Originally Posted by
Valer Eugen Demian
FIDE has been running these age groups for how long? The only serious modification done in the past 5 years was to add the under 8 age group. These age groups have been working "decently" (if "well" is such a strong word to use...) for years and years. I am not really sure why all of a sudden this need to challenge it?!...
More trophies have never had a positive effect on performance; however they do have a "populistic" effect. In general such effect is needed to atract more players, so it would be very good at the grassroots of junior chess. CYCC is the pinnacle, the national stage where the best rise to the top. In other words the rewards and the activity are pretty much from different categories and matching them will not have the desired effect!