In the past ten years, the championship section has had approximately 20 players. If there are at least 16 players, it is arranged as a nine-round "Monrad" tournament, a system similar to the Swiss system tournament. The official Norwegian Chess Federation policies also allow the tournament to be arranged as a round-robin with 10 or 12 players. From 2013 the regular Swiss system will be used in the Championship section, and be an alternative to the Monrad in the other sections.