OLYMPIAD
Participation in the Chess Olympiad should be one of the highest aspirations of all chess players, since this allows the player to represent their country on the world stage. To encourage participation and to ensure that the best players are selected to form the Olympiad teams, a rigorous, fair and transparent process is being implemented.
Guyana has participated in the last three Olympiads. Here is the performance of the Open team
2014
Placed 160th out of 173 countries
2016
Placed 164th out of 171 countries
2018
Placed 138th out of 185 countries
FIDE Rating for Caribbean Region
Country |
Players on FIDE rating List |
Population Size |
Players per 100,00 population |
Players rated 2000 and above |
Barbados |
142 |
300,000 |
4.73 |
21 |
Surinam |
148 |
600,000 |
2.47 |
12 |
T&T |
216 |
1,400,000 |
1.54 |
25 |
Jamaica |
246 |
3,000,000 |
0.82 |
30 |
Guyana |
35 |
800,000 |
0.44 |
0 |
TOTAL |
787 |
6,100,000 |
1.29 |
88 |

The Grand Prix System
The Grand Prix system being implemented is meant to ensure that the process of the team selection is publicized and marketed to the chess community and the public well in advance of the Olympiad. However, given the relatively short time before the next Olympiad in August 2020, the period of notification and education efforts to the local chess community is less than what would be desired in ideal circumstances.
To help to overcome this deficiency the GCF will undertake an aggressive campaign to educate and market the system, in addition for the first four (4) preliminary tournaments, only the best three performances by players will be counted. This will reduce the disadvantage that some players would have otherwise faced if they miss participating in the first Grand Prix tournament.
The Qualification Process
To qualify for selection on the respective teams (Open or Women), regular and consistent participation by those hopeful of making the team will be required. Consistent performers will be rewarded since the aggregate of the players’ performances over the two (2) year cycle will be used. During this shortened period before the 2020 Olympiad (only ten clear months remain), Olympiad Grand Prix points will be awarded based on players’ performances in six (6) tournaments
The tournaments will consist of one (1) set of four (4) ‘preliminary’ tournaments, the 2020 National Qualification tournament and the 2020 National Championships.
Two of the Preliminary tournaments will be played on the weekends and two will be played on weekdays only.
This is to allow for players who may not be able to play on weekends as well as those players who find weekend games more convenient.
For the Preliminary tournaments, players will be credited for their three best performances only. If a player participates in all four tournaments only their three best performances will count.
For example if a player plays in all four tournaments and place 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 1st respectively, their performance in the third preliminary tournament where they placed 5th will not count. They will receive Grand prix points for their performance in the 1st, 2nd and 4th tournaments only.
Those qualifying for selection to the teams will be the five (5) players with the highest Gran Prix points accumulated at the end of the 2020 National Championships.
The Defending Champions (Open and Women) will automatically be awarded an additional 30 points since they are not required to participate in the National Qualifiers,
For the Preliminary tournaments, players will be credited for their three best performances only. For clarity if a player participates in all four tournaments only their three best performances will count.
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Preliminary Tournaments |
National Qualifiers 2020 |
National Championship 2020 |
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GP 1 |
GP 2 |
GP 3 |
GP 4 |
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Fide Rated |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
# of rounds |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
Time Control |
90 min + 30secs per move |
90 min + 30secs per move |
90 min + 30secs per move |
90 min + 30secs per move |
90 min + 30secs per move |
90 min + 30secs per move |
PLACE ACHIEVED |
|
POINTS AWARDED |
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|
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1st |
22 |
22 |
22 |
22 |
30 |
40 |
2nd |
17 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
23 |
30 |
3rd |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
18 |
22 |
4th |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
15 |
18 |
5th |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
12 |
15 |
6th |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
9 |
12 |
7th |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
7 |
10 |
8th |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
8 |
9th |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
10th |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
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84 |
84 |
84 |
84 |
125 |
167 |
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