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Qualifying Regulations -
How to Qualify in 2011
Qualifying
Regulations - How to Qualify for the British
Championship 2011 (Sheffield)
Qualification
from the British Championships
1)
British Champion in any of the past
five years.
2)
A score of 6½/11 (6/11 if born 1989
or later) or more in the 2010
Championship. These players receive
half price entry.
3)
The reigning British Under 21, Under
18 or Senior Champion. These players
receive half price entry. Should
there be a tie for any of these
qualifying places, the tie will be
split by average of opponents’ FIDE
Ratings. Should the Senior Champion
prefer to play in the Senior
Championship, entry shall be half
price to that event.
4)
A score of 7½/11 (7/11 if born 1989
or later) or higher in the Major
Open, if eligible to play. These
players receive half price entry.
Qualification by Grading, Rating
or Rating Performance
5)
A rating of 218 (2350) or higher in
a current British Isles national
grading list (not Rapidplay) or any
FIDE list between July 2010 and July
2011. If a player is not an IM or a
GM, the rating must be active. The
table shows the relevant ratings for
various categories of players :-
For players
born 1989 or earlier
active rating of 218 (2350)
or higher
born 1990 or later
active rating of 215 (2320)
or higher
born 1993 or later
active rating of 210 (2280)
or higher
born 1995 or later
active rating of 205 (2240)
or higher
born 1997 or later
active rating of 200 (2200)
or higher
born 1999 or later
active rating of 190 (2120)
or higher
For females
born 1989 or earlier
active rating of 190 (2120)
or higher
For females
born 1990 or later
active rating of 180 (2040)
or higher
6)
For British Isles FIDE Rated
tournaments or where the player
represents a British Isles
federation in an international event
of 9 rounds or more: any player
meeting at least 7 FIDE Rated
opponents with a Tournament
Performance of 2400 (or level 50
points higher than that given in the
table above) or higher qualifies.
Such
qualifiers must notify within 14 days of the
completion of the event, with
details of opponents and results.
Qualification by Nomination
7)
Nominees of Chess Scotland, Welsh
Chess Union, Ulster Chess Union,
Irish Chess Union, Guernsey, Jersey
and the Isle of Man.
8)
The Champion, or nominee, of each of
the English Chess Unions.
9)
One nominee of each of the English
Counties practising the membership
only system.
10)
One nominee per Officer of the
Director of Home Chess, the Director
of Junior Chess and the Manager(s)
of the British Championships.
Qualification
from Congresses
11)
The highest placed eligible
competitor not already qualified, in
the British Rapidplay Championship.
12)
The highest placed eligible
competitors in regional Open Swisses
organised by each of the English
Chess Unions. Each Union has three
places.
13)
The highest placed eligible player,
not already qualified, from any
British Isles Open FIDE rated event.
14)
The highest placed eligible player
in each of the six congresses with
the highest number of long-play ECF
graded games in season 2009-2010.
Congress Organisers of Congresses
that qualify under 11) to 14) should
let
know who the qualifier(s) are within
two weeks of the completion of the
event with details of scores and any
tie-breaks applied.
Tiebreak for qualification from
Congresses (applying to Rules 11 –
14 above)
These qualifying routes cannot be
combined to produce more than two
qualifiers from one tournament. A
second qualifier in an event must
achieve at least 58%.
The tiebreak system will be sum
of progressive score, failing that
two players may qualify, with sum of
opponents’ grades being used as a
further tiebreak if necessary.
Any entry fee reduction is as
decided by the event organisers.
If the qualifier does not play,
the place can only be offered to a
player on the same score, who did
not qualify because of tiebreak.
Those players who did not qualify
because of this rule, or because of
the tiebreak will be placed on a
reserve list. Substitution for an
extra place created due to a tie on
sum of progressive score is limited
to players who also tied on sum of
progressive scores.
