Doug Bacon2
37Bob Coppola2
38Sarah Jones2
39Fabiana Rohr2
40Rich Trombetta2
41Mark Frano0
42Dan Whitney0