ACP Survey 2016
Do you have a chess title?
Answer Options Response Percent GM 7.9% WGM 1.0% IM 7.1% WIM 1.0% FM 6.2% WFM 0.6% CM 6.5% WCM 0.2% IO 1.7% IA 4.0% FA 2.4% FI 1.5% FT 1.0% FTS 0.6% ACP Survey 2016
What is your current FIDE rating?
Answer Options Response Percent 2700 + 1.4% 2600-2700 2.3% 2400-2599 8.0% 2000-2399 32.2% 1600-1999 22.0% Under 1600 4.7% I do not have a FIDE rating 29.5% ACP Survey 2016
What is your chess federation?
Answer Options Response Percent Afghanistan 0.2% Albania 0.2% Algeria 0.1% Andorra 0.0% Angola 0.1% Antigua and Barbuda 0.0% Argentina 0.5% Armenia 0.4% Australia 1.8% Austria 0.5% Azerbaijan 0.3% Bahamas 0.1% Bahrain 0.0% Bangladesh 0.3% Barbados 0.3% Belarus 0.4% Belgium 0.7% Belize 0.3% Benin 0.0% Bhutan 0.0% Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.0% Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.4% Botswana 0.0% Brazil 1.1% Brunei Darussalam 0.0% Bulgaria 0.4% Burkina Faso 0.0% Burundi 0.1% Cabo Verde 0.0% Cambodia 0.0% Cameroon 0.0% Canada 3.2% Central African Republic 0.0% Chad 0.0% Chile 0.2% China 0.2% Colombia 0.4% Comoros 0.0% Congo 0.0% Costa Rica 0.2% Côte D'Ivoire 0.0% Croatia 0.3% Cuba 0.2% Cyprus 0.2% Czech Republic 0.8% Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.0% Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.0% Denmark 1.4% Djibouti 0.0% Dominica 0.0% Dominican Republic 0.0% Ecuador 0.1% Egypt 0.0% El Salvador 0.0% Equatorial Guinea 0.0% England 4.9% Eritrea 0.0% Estonia 0.0% Ethiopia 0.0% Fiji 0.0% Finland 0.5% France 4.1% Gabon 0.0% Gambia 0.0% Georgia 0.2% Germany 2.7% Ghana 0.1% Greece 1.2% Grenada 0.0% Guatemala 0.0% Guinea 0.0% Guinea Bissau 0.0% Guyana 0.0% Haiti 0.0% Holy See 0.0% Honduras 0.0% Hungary 0.7% Iceland 0.2% India 7.0% Indonesia 0.1% Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.2% Iraq 0.0% Ireland 0.9% Israel 2.3% Italy 2.2% Jamaica 0.1% Japan 0.2% Jordan 0.0% Kazakhstan 0.6% Kenya 0.0% Kiribati 0.0% Kuwait 0.0% Kyrgyzstan 0.1% Lao People’s Democratic Republic 0.0% Latvia 0.9% Lebanon 0.2% Lesotho 0.0% Liberia 0.0% Libya 0.0% Liechtenstein 0.0% Lithuania 0.4% Luxembourg 0.1% Madagascar 0.0% Malawi 0.1% Malaysia 0.4% Maldives 0.0% Mali 0.0% Malta 0.2% Marshall Islands 0.0% Mauritania 0.0% Mauritius 0.3% Mexico 0.6% Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.0% Monaco 0.0% Mongolia 0.1% Montenegro 0.3% Morocco 0.0% Mozambique 0.0% Myanmar 0.1% Namibia 0.0% Nauru 0.0% Nepal 0.1% Netherlands 2.8% New Zealand 0.9% Nicaragua 0.2% Niger 0.0% Nigeria 0.2% Norway 0.4% Oman 0.0% Pakistan 0.3% Palau 0.1% Panama 0.0% Papua New Guinea 0.0% Paraguay 0.1% Peru 0.1% Philippines 0.4% Poland 1.1% Portugal 0.4% Qatar 0.0% Republic of Korea 0.1% Republic of Moldova 0.0% Romania 1.2% Russian Federation 12.6% Rwanda 0.0% Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.1% Saint Lucia 0.0% Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% Samoa 0.0% San Marino 0.0% Sao Tome and Principe 0.0% Saudi Arabia 0.0% Scotland 1.4% Senegal 0.0% Serbia 0.4% Seychelles 0.1% Sierra Leone 0.0% Singapore 0.5% Slovakia 0.7% Slovenia 0.2% Solomon Islands 0.0% Somalia 0.0% South Africa 0.7% South Sudan 0.0% Spain 1.7% Sri Lanka 0.0% State of Palestine 