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Run the tournament.
Publish it beautifully.
One workspace for players, pairings, results, schedules, public tournament pages and FIDE tournament files — built for organizers and arbiters who want less switching and more control.
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Local-first tournament data
Windows 10/11
Product News · September 2026
Meet WEB Companion.
The Chess-Publisher Web section is becoming WEB Companion — a focused browser workspace for the parts of tournament management that benefit most from mobility. Open a synchronized organizer tournament, update Tournament Setup, register and maintain players, synchronize changes through the private Cloud Workspace, and publish the same tournament to the Chess-Publisher Online Hub or Chess-Results through the protected server-side workflow.
Chess-Publisher is coming to Linux
WindowsAvailable now · Windows 10/11
LinuxDesktop version in development
Coming in October · October 2026
Chess-Publisher
Goes Fully Connected.
A major Chess-Publisher update is planned for October 2026, introducing the next stage of connected tournament management across desktop, web and mobile. The planned release is being built around full web integration, mobile-friendly player registration, secure access with a personal Arbiter / Organizer token, synchronized tournament workflows and controlled Pull Changes. The desktop application remains the primary local tournament environment — the web platform extends it with secure cloud access and mobility.
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One tournament. One connected workspace. Anywhere.
September Update
A bigger step from tournament manager to tournament platform.
Chess-Publisher now connects the desktop workflow with a modern public tournament experience — while keeping the tools arbiters already depend on close at hand.
Smart Calendar
Build a practical tournament schedule from dates, rounds and time control. Rapid, blitz and classical events adapt automatically to the available window.
Modern public pages
Fast tournament log, mobile-friendly pairings, Starting List, live standings, Google Maps location links and player history.
FIDE workflow improvements
Stronger TRF26 validation, safer tournament import and clearer FIDE rating impact information without changing the protected pairing core.
One tournament. One workflow.
Less switching. Less re-entry. More control.
Keep the active event in one place from registration to the final report. Chess-Publisher is designed around tournament-day speed, visibility and repeatable workflows.
Pair with confidence
Prepare the starting list, generate rounds, enter results and keep the complete round history attached to the tournament.
Build the player list fast
Import participants, use local FIDE rating data, manage attendance and prepare the starting rank list without rebuilding the event elsewhere.
Pairing validation
Independent checker workflows help review pairings and tie-break output before publication.
Publish without breaking your flow
Update Chess-Results and the Chess-Publisher Tournament Hub directly from the same tournament workspace.
TRF & tournament files
Import and export tournament/player data through formats used in real organizer workflows, including TRF and Swiss-Manager exchange paths.
DGT board foundation
Dedicated hardware diagnostics, serial/USB discovery, board mapping and PGN-oriented tournament workflows for DGT e-Boards.
Let Smart Calendar do the planning
Generate practical round times from the event window and time control, then keep the public schedule synchronized with the tournament.
Tournament Hub Beta
Give players one clean link for Starting List, pairings, standings, schedule, regulations, location, contacts and tournament files — optimized for desktop and mobile.
Tournament Hub Beta
One public link for the whole tournament.
Players should not need the organizer’s desktop. Publish the information they actually need — Starting List, pairings, results, standings, schedule, regulations, location and files — in a fast modern page that works on a phone.
For organizersPublishing access is controlled with a personal Organizer Token during the beta. Public tournament viewing remains open to everyone.
Starting ListPairings & resultsStandingsScheduleMobile friendly
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See Chess-Publisher in action.
A closer look at the production interface across the core tournament workflow, shown with a clean demo tournament.
Tournament SetupCore event data, format, time control and pairing settings.
Lists & PlayersImports, rating data and starting rank list.
Chess-ResultsPublishing status, schedule validation and live log.
Tournament ScheduleRound dates, start times and program information in one place.
One tournament, one flow
From registration to the final round.
Set up the event
Define dates, format, time control, rating type and the tournament schedule.
Build the player list
Import participants, review rating data and prepare the starting rank list.
Pair and score
Generate the next round, review the pairing, enter results and preserve history.
Publish and report
Update Chess-Results, produce tournament output and continue to the next round.
Open source by design
Inspect the code. Build it. Improve it.
Chess-Publisher is released under the MIT License. The public repository contains the source, licensing information, security policy and build-related documentation.
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Pairing note: Chess-Publisher integrates Gacrux 1.9.57 in its Swiss Dutch pairing workflow. Chess-Publisher itself is not presented as FIDE-endorsed software.
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Chess-Publisherv1.05.01 · 3 September 2026
Windows64-bitMIT
September Update
What’s new in one minute.
A practical update focused on tournament-day speed, publishing and reliability.
Tournament Hub
Public tournament directory and modern tournament pages with Starting List, pairings, results, standings, schedule, regulations, location, contacts and files.
Smart Calendar
Adaptive schedule generation for rapid, blitz and classical events, including realistic round slots and preserved breaks.
TRF26 & import reliability
Stronger validation, safer handling of real-world FIDE/TRF data and better export diagnostics.
Player & rating experience
Clickable FIDE IDs, player tournament history and in-page FIDE rating impact analysis on public tournament pages.
Tournament-day UI
Faster calendar handling, cleaner schedule editing, improved tournament switching and more ergonomic everyday controls.
DGT workflows
Dedicated DGT board tools remain integrated for board discovery, diagnostics, mapping and PGN-oriented tournament workflows.
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