Prizes
Trophies will be awarded for:
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Top Girl
...in each Age-Division with a minimum of 4 players (2 girls minimum for Top Girl to be awarded).
Each player is entitled to ONE cash prize and ONE trophy prize – those being the highest he/she is eligible for. Placing 1st in any age-group is better than 2nd in any age-group and older age groups are better than lower.
In the case of ties on points scored we use the Bonus countback system (sum of opponents’ scores). This is also known as “Bucholz”. If available we will give an encouragement award to any player who misses out on a trophy only by countback.
Occasionally there will also be "lucky-prizes" or even cash prizes. Check the event-by-event details for all extras.
End Of Year Prizes
At the end of the year we take the best 4 results that each player has achieved in an RJ Shield, add the best 4 scores together to count towards a prize.
Annual Prizes will be awarded in 4 categories:
a) Best Primary Student (u/12)
b) Best Junior Secondary Student (u/14)
c) Best Secondary Student (u/18)
d) Best Girl
The prize will be a chess book plus a 1-hour private lesson from RJ (International Master Robert Jamieson of shield fame) himself!
End of Year Prizes (click here to view the progress scores so far) will be based on best 4 results only.
Certificates
Certificates will be awarded to every player on the following basis:
High Distinction 6.0 points or more
Distinction 5.5 or 5.0 points
Credit 4.5 or 4.0 points
Participation 3.5 or below
Example of Prizes Awarded
Eg. Final Results and prizes allocated
1. Name a Under 12 7.0 1st Open
2. Name b Under 14 6.5 1st Under 14
3. Name c Under 14 6.0 2nd Open
4. Name d Under 12 6.0 1st Under 12
5. Name e Under 8 5.0 1st Under 10
6. Name f Under 10 5.0 2nd Under 14
7. Name g Under 11 4.5 2nd Under 12
8. Name h Under 12 4.5 Encouragement
9. Name I Under 8 3.0 1st Under 8
10. Name j Under 7 2.0 2nd Under 10
Trophies Available (ranked in order)
1st Open
1st Under 14
1st Under 12
1st Under 10
1st Under 8
2nd Open
2nd Under 14
2nd Under 12
2nd Under 10
Encouragement Award