Delaware Valley Grand Prix
Rules - Prizes for 2010 - 2011
| 1. Delaware Valley Grand Prix (DVGP) tournaments are announced, USCF rated swiss scholastic Open, K-12 events held from October 2010 thru May 2011. Prizes will be given out at the Philadelphia Cup tournament (this event is not a Grand Prix event). At least five DVGP tournaments shall be held. Events must be standard 3-5 round swiss system G/30 or slower, USCF rated events. |
| 2. DVGP events must either be in Chess Life, posted on our web site, or sent to the entire "DVGP" e-mail list at least four weeks before the event, to allow fairness in participation possibilities. Anyone wishing to get on this e-mail list must request it, and will then be added. |
| 3. DVGP events must donate 10% of their gross revenues toward end-of-the-year Grand Prix prizes. 100% of Grand Prix revenues will be spent on end-of-the-year prizes. The MasterMinds CC will administer the Grand Prix account; all DVGP organizers should forward the 10% to the MasterMinds CC within 2 weeks of the completion of their event. |
| 4. The DVGP events will have 1-4 sections based on the format of several national scholastic chess tournaments. If a DVGP event has more than one section, the 2-4 section events shall have the same sections all year. For the 2010 – 2011 season, the suggested sections will be K-3, K-6, K-8, and K-12. DVGP events with Uxxx ratings will be scored to the equivalent sections noted above. For example; K-3 U500 would be equal to K-3, K-6 U750 would be equal to K-6, U1100 would be equal to K-8, and an Open would be equal to K-12. Each Grand Prix section must have at least nominal prizes for winners in various categories of the organizers choice. A suggestion of at least "Top 2" in each section, or four prizes overall be made; additional small prizes like ribbons or medallions are also encouraged. Prizes should equate with the entry fee, with a low entry fee (about $15 per player, never more than $25 at the door) suggested. |
| 5. Players accumulate DVGP points as follows: 1 point for a win, 0.5 points for a draw, and 0.25 points for a played loss. Any "Odd player" Byes and forfeit wins count as wins. Withdrawn games or other games not played for reasons other than "odd player" count as 0. If there are 3 sections, players playing in an Open section get 2 extra points per event and in the K-8 1 extra point to account for the likely more difficult competition, and consequent relative difficulty in scoring points. If two sections, then the upper section players get 1 extra point for the event. |
| 6. DVGP events are greatly encouraged to give out team (school and club) prizes as part of the event. Whether team prizes are given or not, teams accumulate DVGP points as follows: If 4-7 players from the same school play at least half the games in an event (all sections added together), that school gets 1 point; if 8-11 play in the event, the school gets 2 points, if 12 or more 3 points. DVGP points are thus based on competition, and not games won, etc. If more than one team has the same number of DVGP points for the tournament, the first tiebreak for trophy awards is number of players. The second tiebreak is individual DVGP points. For example, if there is a DVGP trophy for best school at a tournament and your school brings 7 and nobody else brings more than 6, then your school team gets the trophy and 1 GP point, and all other teams that had 4-6 players get 1 DVGP point. In a given DVGP year, before their first event, a player shall designate a school or club for which they wish to represent that year and that may not be changed during the year unless they are representing their school and they change schools. Note: both school and club team prizes are encouraged, and the organizer should probably make them separate team prizes for larger events. |
| 7. For the 2010 – 2011 season, DVGP events will only be organized by the MasterMinds Chess Club – Brad Crable – DVGP Director, Huntingdon Valley Chess Society Juniors’ Bob Lakata, and After School Activities Partnerships’ Windsor Jordan. |
| 8. A player competes for DVGP prizes under the October official USCF ratings during the year. An unrated player competes for prizes with their first unofficial or official rating. Note that most prizes are rating independent. Note: This has no effect on normal event prizes; prizes during each event shall be based upon the latest official USCF ratings as in any other tournament. |
| 9. Multiple division schools like Masterman and Germantown Friends, etc. have to play as a K-6, K-8, or K-12 Elementary, Middle School, and High School teams, and not as one group for trophy purposes. |
| 10. DVGP points will be awarded according to the rules set forth in this document. Any questions as to the application of these rules can be addressed with the Director of the DVGP who will make the final decision. |
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