0.0% Sudan 0.0% Suriname 0.0% Swaziland 0.0% Sweden 1.1% Switzerland 1.1% Syrian Arab Republic 0.0% Tajikistan 0.0% Taiwan 0.0% Thailand 0.0% The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 0.2% Timor-Leste 0.0% Togo 0.0% Tonga 0.0% Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% Tunisia 0.0% Turkey 2.1% Turkmenistan 0.1% Tuvalu 0.0% Uganda 0.1% Ukraine 3.9% United Arab Emirates 0.0% United Republic of Tanzania 0.0% United States of America 16.8% Uruguay 0.1% Uzbekistan 0.4% Vanuatu 0.0% Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.2% Vietnam 0.1% Yemen 0.0% Wales 0.3% Zambia 0.0% Zimbabwe 0.3% ACP Survey 2016
Are you a member to the ACP?
Answer Options Response Percent Yes, I'm a Premium member 4.5% Yes, I'm a Standard member 2.7% Yes, I'm a non-paying Club Member 4.8% No 87.9% ACP Survey 2016
In tournaments other than official FIDE events would you suggest a draw offer to be:
Answer Options Response Percent allowed at any stage of the game 43.9% allowed after 30 moves of the game have been 16.2% completed allowed after 40 moves of the game have been 8.9% completed not allowed at all 6.1% the organizers decide 24.9% ACP Survey 2016
In official FIDE events would you suggest a draw offer to be:
Answer Options Response Percent allowed at any stage of the game 40.3% allowed after 30 moves of the game have been completed 31.8% allowed after 40 moves of the game have been completed 18.1% not allowed at all 9.8% ACP Survey 2016
Should team captains be allowed to advise their players (in the arbiter’s presence) to accept a draw offer?
Answer Options Response Percent yes 64.6% no 35.4% ACP Survey 2016
Should team captains be allowed to advise their players (in the arbiter’s presence) to offer a draw?
Answer Options Response Percent yes 55.0% no 45.0% ACP Survey 2016
Should a draw offer, at a stage when it is allowed, evoke a time penalty in case it is rejected:
Answer Options Response Percent yes 11.3% no 88.7% ACP Survey 2016
In order to avoid premature draws a decade ago it was proposed to allow the opponent of a player offering a draw to demand the sides to switch and then continue the game. Would you be in favour of such a rule?
Answer Options Response Percent Yes 10.1% No 89.9% ACP Survey 2016
Generally speaking, do you prefer to play with increment, when you can accumulate time, or with delay, when you cannot accumulate time?
Answer Options Response Percent increment 83.4% delay 16.6% ACP Survey 2016
In tournaments other than official FIDE events would you prefer in the last phase of the game to play:
Answer Options Response Percent with an increment/delay 86.4% with no increment/delay 13.6% ACP Survey 2016
In games with a time control after a certain number of moves and an increment/delay in the last phase would you suggest to use an increment/delay:
Answer Options Response Percent only in the last phase 32.5% starting from move 1 67.5% ACP Survey 2016
In 2008 the FIDE Congress reduced the number of time controls allowed in tournaments valid for norms to a few. In 2014 the FIDE Congress allowed the organizers to use in such tournaments any time control meeting certain basic requirements. Which approach do you like more?
