Point System
Students earn Points by:
1. School games: loss 1, draw 2, win 4;
2. Tournament games: loss 2, draw 4, win 8;
3. State Championship games: loss 4, draw 8, win 16;
4. Trophy Points:
a. Tournament - Individual or team trophy 10 pts
b. State Championship - Individual or team trophy 20 pts
5. Bonus points: Instructor can give 1 or 2 bonus pts per week to a student but no more points than ½ the number of students in the class

| Points | Rank |
|---|---|
| 0 | Pre-Pawn |
| 1 | Pawn |
| 11 | Passed Pawn |
| 21 | Knight |
| 31 | Outposted Knight |
| 41 | Bishop |
| 51 | Active Bishop |
| 76 | Rook |
| 101 | Open File Rook |
| 126 | Queen |
| 151 | Active Queen |
| 201 | King |
| 251 | Castled King |
| 301 | Expert |
| 401 | Master |
| 501 | Senior Master |
| 751 | National Master |
| 1001 | FIDE Master |
| 1501 | International Master |
| 2001 | Grand Master |
| 2501 | Super Grand Master |
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