Run your next tournament the way it should run.
Pair the rounds, take registrations, post the standings. ChessMarshal puts every part of the tournament on one screen, so you can spend the day watching chess instead of fighting spreadsheets.
Built for chess clubs everywhere. From a weekly Swiss in one room to a national federation championship across many sections, every event uses the same tools.
Everything you need for a smooth event.
From the moment you announce the tournament to the moment you post the final crosstable, every step lives in one place. No more spreadsheets, no more pairing software running in a separate window, no more cash on the registration table.
Pairings
Swiss, Round Robin, Double Swiss, Match, Knockout. Auto-pair the round, edit by hand, save when you're ready.
Public scoreboard
Players, parents, and spectators follow along on any device. Live pairings, standings, byes, results as they post.
Online registration
Stripe takes the payment, money lands in your account. Tiered pricing, waivers, half-point bye requests, scholastic fields.
Player roster
US Chess lookup built in. Drop in an ID and the rating, FIDE id, title, and membership expiration auto-fill.
Multi-section + Grand Prix
Each section has its own rating range, prize fund, format, and starting board. Stack tournaments into Grand Prix series.
Notifications
Players and parents subscribe by email or SMS. Round pairings and results go out the second you post them.
Spectators stay in the loop.
The scoreboard is a public page anyone can open on any device. Pairings, standings, byes, individual player views, and a section selector for multi-section events. Refresh and the page is current.
- Live pairings with rating, prior score, and result side by side
- Standings with Performance and Projected rating columns
- Byes tab showing every requested bye for the event
- Per-player view: rank, score, current pairing, history
Take payments before round one starts.
Open registration for your tournament, share the link, and watch players sign up. ChessMarshal collects the entry fee, runs the US Chess membership check, and seats the player in the right section. You see who has paid in real time.
- Money goes to your account, not ours, by Stripe or PayPal
- Tiered pricing for early bird and at-the-door fees
- US Chess membership verified on submit
- Per-section caps, scholastic fields, waiver acknowledgement
The rating report, already done.
No more rebuilding the crosstable by hand at midnight. Click Download and you have the file US Chess wants, ready to upload. Two-day and three-day events get the Regular and Quick split sorted out for you.
- Click Download, get the file US Chess expects
- Regular and Quick split done for you on merge events
- The crosstable stays live as your club's record
- We will even draft the recap post if you want it
Set up your club in under five minutes. No credit card needed to get started. Pair your first round tonight.
From announcement to crosstable.
Four steps. The same four steps every tournament has always had. ChessMarshal just makes each one less painful.
Create the event
Pick a format, set the rounds and time control, define your sections, fill in the venue. Five minutes.
Open registration
Share the public link. Players sign up, pay, and slot themselves into the right section automatically.
Run the rounds
Auto-pair, post, enter results from any device. The scoreboard updates the moment a result lands.
Publish and archive
Final standings stay live on the public scoreboard. The event becomes part of your club's record forever.
Free to set up. Pay as you grow.
Listing a club and running free events costs nothing. There is only a small platform fee on paid registrations.
- Set up your club in under five minutes
- No credit card needed to get started
- Unlimited tournaments and sections
- Stripe and PayPal, money straight to your account
- Live scoreboard, registration, and rating report
- Runs in any browser, no hardware to install
Before you sign up.
What pairing formats do you support?
Swiss, Double Swiss, Round Robin, Double Round Robin, Match (two players, multi-game series), and Knockout. Each section in a multi-section tournament can run a different format. FIDE-rated and accelerated Swiss events, for any federation, are paired by bbpPairings, the FIDE-endorsed Dutch-system engine that FIDE arbiters use, so the pairings match FIDE standard. Other Swiss events use ChessMarshal's own pairing engine.
Can players register and pay online?
Yes. Connect Stripe or PayPal and the money lands directly in your account. ChessMarshal takes a small platform fee per paid registration. Standard card processing fees apply on top. Free tournaments have no platform fee.
Does it look up US Chess ratings?
Yes. When a player enters their national id, such as a US Chess ID, ChessMarshal pulls their current rating, FIDE id, title, and membership expiration directly from the federation. Expired memberships are flagged before the player can register for a rated event.
What hardware does the venue need?
Any device with a browser. The TV display, check-in kiosk, shared-screen result entry, and TD console all run in the browser. No special hardware, no installations.
What federations are supported?
US Chess (USCF) today, end to end including ID lookup and rated-event eligibility checks. FIDE and other national federations are on the roadmap. The system is federation-agnostic by design, so adding a federation is a configuration step, not a rewrite.
From your club room to anywhere on the map.
ChessMarshal runs the same whether your players gather in Bozeman, London, or Maputo. When the last round ends, it hands you the rating file your federation expects, ready to upload. There is no separate tool to learn for an international event.
Your next tournament starts here.
Set up your club in under five minutes. No credit card needed to get started. Pair your first round tonight.
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