Junior Grand Prix

and junior participation in the Main Grand Prix

2004 - 2005

Content

This note was discussed at the Junior Commission meeting on 29 August 2004. The Junior Commission was asked to decide the final rules for this year’s competition to ensure widest buy in to any changes. Chess Scotland is grateful to Commission Chairman Rod Tweedie, those who attended the commission meeting and those who participated in subsequent e-mails to fine tune the basic decisions taken at the Commission in finalising the details below.

There will be a considerable increase in the number of prizes for the Junior Grand Prix this year, covering a wider age range. There will be no separate girls prizes.

A key difference will be that only graded competitions (both main list and allegro list) will be included. This will ensure that leader boards are available quickly during the season. Here are the details.

More prize-winners!

Juniors ie those J16 or younger (as per the grading book listings - ages gives as at first of January in the middle of the grading season, juniors J17 and above are considered as adults for GP purposes) are eligible for one sort of Junior Grand Prix or another. Ages will be verified and corrected if appropriate. A junior whose age is not known will not appear in the Grand Prix until their age status is known. And we reserve the right to check ages before prizes are awarded!

Juniors with a published grade of 1350 or more (all grades refer to the current Main Grading List):

The highest placed junior in the four Main ChessBase Grand Prix sections (ie Candidates, Challengers, Major and Minor) will win a prize. Juniors will not be eligible to win the main prizes.

Prizes will be ChessBase software and a £25 Chess Suppliers voucher.

Juniors with a published grade below 1350

Will be eligible ONLY for the Junior Grand Prix in the appropriate age section [Pawns, Knights, Bishops or Rooks]. The Junior Grand Prix will operate a different points system from the main Grand Prix [see below].
There will be one prize for the top player in each of the following age ranges as at the 2004 Grading List

PAWNS: J5-J9 (covering roughly up to Primary 5)
KNIGHTS: J10-J11 (covering roughly Primaries 6 & 7)
BISHOPS: J12-J13 (covering roughly Secondary 1 & 2)
ROOKS: J14-J16 (covering roughly Secondary 3 - 5)

Each of the four winners will receive a Grand Prix Shield [for annual retention] and a £25 Chess Suppliers vouchers. In addition, the highest player at each age [J5, J6, J7 etc up to J16] will receive a small trophy for permanent retention.

Junior Grand Prix points

All congresses including one day allegros will be included in the Junior Grand Prix but local and domestic club events will not. Team events will not count. An "adult" event is one in which adults or juniors may participate - a "junior" event is exclusively junior.
Byes and defaults will not be counted
Scores of 25% or more will be eligible for inclusion

Junior GP Multipliers

Scores in junior one day events will be unadjusted
Scores in junior two day events (non allegro) will be doubled
Scores in adult weekend events will be quadrupled
Scores in adult allegro events will be doubled
Scores in adult one round a week events will be doubled

Cut off date

To be consistent with the Main Grand Prix, only Chess Scotland members as at 1st January 2005 are eligible to win prizes. Members will appear in bold in the leaderboards.

Eligible events:

Swiss tournaments including congresses, championships and allegros, listed in the Calendar of Events will be eligible for inclusion provided all their results are submitted for grading.
NB Domestic Club events are not eligible. Scores in the Grand Prix are calculated as soon as the results of an event appear on the Chess Scotland website.

New events should normally give at least six weeks notice before an event will be deemed eligible for GP inclusion. Notice can be given by any of the following methods: inclusion in the CS calendar, by providing event details for the website Noticeboard, Calendar or tournament advert page; Scottish Chess magazine; a published entry form available at other events, from the CS Office in Glasgow, or posted directly to potential participants. This notice period will be waived where it is impractical because of the late publication of these details.

Results information

The junior grand prix results will be fully integrated with the grand prix results, with additional leader boards in the same style. These are now available.

Junior GP Leaderboards

Main GP Leaderboards

September 2004