Congress Terms & Conditions
Here you'll find all the essential details regarding eligibility, grading, discounts for the 56th Rhyl Chess Congress 2025.
Grading and eligibility
ECF Gold or above members can have their games ECF graded for free by notifying the GPA administrator, via the online form on the ECF site under "Rating".
Please give a week's notice.
The GPA administrator's email address is: gpa@englishchess.org.uk
Grade restricted sections
Eligibility for grade restricted sections will be determined by the August 2025 FIDE/ECF/WCU grading. Conversion to ECF will determine highest rating where one or more ratings exist.
Ungraded players
Players without a grade must provide full information about all results and any grades previously held. Ungraded players will not be eligible for grading prizes, in addition ungraded players may win only half the value of prizes except in the open section.
Junior entrants
Junior entrants must be under 18 on 01/09/2025 to qualify for a £10 discount if entered by 31/08/2025.
Byes
A one half point bye may be claimed only once and only when completing the entry form. Please see the entry form for further details.
Prizes
All prize winners will be contacted soon after the event to arrange for prizes to be awarded. Names will be collected to use on our website for future events.
Open, Major and Inter
1st £350, 2nd £150, 3rd £75 and grading prizes totalling £100
Minor
1st £200, 2nd £100, 3rd £50 and grading prizes totalling £75
All prizes will be guaranteed irrespective of entrant numbers.
