Registration
If a domestic event in Scotland wants to be FIDE rated it
must be registered with FIDE at least one month before the event takes place. The Scottish Grader has access to the FIDE online database in which it is possible to register events. This is the FIDE page indicating registered and rated events in Scotland (please inform us immediately if any errors or omissions). To register your event just send an email to grading@chessscotland.com and give the information about the event indicated in the form at the bottom of this page.
Domestic Calendar
Send details of your event to membership@chessscotland.com if you want the event listed in the domestic calendar.
Time Control
NB: You should check beforehand that your time control is suitable
for FIDE rating.
FIDE Handbook section on Time Control
1.0 |
Rate of Play |
1.1 |
For a game to be rated each player must have the following minimum periods in which to complete all the moves, assuming the game lasts 60 moves.
Where at least one of the players in the tournament has a rating 2200 or higher, each player must have a minimum of 120 minutes.
Where at least one of the players in the tournament has a rating 1600 or higher, each player must have a minimum of 90 minutes.
Where all the players in the tournament are rated below 1600, each player must have a minimum of 60 minutes. |
1.2 |
Games played with all the moves at a rate faster than the above are excluded from the list. |
1.3 |
Where a certain number of moves is specified in the first time control, it shall be 40 moves. Players benefit from uniformity here. |
Player Information
Before an event can be FIDE rated the CS grader needs to generate a FIDE number for each player (the equivalent of domestic PNUMS). All players new to the FIDE database have to be added with date of birth to minimise identification errors. The CS grader can only add players on the assumption that they want to be registered as SCO for Scotland. However visitors or foreign nationals living here may prefer to be registered under another country. The CS grader will ask FIDE to adjust new players to their requested federation.
Please make sure you get DOB and country information from all non-FIDE rated players to allow for speedy submission of FIDE rating data.
FIDE Rating Fees
FIDE rated events will be subject to an additional
charge over and above the normal domestic grading fee.
January 2011: To encourage the running of FIDE norm or rating events the domestic rating fee will be limited to a maximum charge of five rounds (rather than the full number of rounds, usually eight or nine).
From August 1, 2010 the charge in Swiss and team events will be £1 per player if that player is a CS member or a non-SCO registered player. The fee will be £2 per player for SCO registered non-CS members.
In an All-play-All the charge varies with the average rating. CS are unclear of the logic which means that A-P-A events are charged at a significantly higher rate than a Swiss. So before you decide on an APA format please remember this could add a large extra charge to the bill (compared to a Swiss) http://www.fide.com/fide/handbook?id=3&view=category - see section 12.2.
June 2011: If you still prefer to hold an A-P-A format event the fees CS will charge are the full FIDE all-play-all rate in Euros as indicated in section 12.2 above plus £2 per player for each SCO registered non-CS member.
Chess Scotland will collect domestic and FIDE fees through the normal invoicing process.
CS will pay rating charges directly to FIDE.
