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The Megafinal of the UK Chess Challenge
Introduction
These pages are here to help promote the UK Chess Challenge competition.
They are intended to give you an idea of what to expect if you’ve never taken part before.
To qualify for the Megafinal, you need to compete in a competition held in either school or junior chess club.
If you are not already familiar with how to qualify for the Megafinal, you may like to check the Schools & Clubs page.
The Megafinal
If you have qualified for the Megafinal, well done!
If you haven't reached the Megafinal yet, this is what happens when you get there.
In your school or club competition you played one game a week.
That meant it could take a long time to find out if you qualified for the Megafinal.
In the Megafinal, all your games are played in just one day.
So you will know if you have qualified for the next stage (the Gigafinal) before you go home.
If you have been practicing and tried to learn from your mistakes, you should do well.
What happens?
The Megafinal you go to should be held some time between late April and early June.
You will normally play six games of chess.
There will be a break for refreshments etc after each game.
You score
- 1 point if you win,
- ½ point if you draw, or
- 0 points if you were beaten, or you were absent from that game.
Once all the games have finished, who goes through to the Gigafinal?
In each age group,
- The top boy becomes the Supremo, and qualifies for the Gigafinal.
- The top girl becomes the Suprema, and qualifies for the Gigafinal.
- If you don't finish top in your age group but you did score at least 4 points, you qualify for the Gigafinal as well.
Successful players who take part in the Leek Megafinal qualify for the Northern Gigifinal.
Tie-breakers
There can only be one Supremo and Suprema in each age group.
If there is a tie for first place after the end of the final round, the organisers use a tie-breaker to decide who receives the title.
- If you win the tie-breaker, you receive the relevant title and qualify for the Gigafinal.
- If you lose the tie-breaker, you only qualify for the Gigafinal if you scored at least 4 points.
It is very disappointing to do so well but not qualify, but those are the rules.
What happens when I get to the Gigafinal and Terafinal?
Well, that's another story!
Good chess!
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This is what happens if you are part of a Megafinal tie-breaker.
If you are part of the tie-breaker, the organisers will make a list of your total scores after each round of the Megafinal.
They then add all those figures together.
The total is called your "Sum of progressive scores".
They do the same for all the players involved in the tie-breaker, giving each one their own "Sum of progressive scores".
The player with the highest total becomes the winner and receives the title Supremo or Suprema.
If there is still a tie for first place after using the "Sum of progressive scores", the tied players will normally play one or more chess games to decide the winner.
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The age groups in the UK Chess Challenge competition are:
Under 7, Under 8, Under 9, Under 10, Under 11, Under 12, Under 13, Under 14, Under 15, Under 16, Under 17 and Under 18.
For 2009, your age will be based on how old you are at midnight at the end of 31st August, 2008.
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