Section 1: Outline of the Scheme

1.1 Objectives
1.2 Administration
1.3 Membership
1.4 ABF Masterpoint Centre
1.5 Tournaments
1.6 Types of Masterpoints
1.7 Player Performance Awards
1.8 Master Rankings

Section 2: Grades of Club Tournaments

2.1 Grade E
2.2 Grade F
2.3 Grade D
2.4 Grade C
2.5 Grand National Open Teams
2.6 Grade B4c
2.7 Grade B5i

Section 3: Tables of Awards

3.1 Masterpoint Formulae
3.2 Session Awards - Mitchell
3.3 Session Awards - Howell
3.4 Outright Winners Awards

Section 4: Rules of Masterpointing

4.1 General
4.2 Session Awards
4.3 Outright Awards
4.4 Miscellaneous Rules

Section 5: Congresses

5.1 Types of Congress
5.2 Congress Tournament Grades
5.3 Congress Events
5.4 Masterpointing Congresses  

Section 6: Red Point Tournaments

6.1 Special Club (or Interclub) Events
6.2 State Controlled Events
6.3 ABF Controlled Events

Section 7: Gold Point Tournaments

7.1 Entry Requirements
7.2 National (minor) Championships - grade A2
7.3 National Championships - grade A
7.4 Gold Point Congresses – grade A2
7.5 Masterpointing National Tournaments

Section 8: ABF Levies

8.1 Masterpoints
8.2 Capitation fee
8.3 Player Reactivation
8.4 Schedule of Fees

Appendix A: Definitions
Appendix B: Examples

B.1 Teams Events
B.2 Club Pairs Tournament

Appendix C: Player Registration
Appendix D: Credit File Formats
Appendix E: Submitting Awards
Appendix F: Downloading Files
Appendix G: Using Nat4win.exe
Administration