British Championship Congress 2022

Details of upcoming UK events, please provide working links if possible.
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Re: British Championship Congress 2022

Post by David Sedgwick » Mon Feb 07, 2022 10:26 pm

NickFaulks wrote:
Mon Feb 07, 2022 11:53 am
But they are not supposed to post here!
Michael Farthing wrote:
Mon Feb 07, 2022 6:55 pm
No Nick, but they can ask you (or me for that matter) to do it for them :-)
They don't need to post on here. They just need to post definite information on the ECF website.

I have been told that the arrival day for the Olympiad will be 25th July rather than 26th July, but that is not an issue for the dates of the British Championship.

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Re: British Championship Congress 2022

Post by David Sedgwick » Fri Feb 11, 2022 10:12 pm

Greg Breed wrote:
Sun Feb 06, 2022 3:05 pm
David Sedgwick wrote:
Sun Feb 06, 2022 2:54 pm
Greg Breed wrote:
Sun Feb 06, 2022 2:36 pm
Some 3 months since an update to the British Chess Championships calendar. Those of us looking to enter the graded sections are left in limbo unable to know what week we are in. If they don't get their act together sharpish there won't be any graded sections players as there will be nowhere viable to stay! Get a move on whoever is in charge that. That's where the bulk of the entry fees come from!
I suggest that you email Shohreh Bayat and Nigel Towers directly.

https://www.englishchess.org.uk/about/ecf-officials/
Done. Lets see what happens.
I have been informed this evening that the schedule for the British Championships will be published next week.

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Re: British Championship Congress 2022

Post by JustinHorton » Fri Feb 11, 2022 10:15 pm

Hmm. I was informed on Monday that it would be published this week
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Re: British Championship Congress 2022

Post by David Gilbert » Wed Feb 16, 2022 12:38 pm

Well the Schedule is out at last. But a bit disappointing for some players in the Rated sections, which are set in the same bands for both weeks and a Weekender with an Open, then a big drop to U1700 (nee 133) and U1500 (nee 107). The blurb refers to rating bands down to U1600, but the Schedule stretches to U1450. And important for many of us, which month will be used to determine ratings?
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Re: British Championship Congress 2022

Post by Roger de Coverly » Wed Feb 16, 2022 12:51 pm

I see the Major Open has been dumbed down to 90 30. I don't see why it cannot follow the same schedule as the parallel British Champiomship. Move rates for the Seniors Championships are not stated.
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Re: British Championship Congress 2022

Post by NickFaulks » Wed Feb 16, 2022 1:00 pm

Roger de Coverly wrote:
Wed Feb 16, 2022 12:51 pm
I see the Major Open has been dumbed down to 90 30.
That is indeed inexplicable. Could it be a mistake?
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Re: British Championship Congress 2022

Post by JustinHorton » Wed Feb 16, 2022 3:16 pm

David Gilbert wrote:
Wed Feb 16, 2022 12:38 pm
We’ll the Schedule is out at last.
Although the British Championship section still says
(note that the dates may be subject to change depending on final schedule for the FIDE Olympiad)
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Re: British Championship Congress 2022

Post by NickFaulks » Wed Feb 16, 2022 3:46 pm

NickFaulks wrote:
Wed Feb 16, 2022 1:00 pm
Roger de Coverly wrote:
Wed Feb 16, 2022 12:51 pm
I see the Major Open has been dumbed down to 90 30.
That is indeed inexplicable. Could it be a mistake?
I have checked, and it is indeed a mistake in the form which will be corrected. You only have to ask!
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Re: British Championship Congress 2022

Post by Wadih Khoury » Wed Feb 16, 2022 3:55 pm

Qualification to the British Championship includes:
Section F – Qualification from the British Championship Qualifying Grand Prix The rules for the Grand Prix can be found in a separate document. Players’ scores in the British Grand Prix are determined based on an aggregate points system, with points awarded for players’ results across all Open FIDE-rated tournaments held in England, Guernsey, Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Scotland, Ulster, Wales between 1st August 2019 and 31st May 2022.
But the Grand Prix page says it has not resumed. Is this qualification route dead then or the page simply needs to be updated.

Also, I am not sure I understand the calculation method:
In a Standard Play event the member’s Grand Prix points are calculated as – percentage score in the event, with any fraction of a percent ignored; plus the number of games played in that event (up to a maximum of 11).
So if you get 50% in a 9 round event, you score 0.5+9=9.5 points?
Or 50+9=59 points?

Finally where can we see the current leaderboard and the likely cutoff required?

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Re: British Championship Congress 2022

Post by Roger de Coverly » Wed Feb 16, 2022 4:14 pm

Wadih Khoury wrote:
Wed Feb 16, 2022 3:55 pm
Finally where can we see the current leaderboard and the likely cutoff required?

Running to a cut off date of 30th April or 31st May makes more sense than what they did previously of using 31st July. There was never much, if any, publicity of the scores.

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Re: British Championship Congress 2022

Post by NickFaulks » Wed Feb 16, 2022 4:17 pm

Wadih Khoury wrote:
Wed Feb 16, 2022 3:55 pm
So if you get 50% in a 9 round event, you score 0.5+9=9.5 points?
Or 50+9=59 points?
That part must be easy. If you score 50 per cent, then your percentage score can only be 50.
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Re: British Championship Congress 2022

Post by Wadih Khoury » Wed Feb 16, 2022 4:23 pm

NickFaulks wrote:
Wed Feb 16, 2022 4:17 pm
Wadih Khoury wrote:
Wed Feb 16, 2022 3:55 pm
So if you get 50% in a 9 round event, you score 0.5+9=9.5 points?
Or 50+9=59 points?
That part must be easy. If you score 50 per cent, then your percentage score can only be 50.
Thanks. It's my mathematics which got in the way as 50% is 0.5!

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Re: British Championship Congress 2022

Post by Mike Gunn » Thu Feb 17, 2022 11:34 am

Roger de Coverly wrote:
Wed Feb 16, 2022 12:51 pm
I see the Major Open has been dumbed down to 90 30. I don't see why it cannot follow the same schedule as the parallel British Champiomship. Move rates for the Seniors Championships are not stated.
This has now been corrected on the website. The Major Open and the Seniors events are now all shown as having the same time limits as the main event.

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Re: British Championship Congress 2022

Post by LawrenceCooper » Thu Feb 17, 2022 3:23 pm

Wadih Khoury wrote:
Wed Feb 16, 2022 3:55 pm

So if you get 50% in a 9 round event, you score 0.5+9=9.5 points?
Or 50+9=59 points?
0.5*9=4.5 points

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Re: British Championship Congress 2022

Post by Andrew Zigmond » Sat Feb 19, 2022 2:11 am

The rated tournaments (one each week) are now seven rounds across five days. I've decided (work and accommodation permitting) to play the first week and then finish with the weekender. In recent years I've always enjoyed weekender cause and then a more leisurely one afternoon game a day.

I did toy with pitching myself in for the Major Open but maybe next year. And hey, only a decade before I'm eligible for the Over 50s - that came around quick!
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