Australia will send our best 5 players to compete against the best 5 players from each of Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, The Philippines, the United Kingdom, Canada
and the United States of America. Each player will play all 35 players from the other countries.
This exciting competition will take place in Johor Bahru, Malaysia over the period 29 November to
December 2, 2007. There will also be an Open Division at the same time.
Qualification criteria
The qualification criteria are essentially the same as for the Australian Masters event, but with no concession
for being top of one's state:
A player must be a financial member of ASPA for the entire qualifying period.
A player must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident. Temporary visa holders are not eligible.
The method of ranking candidates is by the three peak statistic (the Q statistic) described below.
The three peaks Q statistic
The primary criterion for ranking candidates is the Q statistic calculated like this:
The qualification period is July 1 2006 to June 30 2007 inclusive.
Subperiods are July to Oct 2006, Nov 2006 to Feb 2007 and Mar 2007 to June 2007.
The qualifying statistic is Q = (P1 + P2 + 2 x P3)/4 , which is a weighted average of peak ratings in
three subperiods.
If you play no games in a subperiod, your peak is zero in that subperiod.
You must have played at least 60 games in the qualifying period before the last peak.
The secondary criterion is number of rated games within the qualification period.
If two players have the same Q statistic,
the one with the greater number of games in the qualification period is ranked higher.
The contenders
The table below shows the team as at
30.06.2007 plus 10 more who were almost in.
Selection is now complete. The five players identified as the team have each confirmed that they are willing and able to go.
More details revealed as you move your mouse over the table.