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Grading Deadline 2016 Grand Prix and printed list - Douglas Bryson - 23-06-2016
Grading Deadline 2015-2016
The 2015-16 grading year finishes on June 30, 2016. The July 1, 2016 set of FIDE international data will be imported and included in player results for this season. The Grand Prix 2015-16 finishes with the 2016 Scottish Championships in Glasgow. The data will be used for the Grand Prix only and will not be processed for grading for 2015-16 season. The 2016 Scottish Championships will be the first event of the new 2016-17 season and will use new season grades when the data is processed.
The next upload is scheduled for Friday July 1 (or slightly later if the FIDE data is not immediately available).
There will be a period of checking data in July before the new season is created. If there are any missing results, or corrections to results, junior ages, spellings or player club affiliations please send asap - <!-- e --><a href="mailto:grading@chessscotland.com">grading@chessscotland.com</a><!-- e -->. There may be one final update in July to reflect these corrections if received after July 1.
Thanks to all who have supplied grading data and information this season. Thanks to grading system programmers Gordon Rattray and Andrew McHarg.
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Grading List 2016-2017
The 2014 Chess Scotland AGM and follow up Council meetings discussed cost saving measures with regard to the printing of the Grading List. The online display of grading information has meant that sales of the book have declined sharply in recent years.
Last season we started a new policy that there is no longer a printed grading book sent out automatically to all graders, tournament organisers, officials etc. A complimentary copy of the book will however be sent out free of charge in PDF format.
Some players and officials have indicated they would still like to be able to use the printed grading list. To satisfy these requests we will make a shorter print run of the grading List but only for copies which have been purchased in advance. That way we minimise printing costs on potentially unsold copies.
If you would like to order a copy of the printed Grading List please buy a copy before August 1 2016 by using the online form here <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.chessscotland.com/membership/membership.htm">http://www.chessscotland.com/membership/membership.htm</a><!-- m -->
The charge is £5 and includes postage. The size of the print run will be determined by the number of orders taken by that date. The book will be printed up in early August and posted out to purchasers. There will only be a very limited number of books available for purchase after this date.
Re: Grading Deadline 2016 Grand Prix and printed list - Jonathan Livingstone - 30-06-2016
Douglas Bryson Wrote:Thanks to all who have supplied grading data and information this season. Thanks to grading system programmers Gordon Rattray and Andrew McHarg.
Hi Dougie, thanks to you also as well as the rest of the grading team. As an area grader for the last 2 or 3 years you were brilliant when I started off, and ever since really. Questions are always dealt with quickly and helpfully. Data is always uploaded quickly. The grading system is very good also and works well in my opinion, aided of course by good volunteers.