Answer Options Response Percent the number of allowed time controls should be limited 42.0% to minimum by FIDE FIDE should set only basic time control requirements 58.0% ACP Survey 2016
Which of the following time controls would you prefer to be used in tournaments other than official FIDE events with 1 round a day?
Answer Options Response Percent
(100'/40+50'/20+15'/SD)+30” - 100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for 20 moves, 28.9% followed by 15 minutes, with an increment of 30 seconds starting from move 1
(90’/40+30’/SD)+30” - 90 minutes for 40 moves, 49.0% followed by 30 minutes, with an increment of 30 seconds starting from move 1 90’/SD+30” – 90 minutes for entire game, with an 22.2% increment of 30 seconds starting from move 1 ACP Survey 2016
Which of the following time controls would you prefer to be used in tournaments other than official FIDE events with 2 rounds a day?
Answer Options Response Percent
(90’/40+30’/SD)+30” - 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes, with an increment of 30 33.7% seconds starting from move 1
90’/SD+30” – 90 minutes for entire game, with an 66.3% increment of 30 seconds starting from move 1 ACP Survey 2016
Which of the following time controls would you prefer to be used in tournaments other than official FIDE events with 3 rounds in 2 days?
Answer Options Response Percent
(90’/40+30’/SD)+30” - 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes, with an increment of 30 35.2% seconds starting from move 1
90’/SD+30” – 90 minutes for entire game, with an 64.8% increment of 30 seconds starting from move 1 ACP Survey 2016
The following rapid time controls are widely used. Which of them would you prefer to be used in a 2-day tournament?
Answer Options Response Percent
15’/SD+10’ - 15 minutes for entire game, with an 44.5% increment of 10 seconds starting from move 1
25’/SD+10’ - 25 minutes for entire game, with an 55.5% increment of 10 seconds starting from move 1 ACP Survey 2016
The following blitz time controls are widely used. Which of them would you prefer to be used in a blitz tournament?
Answer Options Response Percent 5’/SD – 5 minutes for entire game with no increment 25.3%
3’/SD+2” – 3 minutes for entire game, with an 41.0% increment of 2 seconds starting from move 1
4’/SD+2” – 4 minutes for entire game, with an 33.7% increment of 2 seconds starting from move 1 ACP Survey 2016
In games with a time control after a certain number of moves would you suggest to set the clock to add extra time:
Answer Options Response Percent immediately after the required number of moves have 81.1% been played only when the originally allotted time has elapsed 18.9% ACP Survey 2016
Would you like FIDE to introduce a new official title above GM?
Answer Options Response Percent yes 52.2% no 47.8% ACP Survey 2016
If FIDE decides to introduce a new title above GM, would you suggest to introduce:
Answer Options Response Percent one title 75.9% two titles, corresponding to 2600 and 2700 rating 10.0% requirements (and adequate norm requirements) three titles, corresponding to 2600, 2700 and 2800 rating requirements (and adequate norm 14.1% requirements) ACP Survey 2016
If FIDE decides to introduce a new title above GM, would you suggest to introduce a corresponding new title for women?
Answer Options Response Percent yes 49.3% no 50.7% ACP Survey 2016
If FIDE decides to introduce a new title above GM, would you suggest to:
Answer Options Response Percent look only at future results 49.6% include past results 50.4% answered question skipped question ACP Survey 2016
FIDE has introduced a new title AGM (Arena Grandmaster). To obtain it one has to remain continuously over 2000 for 50 rapid, 100 blitz or 150 bullet games played on the Arena online platform. Do you think this title should be officially used during over-the-board competitions?
