Up and coming Chiffres/Lettres tournament in France

[Jeff Clayton]

For anyone who may be interested, the annual C/L tournament in Paris will be taking place on Sunday 2 November.

There's room for 40 entrants this year, and there are only around 10 places left. The format will be a 30-round "duplicate", before players are put into groups of eight to play seven 12-round matches across the rest of the day.

Get in touch if you want more details - jeffrey_clayton @ hotmail.com (mind the gaps) - and I'll forward them to you.

Merci
Jeff

[Aaron]

I understand duplicate Scrabble, but how does one play duplicate C/L?

[Jeff Clayton]

The Duplicate in France tends to be a 30-round affair (NLL x 10) but it is not the traditional two-player format. The rounds are pre-prepared and the objective is to score as many points as possible without taking risks, and finish with a score as near to the overall maximum as you can. For instance, if you see a safe 6 and a dodgy 7, stick with the 6 because if the longer word turns out to be wrong, you put yourself at a disadvantage by scoring a 0. And even if you go blank in the numbers, aim for something so that you land some points.

All players are at the end ranked in order of score attained, so that they can then be grouped off for the rest of the day's matches.


Jeff

[Martin Gardner]

The Duplicate in France tends to be a 30-round affair (NLL x 10) but it is not the traditional two-player format. The rounds are pre-prepared and the objective is to score as many points as possible without taking risks, and finish with a score as near to the overall maximum as you can. For instance, if you see a safe 6 and a dodgy 7, stick with the 6 because if the longer word turns out to be wrong, you put yourself at a disadvantage by scoring a 0. And even if you go blank in the numbers, aim for something so that you land some points.

All players are at the end ranked in order of score attained, so that they can then be grouped off for the rest of the day's matches.


Jeff

Essentially that's duplicate, yes. And the duel on Apterous is a perfect example of a duplicate game.