How common is automatic award of GM title to national championship winner?

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Brian Towers
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How common is automatic award of GM title to national championship winner?

Post by Brian Towers » Wed Jul 25, 2018 9:56 am

At the bottom of the list of decisions of the latest FIDE Presidential Board meeting I note:
2PB-2018/50. To award winner of Arab Chess Championship place in World Cup from 2019 and the GM title. 2nd & 3rd place to receive IM title, all titles depending on recommendation of QC on minimum rating required.

2PB-2018/51. The winner of the Arab Women’s Championship will qualify for the 64 player Women’s World Championship from 2020 and the WGM title. 2nd & 3rd place to receive WIM title, all titles depending on recommendation of QC on minimum rating required.
National championships are norm events irrespective of the number of foreign players, but do any of them qualify for the GM or WGM title outright?
Ah, but I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now.

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Re: How common is automatic award of GM title to national championship winner?

Post by LawrenceCooper » Wed Jul 25, 2018 10:07 am

Brian Towers wrote:
Wed Jul 25, 2018 9:56 am
At the bottom of the list of decisions of the latest FIDE Presidential Board meeting I note:
2PB-2018/50. To award winner of Arab Chess Championship place in World Cup from 2019 and the GM title. 2nd & 3rd place to receive IM title, all titles depending on recommendation of QC on minimum rating required.

2PB-2018/51. The winner of the Arab Women’s Championship will qualify for the 64 player Women’s World Championship from 2020 and the WGM title. 2nd & 3rd place to receive WIM title, all titles depending on recommendation of QC on minimum rating required.
National championships are norm events irrespective of the number of foreign players, but do any of them qualify for the GM or WGM title outright?
I'm not aware of any national championships that qualify for FIDE titles based on finishing position in that tournament.

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Re: How common is automatic award of GM title to national championship winner?

Post by Roger de Coverly » Wed Jul 25, 2018 10:12 am

Brian Towers wrote:
Wed Jul 25, 2018 9:56 am
National championships are norm events irrespective of the number of foreign players, but do any of them qualify for the GM or WGM title outright?
The practice of awarding titles to the winners of zonal or sub-zonal championships has become commonplace. I don't think any national championships have that privilege.

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Re: How common is automatic award of GM title to national championship winner?

Post by David Sedgwick » Wed Jul 25, 2018 10:16 am

Brian Towers wrote:
Wed Jul 25, 2018 9:56 am
National championships are norm events irrespective of the number of foreign players, but do any of them qualify for the GM or WGM title outright?
Not to the best of my knowledge.

However, where the Federation is a Zone in its own right, the winner would qualify for the IM / WIM title subject to the special rating requirement (200 points below the normal rating requirement).

See http://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html? ... ew=article (look for Sub-Continental Individual).

The Federations which are Zones are Russia, Ukraine, USA, Canada, China and India. With the possible exception of Canada, I would have thought it unlikely that the National Champion would not be at least an IM / WIM.

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Re: How common is automatic award of GM title to national championship winner?

Post by NickFaulks » Wed Jul 25, 2018 10:51 pm

David Sedgwick wrote:
Wed Jul 25, 2018 10:16 am
See http://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html? ... ew=article (look for Sub-Continental Individual).
Subzones also apply, and they can be found ( you do need to know where to look ) at

http://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html? ... ew=article

This means that you can add Cuba, Mexico and Colombia, though only in World Cup selection years.

It think it is fair to say that these are the result of geographical accidents. As is Canada, of course.
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Re: How common is automatic award of GM title to national championship winner?

Post by Alex Holowczak » Thu Jul 26, 2018 12:03 pm

NickFaulks wrote:
Wed Jul 25, 2018 10:51 pm
David Sedgwick wrote:
Wed Jul 25, 2018 10:16 am
See http://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html? ... ew=article (look for Sub-Continental Individual).
Subzones also apply, and they can be found ( you do need to know where to look ) at

http://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html? ... ew=article

This means that you can add Cuba, Mexico and Colombia, though only in World Cup selection years.

It think it is fair to say that these are the result of geographical accidents. As is Canada, of course.
The zones do seem to be quite random in some areas, often combining places without any geographical or historical connection or links. Why aren't Colombia and Venezuela in either 2.4 or 2.5? What geographical connection do Azerbaijan, Moldova and Belarus share in common in 1.8? Why is Israel in 1.2b? Why is Slovenia in 1.2a rather than 1.2b?

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Re: How common is automatic award of GM title to national championship winner?

Post by David Sedgwick » Thu Jul 26, 2018 1:53 pm

Alex Holowczak wrote:
Thu Jul 26, 2018 12:03 pm
The zones do seem to be quite random in some areas, often combining places without any geographical or historical connection or links. Why aren't Colombia and Venezuela in either 2.4 or 2.5? What geographical connection do Azerbaijan, Moldova and Belarus share in common in 1.8? Why is Israel in 1.2b? Why is Slovenia in 1.2a rather than 1.2b?
This is particularly true in the case of the African Zones. The meetings of the African Chess Federation and of the FIDE General Assembly at the Batumi Congress will be considering proposals to reorganise them along the lines of the Regions of the African Union.

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