How the points are calculated in carrom and how a winner is declared?
Every carrommen (both white and black) carries 1 point and the Queen carries 3 points. The player who completes pocketing all his c/m first wins the board by the number of c/m of the opponent remaining at the time of finish of the board. Value of the Queen is credited to the player only if he wins the board and loser does not get the value of the Queen even if has pocketed and covered the Queen. Once a player reaches the score of 22, he loses the advantage of getting the credit of 3 points of Queen. Once a player pockets all his c/m, it is called completion of a Board and when he reaches 25 points it is called a game. A game (upto pre-quarter final rounds) is restricted to maximum of 8 boards. A player who is leading at the end of the 8th board is the winner of the game. Every match is decided on the basis of best of three games.
