All handicap cup matches are best of 3 games, 21-up. If 20-20, the next point wins the game.
| DIFFERENCE IN RATINGS | HANDICAP |
|
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
2 |
|
3 |
3 |
|
4 |
4 |
|
5 |
5 |
|
6 |
6 |
|
7 |
7 |
|
8 |
8 |
|
9 |
9 |
|
10 - 11 |
10 |
|
12 - 13 |
11 |
|
14 - 15 |
12 |
|
16 - 17 |
13 |
|
18 - 20 |
14 |
|
21 - 23 |
15 |
|
24 - 26 |
16 |
|
27 - 30 |
17 |
|
31 - 34 |
18 |
For example, if a player rated ‘17’ plays against a player rated ’2’, the difference is 15, which gives the ‘17’ rated player a 12 points start in each game up to 21.
Example 2, if
Player ‘A’ has a rating of ‘17’
Player ‘B’ has a rating of ‘2’
the difference between Player ‘A’ rated 17 & Player rated ‘B’ 2 is 15
so we Look down the ‘Difference in Ratings’ column in the table above & find the rating of 15 in the table, which would give the handicap of 12points start per game.