Sections

Submitted by admin on Sun, 10/19/2025 - 13:07

Section entry details

Section - name of the section, eg Open, Major
Entry Fee - entry fee for that section - used when adding up what they pay
grade Limit - grade limit of the section. It doesn't stop them from entering since their grade at the time of the congress could be different to their grade now but it generates a warning that the congress organiser can look out for
Rating - eg FIDE rated or National (ECF or Chess Scotland) - This setting determines the order in which ratings are looked at to determine the tourny rating column (this order can be viewed within the admin link on the left hand side). In the case of FIDE ratings it also causes some text to appear regards FIDE registration. It is also the rating that is used to check if someone is under the rating limit for a section or not. See below for an explanation of the possible settings.
Rate - rate of play eg standard or blitz
Rounds - determines how many rounds appear in the half point bye selector
Byes - number of half point byes the entrant is allowed to ask for
Age - age limit for junior sections
Grp - groups of sections which occur at the same time. So if the flag to allow entry of multiple sections is checked then sections from different groups (which don't occur at the same time) can be entered.
Delete - if this is checked when the update congress button is pressed then the section is removed.

For English Congresses the possible ratings for each section are:

Sept - The September ECF Rating
Aug - The August ECF Rating
Jan - The January ECF Rating
Monthly - The latest available ECF monthly Rating. The latest available original monthly rating.
Live - The latest available revised ECF rating( changes daily)
FIDE - The latest available FIDE rating (updated each month)
Online - The latest available online rating ( changes daily )
None - Not rated.

For Scottish Congresses:

congress/*/sections

Congress org UK