1. Delaware Valley Scholastic Grand Prix (DVGP) tournamnets are announced, Open, K-12 swiss scholastic events held from Sep 1 thru Aug 31 the following year. Prizes are given out at the Greater Philadelphia Scholastic Chess Championship (that event is not a Grand Prix event). DVGP prizes are given out as part of the Greater Philadelphia Scholastic Chess Championship awards ceremony. At least five tournaments shall be held. Events must be regular, G/30 or slower rated games, with a 3-5 round swiss.
2. DVGP events must either be in Chess Life or sent to the entire "DVGP" e-mail list at least three weeks before the event, to allow fairness in participation possibilities. Anyone wishing to get on this e-mail list will be put on the list.
3. DVGP events must donate 10% of their gross revenues toward end-of-the-year Grand Prix prizes. 100% of Grand Prix revenues will be spent on end-of-the-year prizes. Steve McLaughlin will administer the Grand Prix account; all DVGP organizers should forward the 10% to Steve within 2 weeks of the completion of their event.
4. A DVGP swiss may have 1-3 sections. If a DVGP event has more than one sections, the 2-3 section events shall have the same "Under" limit all year. For 2002-2003, the 3-section limits are U750 with a 5th grade upper limit in the lowest section and U1100 in the middle section. Each Grand Prix section must have at least nominal prizes for winners in various categories or the organizers choice. A suggestion of at least "Top 2" in each section, or four prizes overall be made; additional small prizes like ribbons or medallions are also encouraged. Prizes should be commiserate with the entry fee, with a low entry fee (about $10 per player, never more than $20 at the door) suggested.
5. Players accumulate DVGP points as follows: 1 point for a win, 0.5 points for a draw, and 0.25 points for a played loss. Any "Odd player" Byes and forfeit wins count as wins. Withdrawn games or other games not played for reasons other than "odd player" count as 0. If there are 3 sections, players playing in an Open section get 2 extra points per event and in the U1100 1 extra point to account for the likely more difficult competition, and consequent relative difficulty in scoring points. If two sections, then the upper section players get 1 extra point for the event.
6. DVGP events are greatly encouraged to give out team (school and club) prizes as part of the event. Whether team prizes are given or not, teams accumulate DVGP points as follows: If 4-7 players from the same school play at least half the games in an event (all sections added together), that school gets 1 point; if 8-11 or more play in the event, the school gets 2 points, if 12 or more 3 points. DVGP points are thus based on competition, and not games won, etc. If more than one team has the same number of DVGP points for the tournament, the first tiebreak for trophy is number of players. The second tiebreak is individual DVGP points. For example, if there is a DVGP trophy for best school at a tournament and your school brings 7 and nobody else brings more than 6, then your school team gets the trophy and 1 GP point, and all other teams that had 4-6 players get 1 DVGP point. In a given DVGP year, before his first event, a player shall designate a school or club for which he wishes to represent that year and that may not be changed during the year unless he is representing his school and he changes schools. Note: both school and club team prizes are encouraged, and the organizer should probably make them separate team prizes for larger events.
7. For the year, 2002-2003, DVGP events will only be organized by Dr. Ira Riddle, Steve McLaughlin and/or Dan Heisman.
8. A player competes for DVGP prizes under the August official USCF ratings during the year. An unrated player competes for prizes with his first unofficial or official rating. Note that most prizes are rating independent. Note: This has no effect on normal event prizes; prizes during each event shall be based upon the latest official USCF ratings as in any other tournament.
9. Multiple division schools like Masterman and Germantown Academy,
etc. have to play as a K-5, 6-8, or 9-12 Elementary, Middle School, and
High School teams, and not as one group for trophy purposes.
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