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A series of 10 player all play alls open
to all players as follows:-
Groups and pairings have
now been published.
The Masters
will offer players the opportunity to play for an IM norm and is
open to players rated 2050 or above, or those who have qualified via
the Challengers. Players will be placed into
groups of approximately equal strength.
The Challengers is open to players rated
over 1900, or graded above 150 ECF, or qualified from a previous
Major.
Players will be placed in groups
of approximately equal strength.
The winner of each challengers
section will
qualify for a future Masters event free of charge.
The Major
is open to all players rated
below 2000 (or unrated players graded below 170 ECF) who want
to play 9 competitive FIDE rated games of chess in a friendly atmosphere with the
opportunity to gain those all important rating points or obtain their first ever
FIDE rating.
Players will be placed in groups
according to rating / grade so that all the players in a group are
of a similar strength.
In an all play
all, all games are FIDE
rated, even if unrated players take part (this is unique to all play alls).
Unrated players
will obtain a full FIDE rating just by playing in this one event.*
*By playing in this event, an unrated player will be
assured of achieving a full FIDE rating as long as all the unrated players score
at least a 1 point.
FIDE ratings now go down to 1201 so it is realistic for any player graded 60 ECF
or above to obtain a FIDE rating.
All of these FIDE rated all play
alls are set in the same great hotel as the
Sunningdale
weekend congresses.
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