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1) Is there an age limitation for each grade for the Canada Chess Challenge?
2) Can players play in a higher grade section if they choose to? For example, a Grade 5 plays in the Grade 10 section?
Michael
Last edited by Michael Lo; Thursday, 5th May, 2011, 09:01 PM.
1) Is there an age limitation for each grade for the Canada Chess Challenge?
2) Can players play in a higher grade section if they choose to? For example, a Grade 5 plays in the Grade 10 section?
Michael
At the local, regional and provincial levels a player must play according to their school grade.
Sometimes, when it comes time to field a team at the Nationals, a province may have to place a player in a higher grade as they could not find a representative from that grade. Obviously this is not the ideal situation but the alternatives are worse in our opinion.
No hurry, but interested to know more about the age limit rules. Thanks again.
Michael
Hi Michael,
We lost our computer guru (Yves Casaubon...an awesome guy!) to stomach cancer a couple of years ago and while we are moving along, some things are not as seamless as they have been in the past. Anyway, I did a google search and found our rules on this:
CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE
Eligibilty Rules
Approved at the annual meeting of Provincial Coordinators in Toronto on May 20, 2001
1. Each provincial team consists of twelve players, one in each school grade. Except as noted in rule 6, players must compete in their own grade.
2. All players must be residents of the province they represent (at the time of their provincial championship).
3. Age restrictions are based on a player's age as of the preceding January 1 (same year as national finals). Grade 1 participants must be under 9 years old; grade 2 - under 10; grade 3 - under 11; ... ; grade 12 - under 20.
4. All players should be selected by qualification at a grade-based provincial championship tournament.
5. Kindergarten (or younger) children may not participate in grade 1 at the national or provincial level. Provinces may have a separate kindergarten section at their provincial tournament, but the winner of this section does not qualify for the national finals.
6. If the provincial grade champion is unable to attend the nationals, or declines to attend, the runner-up (in the same grade) qualifies. If the runner-up declines, qualification then passes to the 3rd place finisher, then the 4th, etc. As a last resort, if no player in the correct grade can be found to participate, then qualification goes to the runner-up in the next lower grade, and then the 3rd place finisher in the next lower grade, etc. These players are eligible for prizes at the national finals.
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