Scoring Swiss Team Match Results

After Play. Your whole team should sit at your home table and compare the scores on each board. You may have attained the same result, such as plus 420 for N/S and minus 420 for East/West. This is a 'push', and results in no score for either team.

Swiss team hands are scored in IMPs, meaning International Match Points. IMP scores are printed on the private score sheet. They measure the difference in scores for a hand, and assign IMPs to the winners. If you scored 60 points better than your opponents on a hand, you are awarded 2 IMPs. They get none.

Following is an illustration of the IMP Scale.

	International Match Point Scale
Diff. in Points I.M.P.	Diff. in Points I.M.P.	Diff. in Points I.M.P.
20 - 40 .............. 1	370- 420 ........ 9	1500-1740 .......... 17
50 - 80 ............. 2	430- 490 ......... 10	1750-1990 .......... 18
90 - 120 ............ 3	500- 590 ........ 11	2000-2240 .......... 19
130- 160 ............ 4	600- 740 ......... 12	2250-2490 .......... 20
170- 210 ............ 5	750- 890 ......... 13	2500-2990 ..........   21
220- 260 ............. 6	900- 1090 ......... 14	3000-3490 .......... 22
270- 310 ............. 7	1100- 1290 ......... 15	3500-3990 .......... 23
320- 360 ............. 8	1300- 1490 .........  16	4000 and up             24

Example Score. For example, suppose you score 620 for making a vulnerable Heart game but your partners give up only minus 500 playing the same cards the other direction because they sacrificed. Your team has scored 120 points better than the other team, so you are awarded 3 IMP's margin of victory on that hand.

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