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British Chess Federation

Eligibility of Games for Grading

Games can only be graded if they are played under acceptable conditions, with clocks. Lightning and Correspondence games are excluded.

2001/2002 Season (this Grading List)

The conditions for eligibility used in the 2001/2002 season for the production of this Grading List were as follows:

• The FIDE Laws of Chess are used.
• At least a thirty-move session is played at a speed no faster than an average of 2 minutes a move for a standard play game.
• When an accelerated finish is applied, it is played at a speed no faster than an average of 1 minute per move.
• When quickplay (allegro) finish is applied, at least 10 minutes extra are allowed to each player after a session of 40 moves or more and at least 15 minutes extra are allowed to each player after a session of 30 moves or more.
• Where each player has to complete all his moves in a fixed time, the fixed time is not less than 1¼ hours for standard play games and 25 minutes for rapid play games. This can be reduced for tournaments that consist solely of younger players.
• Where Fischer (cumulative) mode is used, at least 30 seconds is added for each move for standard play games and 10 seconds for rapid play games.

2002/2003 Season

For the 2002/2003 season, I have aligned the conditions for eligibility of BCF Grading with the FIDE regulations for rating. I have also taken the opportunity to simplify the BCF Grading eligibility conditions. As a consequence the following eligibility conditions will be in force for events from June 6^th 2002 onwards:

The FIDE Laws of Chess are used.

One of the following rates of play is complied with:

By prior agreement with the Director of Grading the time limits in condition (b) may be reduced for tournaments that consist solely of younger players. If the rate of play for any event is the maximum for Rapid Play then, by prior agreement with the Director, it may be graded as Standard Play.