POY Rules

POY Rules:

State Champion Qualification:

6 players qualify for the state closed championship in the following ways.

• Defending Champion
• MWO Nominee
  • Only 1 nominee, organizer lists tie-breaks in advance.
• Cornhusker Nominee
  • Only 1 nominee, organizer lists tie-breaks in advance.
• GPO Nominee
  • Only 1 nominee, organizer lists tie-breaks in advance.
• POY
  • Best cumulative plus scores from POY tournaments
    • Best 4 tournaments
  • 1^st
  • 2^nd

Co-Champions – in the event that two or more players finish the closed championship with the highest score, all players will be declared the state champion. However, the tie-breaks listed below will be used to determine the champion with the automatic qualification to the closed championship in the following year.

Tie-Breaks

1) Common Game

2) Sonnen-Berger

3) Armageddon game

POY Standings Tie-Break:

The POY standings tie-break will be the player’s opponent’s average post-event rating not counting unrated and provisionally rated opponents.

B Group:

• 6 player round robin played alongside the closed championship
• POY standings positions 3 through 8 will qualify for the “B” group

The winner of the B-group is eligible to use his plus score from the “B” group round robin tournament in the next POY cycle. The tie-breaks listed above will be used in the event of a tie.

Conditions for being a POY Tournament:

• $2 per player contribution to the NSCA
• Flyer approved by the NSCA Board at least 2 months in advance.

Note on the Plus Scoring System:

The plus scoring system counts only the wins less losses with draws not counting.

Here is how the scoring system works for a 4 game and 5 game tournament.

• 4 game tournament
  • 4 – 4 POY points
  • 3.5 – 3 POY points
  • 3 – 2 POY points
  • 2.5 – 1 POY point
  • 2 or less – 0 POY points
• 5 game tournament
  • 5 – 5 POY points
  • 4.5 – 4 POY points
  • 4 – 3 POY points
  • 3.5 – 2 POY points
  • 3 – 1 POY point
  • 2.5 or less – 0 POY points