Is it legal?

[soheil_hooshdaran]

Hello.
Is it legal that we organize a (rapid) rated event and regiater it only after it takes place?

[IM Jack Rudd]

It's certainly against FIDE regulations. It might end up being rated if FIDE are very kind to you.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

It's certainly against FIDE regulations. It might end up being rated if FIDE are very kind to you.

So what are the possible penalties?

[Roger de Coverly]

So what are the possible penalties?

The national Federations are the gatekeepers for FIDE rating. One obvious penalty is that the tournament doesn't get rated.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

Any other penalties?

[David Sedgwick]

Hello.
Is it legal that we organize a (rapid) rated event and regiater it only after it takes place?

You would have to have very convincing reasons for not having registered it seven days in advance, as the regulations require. FIDE are concerned that Federations might only submit tournaments for rating when the results suited them.

A few years ago the organiser of a tournament for which I was the arbiter forgot to register it. It took many hours of my time to sort it out, including submitting the entry form to show that we had intended it to be rated and press cuttings to show that it had taken place as we claimed,

Don't try it, please.

[David Sedgwick]

So what are the possible penalties?

If a Federation regularly tried to register tournaments only after they had taken place, I imagine that FIDE would be likely not to allow them to submit any events for rating.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

Hello.
Is it legal that we organize a (rapid) rated event and regiater it only after it takes place?

You would have to have very convincing reasons for not having registered it seven days in advance, as the regulations require. FIDE are concerned that Federations might only submit tournaments for rating when the results suited them.

A few years ago the organiser of a tournament for which I was the arbiter forgot to register it. It took many hours of my time to sort it out, including submitting the entry form to show that we had intended it to be rated and press cuttings to show that it had taken place as we claimed,

Don't try it, please.

Like what convincing reasons sir?

[John McKenna]

Why not say what reasons you think you could possibly have for not registering in advance!?

Then it would be possible to say if they might be convincing, or not.

[David Sedgwick]

Hello.
Is it legal that we organize a (rapid) rated event and regiater it only after it takes place?

You would have to have very convincing reasons for not having registered it seven days in advance, as the regulations require. FIDE are concerned that Federations might only submit tournaments for rating when the results suited them.

A few years ago the organiser of a tournament for which I was the arbiter forgot to register it. It took many hours of my time to sort it out, including submitting the entry form to show that we had intended it to be rated and press cuttings to show that it had taken place as we claimed,

Don't try it, please.

Like what convincing reasons sir?

The circumstances would need to be exceptional. An example would be if the Rating Officer had been unable to register the event because he was in hospital.

I have the same difficulty as John McKenna. I can't see why an organiser would not be willing to register a tournament in advance.