* For a multi-day event, no other events are already sanctioned within two weekends and 200 miles of the planned event. For a one-day event, no other one-day events are already sanctioned on the same day within 200 miles of the planned event, and no other multi-day events are already sanctioned on the same weekend within 200 miles of the planned event.
* the application is submitted eight weeks before the planned event
Furthermore, unless there are exceptional circumstances and permission is obtained in advance,
an event cannot be rated unless:
* each division has at least four players
* each division has at least two rated players
Local Club Tournaments (LCT), which are 1/3-rated, do not require advance sanctioning and are not listed in the calendar. LCT's have the same Player Participation fee as sanctioned Open Rated Tournaments.