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Why is entry fees of most FIDE rated events more than unrated ones?

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no_username_available2011

Hi I was just looking for events on UKCA site found out most of rated event fees is above 1000 INR but unrated ones range from 400-700 INR only, but why?????

Martin_Stahl
no_username_available2011 wrote:

Hi I was just looking for events on UKCA site found out most of rated event fees is above 1000 INR but unrated ones range from 400-700 INR only, but why?????

It costs organizers more to run a FIDE rated event. Without seeing the prize structure, it's also likely that has a very big influence on entries well, where a rated event will want to pay bigger prizes to draw more players and the higher entries pay for prizes.