Answer Options Response Percent yes 11.1% no 88.9% ACP Survey 2016
FIDE has recently allowed a test period for rating on-line games. The test applies to a limited number of team competitions, but it will still affect the over-the-board rating list. Do you think this development, which might lead to a wider test for on-line games being rated (and possibly, in the future, to rating on-line games tout court), is:
Answer Options Response Percent welcome 17.1% dangerous 51.3% largely irrelevant 31.6% ACP Survey 2016
This year FIDE has organized many online tournaments on FIDE online arena and first online women world blitz championship among them. Do you like the idea of organizing official events online?
Answer Options Response Percent yes 50.2% no 49.8% ACP Survey 2016
Do you think players should be obliged to use web cams playing the official FIDE online events?
Answer Options Response Percent yes 69.7% no 30.3% ACP Survey 2016
In official individual FIDE events would you suggest a player arriving late for the game to:
Answer Options Response Percent be forfeited 13.0% have his/her clock started at beginning of the round 63.7% have his/her clock started at beginning of the round 17.5% with an additional penalty of time deduction Other (please specify) 5.8% ACP Survey 2016
In official FIDE team events if a player arrives late for the game:
Answer Options Response Percent only he/she should be forfeited 15.0% the whole team should be forfeited 1.4% his/her clock should be started at beginning of the round while the teammates should be able to play 70.5% normally his/her clock should be started at beginning of the round while his teammates should have to wait for his 9.4% arrival Other (please specify) 3.6% ACP Survey 2016
Would you suggest that a player arriving late for the game in an official FIDE event should pay a financial penalty adequate to the tournament level?
Answer Options Response Percent yes 18.9% no 81.1% ACP Survey 2016
For typical blitz or rapid tournaments would you suggest a player arriving late for the game to:
Answer Options Response Percent be forfeited 16.4% have his/her clock started at beginning of the round 81.0% Other (please specify) 2.6% ACP Survey 2016
Which of the provided scoring systems would you prefer to use in open tournaments?
Answer Options Response Percent 3-1-0 22.3% 1-0.5-0 74.2% Other (please specify) 3.5% ACP Survey 2016
Which of the provided scoring systems would you prefer to use in round-robin tournaments?
Answer Options Response Percent 3-1-0 26.4% 1-0.5-0 70.8% Other (please specify) 2.8% ACP Survey 2016
Two years ago FIDE increased the development coefficient (“K-factor”) to 40 for every player new to the rating list until he has completed events for a minimum 30 games, and for all players until their 18th birthday as long as their rating remains under 2300. In your opinion:
Answer Options Response Percent for this group of players K=40 seems to be adequate 48.6% for this group of players K=30 seems to be better 40.3% Other (please specify) 11.1% ACP Survey 2016
FIDE is attempting to merge its online blitz rating system with over the board blitz rating system. Do you think both systems should be merged?
Answer Options Response Percent yes 17.1% no 82.9% ACP Survey 2016
FIDE has never defined an official way how to calculate a rating performance for tournament results comparison purposes, expecting organizers to describe the calculation procedure that will be used in their tournaments. In actual practice, organizers adopted the default procedures chosen by tournament-management softwares. Do you think FIDE should publish a default way for calculating rating performance for tournament results comparison purposes?
Answer Options Response Percent yes 88.0% no 12.0% ACP Survey 2016
Do you think that during tournaments computer-assisted cheating is more common than traditional cheating?
Answer Options Response Percent yes 70.5% no 29.5% ACP Survey 2016
If bringing mobile phones or similar devices to the playing area of a tournament is prohibited, should the tournament director be responsible for providing a storage room?
Answer Options Response Percent yes 80.7% no 19.3% ACP Survey 2016
In your opinion, if an arbiter suspects a game to have been pre-arranged, he/she shall react when:
Answer Options Response Percent he/she can unquestionably prove it 41.1% he/she has an evidence that for him/her is convincing 35.0% when he/she thinks it is very, very probable 12.5% when he/she thinks it more probable than improbable 6.8% Other (please specify) 4.6% ACP Survey 2016
Do you consider pre-arranged draws cheating?
