Analysis of the Development regarding Singapore Xiangqi Open

Are we talking about a demotion system before a promotion (to encourage more graded players to join Group A each year) system ?

The actual problem facing by SIXGA each year is how to select Top 4 or Top 20% of Group A players to be considered for International events as Singapore players.

To justify for the funding, SIXGA wishes to have at least 20 (?) players for Group A each year.

Hoping to have enough Group A players, this is one of the reasons for SIXGA to try out having Group B twice a year for three years from 2009 to 2011 initially with a review later.

Currently, SIXGA is working hard to encourage more graded players to participate in Group A each year and not ready to consider a demotion system as Hong Kong at the moment.

I am open to a demotion system as Hong Kong especially all graded players must participate at least once in every 2 years unless having approved reasons or conditions.

SIXGA Grades A and B systems are the same as educational “A” and “O” levels, we are unable to take back educational levels at the moment.

The above is just my analysis of the development regarding Singapore Xiangqi Open during these few years and nothing to do with SIXGA’s direction.