ChessPass — Chess tournament manager

The arbiter's grind

The grind isn't the chess. It's everything around it.

08:55

Walk-ins, a cash box, an entry list living in three tabs — and every single answer has to come from you.

09:06

Two withdrawals mid-pairing. One wrong click now follows you for seven rounds.

23:40

Everyone went home. You're still formatting the federation file — hoping it doesn't bounce.

It gets messy for no reason — and it's why good organizers burn out. ChessPass deletes the noise, not just the work.

Cognitive relief, itemized

Every source of stress, removed at the root.

Players carry their own registrations.They self-register, pay online, request byes and withdraw — the responsibility shifts to them, and you look flawless without touching a thing.
Federation paperwork writes itself.FIDE-, CFC- and FQE-ready reports and per-player rating-fee accounting, computed automatically. No midnight math. No rejected files.
Pairings you never have to defend.Swiss, round robin or knockout — withdrawals, byes and late adds handled in taps, with a full audit trail behind every board.
Prizes pay themselves, to the cent.The advertised pool is the paid pool — credited to winners' wallets minutes after the last game. No envelopes. No disputes.
Nothing to install. Nothing to sync.100% web-based, on any device, in French and English. A dead laptop changes nothing about your event.
You stay in charge — not on call.Live standings and live ratings on every phone in the room. The answers reach players before the questions reach you.
Promotion runs itself — and the referral engine is free.Every event gets a share-ready link, an embeddable widget for your club site, and a listing where ChessPass players already browse for their next tournament. Players share it with teammates — their referrals become your entries, and your event gets the traction it needs without a marketing budget.

Straight from the app — here's the path

From zero to your first tournament, in four screens.

Create your free ChessPass account, request organizer access, and once you're approved, open your organizer dashboard and create your first tournament.

ChessPass — create your account — **1 · Create your account**Free, in under a minute — Google, email or phone.

ChessPass — become an organizer page — **2 · Request organizer access**One tap. The fee and your split are printed right on the page.

ChessPass — organizer dashboard — **3 · Approved? Open your dashboard**Every event you run lives here — one “New” button away.

ChessPass — create tournament wizard, step 1 — **4 · Create your first tourney**Eight quick questions and your registration link is live.

CAPTURED FROM CHESSPASS — FULLY BILINGUAL, FRENCH AND ENGLISH

“Everything we run — from Tuesday-night blitz to the Montréal Open — runs on ChessPass.”

— BLITZ BISHOPS, MONTRÉAL

100+organizers — US · Canada · Mexico · France

400+player fields, load-tested

Minutesfrom last move to prizes in wallets

Risk-free pricing

Zero upfront. Pay only when you host.

$1 / player + 10%

No startup fee. No setup fee. No subscription.
Free events cost $0 — we only earn when you do.
A player who withdraws before round 1 never counts.
Rating fees are carved out and sent to you — not taken from you.

CHESSPASS — ORGANIZER STATEMENT

Example: 40 players · $30 entry

Registrations (40 × $30)	$1,200
ChessPass ($1 × 40 + 10%)	−$160
Rating fees — returned to you	$160
Your cut (25% of the rest)	$220
Prize fund (75%) — paid to players	$660
You receive	$380

PAID TO WALLET

Free for organizers

Run your first stress-free tournament this weekend.

Five minutes to set up. Zero to pay upfront. And on Saturday night, you go home when your players do.

Start free — become an organizer → NO CARD REQUIRED · CANCEL NOTHING — THERE'S NOTHING TO CANCEL

08:12	Entry #42 paid online — $30	✓
09:00	Registration closed — 42 players, 0 at the door	✓
09:05	Round 1 paired — 21 boards	✓
14:32	Round 7 results in — standings & ratings live	✓
17:41	Prizes paid to winners' wallets — $660	✓
17:41	Your cut + rating fees sent to you — $380	✓