FIDE All Play All Gradings

[Mike Scott]

As to fairness. The current rules are straight forward enough that players know which games will count

My use of 'unfair' was perhaps not quite the correct term. Just that it was tough to have your only wins in an event discounted because the opponents you beat do not have a grade.

As with most 'unfair' things in life they tend to even out over time - last year J. benefited from having a win against am unrated player being counted as it was an APA (E2E4 Sunningdale Aug. 2011], and this year it worked against him because he lost to an unrated player [Gatwick Aug. 2012]. When I say against or for him I really only me in terms of calculating his grade.