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Organise a chess tournament from your pocket.
StickChess handles sign-up, pairings, results and the live standings, fully online and mobile-friendly.
Create your tournamentFor every tournament, big and small.
Chess clubs
Rapid tournaments, youth tournaments and blitz nights. Swiss or round-robin pairings, no laptop or printer needed.
Easy to use · everything online, instantly
School chess tournaments
Tournaments with teams of four and reserve players. Team captains or table leaders submit line-ups and results online. Parents follow everything outside the playing hall online, or on the big screen in TV mode.
Line-ups submitted online · no accounts needed
Pub crawl tournaments
Pairs play each round in a different pub. Accelerated pairings, an advanced venue algorithm, push notifications and announcements keep the tournament on schedule.
Online check-in · route per round
From idea to final standings in four steps. All online.
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Create the tournament
Pick the pairing system and the number of rounds, and open sign-up on StickChess.
Set up in a minute.
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Players sign up
Payment through iDEAL or bank transfer, an online participant list with a waitlist, and check-in on the day.
Players need no app or account.
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Pair and play
You generate and publish the pairings with one tap, and players can get a notification as soon as they are ready. Anyone with the tournament code can submit results, and you can always correct them.
Pairing a round is one press of a button.
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Follow the standings live
The standings keep pace with the results, live. Anyone can follow the whole tournament online. After the last round the prize winners roll out by themselves.
Everyone follows live, even from home.
Features
Organisers
- Individual, team and series tournaments
- Dynamic line-ups
- Online sign-up with a waitlist
- Entry fees through iDEAL or bank transfer
- Check-in on the day
- Pairings at the press of a button
- Venues and walking routes per round
- Results entered online
- Live standings
- Prizes and categories
- KNSB rating report
- API
Players
- Sign up without an account
- Opponent, board and venue per round
- A notification for each new round
- Live standings and own results
- Works in any browser
- Ad-free
Frequently asked questions
What does it cost?
Using it is free for organisers and players. Collecting entry fees online through StickChess? Then we keep a fee per transaction.
Can I receive entry fees through StickChess?
Yes. Participants pay the entry fee when they sign up, through iDEAL or bank transfer. Online payments run through your own Mollie or Stripe account, so the money goes straight to you.
Do I need an account?
As an organiser you create a free account. Players don't need one: they sign up with a name and e-mail and follow the tournament via a link or on stickchess.com.
Which pairing systems are supported?
Swiss, double Swiss, Berger tables, Scheveningen or manual pairing.
Can I download a KNSB rating report afterwards?
Yes. Afterwards you download the results as a KNSB rating report, ready to submit to the KNSB. Players without a KNSB number enter their gender and year of birth at sign-up, so the report is complete.
Can you also ... with StickChess?
We are always open to new ideas and happy to think along. Get in touch at contact@stickchess.com.
What is a pub crawl chess tournament?
A chess tournament where teams of two players play each round in a different pub. StickChess was built for it in 2014 and now handles most pub crawl tournaments in the Netherlands.
Does it work for draughts or other mind sports?
Yes. Annual pub crawl draughts tournaments already run on the same platform. StickChess is part of StickTournaments.
Questions? You e-mail the makers.
No help desk or ticket system: your e-mail goes straight to the people who build StickChess. Missing something for your tournament? Let us know.
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