Answer Options Response Percent yes 47.2% no 52.8% ACP Survey 2016
Do you treat pre-arranged draws in the same way as pre-arranged decisive results?
Answer Options Response Percent yes 47.3% no 52.7% ACP Survey 2016
Do you think that the delay in the transmission of the games can decrease the interest of chess online spectators?
Answer Options Response Percent yes 40.0% no 60.0% ACP Survey 2016
Do you think FIDE is doing enough to tackle computer-assisted cheating?
Answer Options Response Percent yes 26.9% no 73.1% ACP Survey 2016
In the 2016 FIDE budget, the Anti-Cheating Commission’s budget was substantially curbed compared to 2015. Do you think FIDE should allocate more resources to tackling computer-assisted cheating?
Answer Options Response Percent yes 84.3% no 15.7% ACP Survey 2016
Please rate the importance of fighting computer-assisted cheating for professional chess:
Answer Options Response Percent irrelevant 2.8% relevant 26.5% vital 70.6% ACP Survey 2016
Do you think anti-cheating matters should be only in the hands of arbiters and organizers or do you feel there is a need for a global panel of top-notch experts who can assist arbiters and organizers world-wide to fight cheaters?
Answer Options Response Percent arbiters and organizers only 16.1% global panel supporting arbiters and organizers 83.9% ACP Survey 2016
Are you ready to allow reasonable random checks during a game in exchange for greater anti-cheating security?
Answer Options Response Percent yes 82.1% no 17.9% ACP Survey 2016
Do you think the FIDE Tournament Rules and the Competition Rules of the FIDE Laws of Chess for professional and for amateur events should be the same?
Answer Options Response Percent yes 66.1% no 33.9% ACP Survey 2016
In team competitions captains are allowed to leave the playing area and get back at any time. Do you think this practice should be stopped?
Answer Options Response Percent yes 53.0% no 38.4% depends on conditions (please specify) 8.6% ACP Survey 2016
Do you think the FIDE Laws of Chess should allow castling or capturing to be executed with two hands?
Answer Options Response Percent yes 30.6% no 69.4% ACP Survey 2016
Do you think the Competition Rules of the FIDE Laws of Chess should be constructed in such a way that once a flag has fallen:
Answer Options Response Percent the arbiter shall stop the clock 48.8% only the opponent shall have the right to claim 42.3% Other (please specify) 8.9% ACP Survey 2016
Do you think the Competition Rules of the FIDE Laws of Chess should be constructed in such a way that once an illegal move has been made:
Answer Options Response Percent the arbiter shall stop the clock 42.7% only the opponent shall have the right to claim 48.7% Other (please specify) 8.5% ACP Survey 2016
Do you think an illegal move in a rapid game should lose (if claimed)?
Answer Options Response Percent yes 51.2% no 48.8% ACP Survey 2016
If a blitz or a rapid game is played according to the rule foreseeing a defeat for an illegal move, should the FIDE Laws of Chess be constructed in such a way that the arbiter observing an illegal move shall intervene without a claim from the opponent?
Answer Options Response Percent yes 50.1% no 49.9% ACP Survey 2016
Do you think a player not having a special agreement with an organizer should be free to withdraw from an open tournament without a valid reason (for instance solely based on his bad result)?
Answer Options Response Percent yes 56.1% no 43.9% ACP Survey 2016
Do you agree with Magnus Carlsen’s proposal to determine the World Champion annually in a knock-out format?
Answer Options Response Percent yes 26.2% no 73.8% ACP Survey 2016
FIDE plans to review the possibility of purchasing the right for a World Championship match. Do you think it should be:
Answer Options Response Percent allowed only for players with Elo 2750 and higher 24.7% not allowed at all 57.5% allowed for anyone 11.1% allowed under certain conditions (please specify) 6.8%