JZMC Junior Grand Prix 2024

Players must be 17 or under.

Players must have a JCL rating of at least 500, or 400 for girls.

There will be a limit of 40 players at each leg.

The entry fee for all players is $40 per leg of the tournament.

Free entries for JCL rated 900+ players.

15’ + 5” per move per round. 7 round Swiss running from 12:30pm to 5:30pm.

Each leg trophies will be given to First, Second and Third places as well as Best Girl Prize, Best Performance of lower half and Biggest upset Prize.

Overall top scorers will receive trophies and other prizes.

The top 10 players in each leg will get Grand Prix points, with participation in at least 6 out of 12 legs needed to be counted in overall Grand Prix Scoring.

Position Points
1st 100
2nd 80
3rd 65
4th 50
5th 40
6th 30
7th 20
8th 15
9th 10
10th 5
11th -Last 0

In the event of a tie for 1st through 10th, points are split equally between players. (E.g. four way tie for 4th place, each player will score (50+40+30+20)/4 = 35 points). All point scores are rounded up to the nearest whole number. (e.g. if two players tie for 2nd, they score (80+65)/2 = 72.5, round up to 73 AND in a 20 player tie for 10th place, all players will score 5/20=0.25, round up to 1 point).

At the end of the 12 tournaments, total Grand Prix Scores will be calculated by summing the top 6 Grand Prix scores of each player. The top 20 players will be published.

In the event of tied Grand Prix Scores, rankings will be determined by the following tie breaks: 1. Highest place finish in any tournament (Outright). 2. Number of outright 1st finishes (or 1st on tiebreak). 3. Head to Head scores from the series of 12 tournaments. 4. Raw score from each tournament included in the Grand Prix Scores.

Chief arbiter: Arthur Huynh
JCL supervisor and supporter: Charles Zworestine and Richard Gastineau-Hills
Tournament Director: Jilin Zhang