For tournament organizers & arbiters

You run the chess.
We run everything else.

Registration, payments, pairings, live standings, federation reports, prize payouts. Handled.

Free · No card · English & French

What ChessPass handles.

01

Players register and pay themselves.

Online signup, card payment, byes, withdrawals. Nothing goes through you.

02

Federation reports write themselves.

FIDE, CFC and FQE files plus rating-fee accounting, automatic.

03

Pairings you never have to defend.

Swiss, round robin, knockout. Full audit trail on every board.

04

Prizes paid to the cent.

Winners' wallets are credited minutes after the last game.

05

Nothing to install.

Web-based, any device, English and French.

06

Your event promotes itself.

Share link, club widget, and a listing players already browse.

Account to first tournament: four screens.

ChessPass — create your account
1 · Create your accountGoogle or email. Under a minute.
ChessPass — become an organizer page
2 · Request organizer accessOne tap. Fees printed on the page.
ChessPass — organizer dashboard
3 · Open your dashboardEvery event lives here.
ChessPass — create tournament wizard, step 1
4 · Publish your tournamentEight questions. Link goes live.

Real screens. Fully bilingual.

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

— Blitz Bishops, Montréal

400+player fields, load-tested
Minutesfrom last move to paid prizes

The price.

Per tournament

$1 per player, per tournament
+ 10% of sign-up fees

For clubs

$120 a year

One flat fee for your whole club: run unlimited tournaments all year — no $1 per player, no 10%. You can also sell your own club memberships through ChessPass.

  • No setup fee. No hidden costs.
  • Free events cost $0.
  • Rating fees go to you, not to us.

Organizer statement

Example: 40 players · $30 entry · 25% cut

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

One example, not a rule. You set the entry fee, your cut and the prize split — ChessPass does the math.

Free · 30 minutes · Video call

Want to see it first? Book a demo.

Pick a time below and we'll walk you through ChessPass live — your club, your questions, no commitment.

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Free for organizers

Your next tournament is the easy one.

Five minutes to set up. Nothing to pay upfront.

Create your free account or book a 30-minute demo first → No card required · Canadian-made in Montréal