Public Tournament Discovery
Browse upcoming, live, and completed tournaments with detail pages, sections, pairings, results, standings, and organizer announcements.
Everything needed to run modern chess tournaments in one place.
PairChamp supports tournament publishing, player registration, section management, round pairing, results capture, standings, organizer workflows, communications, offline recovery operations, and role-based dashboards for clubs and schools.
Organizer Control Center
Create and manage tournaments end-to-end: sections, participants, pairings, score entry, exports, and round-by-round operations.
Tournament Director Operations
Fast operational tools for disputes, forfeits, absent handling, compact board monitoring, and secure result updates from active rounds.
QR Result Slip Workflow
Generate QR-enabled result slips, scan from mobile camera, validate target game, confirm result, and submit through the same authoritative result path.
Communications Suite
Announcement center, internal staff messaging, tournament updates, external channel links, and round notification job orchestration.
Offline Reliability
Queue result operations for later sync, replay with idempotency safeguards, and handle conflicts/reconciliation without silent data loss.
Complete Capability Catalog
1. Tournament Discovery & Player Experience
- Public tournament listing by lifecycle (upcoming, live, history).
- Tournament detail pages with section-level context and timelines.
- Public pairings, round results, and standings views.
- Organizer updates visible in tournament communication areas.
- Join links and shared participant-facing tournament resources.
- Rules and help center content accessible from all major flows.
2. Tournament Setup & Registration
- Create/edit tournament profile, dates, rounds, and time controls.
- Define multiple sections with independent structure.
- Participant add/edit/delete, section assignment, and bulk import.
- Withdrawal and restore flows for participant lifecycle control.
- Check-in workflows and participant state management.
- Support for player identity fields (e.g., federation IDs where provided).
3. Pairing & Round Management
- Preview and commit next-round pairing with controlled confirmation.
- Cancel latest pairing when correction is required.
- Round-level board management and section-aware operations.
- Player swap and color swap support in active rounds.
- Late-entry and retro-bye operations (including half-point scenarios).
- Round absent/present control for tournament director operations.
4. Results, Standings & Scoring Operations
- Manual result entry with same authoritative service path.
- Dual-game/section-specific result handling modes where configured.
- Result conflict handling and controlled correction workflows.
- Standings refresh based on committed result state.
- Team standings and prize configuration/compute workflows.
- Printable sheets for pairings, results, and notation operations.
5. QR Paper Result Scanning
- QR-enabled result slip generation tied to round/board/game scope.
- Mobile camera scan page for result capture and confirmation.
- Token integrity validation to prevent mismatched game submission.
- Ambiguity handling requiring confirmation (no blind auto-guess).
- Scan metadata and audit capture for operational traceability.
- Offline-compatible queue path via existing sync infrastructure.
6. Tournament Communications
- Communication Center with announcements, staff messages, and updates.
- External channel directory management for organizer-approved links.
- Tournament-level communication settings and send limits.
- Round-pairing notification queueing with dedupe and retry controls.
- In-app and email notifications, plus provider-ready SMS/voice pipeline.
- Delivery logging and webhook ingestion support for provider feedback.
7. Compact TD & Watch-Ready APIs
- Compact tournament director dashboard optimized for fast mobile use.
- Board status views: waiting, in-progress, completed, pending, disputed, forfeit.
- Quick actions with confirmation for sensitive operations.
- Authenticated API endpoints for summary and board monitoring.
- API structure suitable for future native watch companion clients.
- Scope-aware access checks aligned to organization authorization rules.
8. Club, School, Parent & Student Workflows
- Organization/club people management workflows.
- School dashboard and student-focused management views.
- Parent and student portal flows where role access is enabled.
- Affiliate/partner request and onboarding operations.
- Role-tailored navigation surfaces for operational clarity.
- Platform support flows for account and tournament administration.
9. Security, Access & Account Protection
- Role-based access restrictions across organizer and admin operations.
- Two-factor sign-in flow support.
- Trusted-device sign-in convenience controls where opted in.
- Password reset and first-login password update enforcement flows.
- CSRF-protected authenticated workflows with controlled exceptions.
- Server-side authorization checks for tournament-scoped operations.
10. Tools, Exports & Utility Features
- Rating Predictor utility workflow.
- US Chess rating lookup utility.
- Coach-focused tool views and player support resources.
- PGN/game utilities and notation-sheet resources.
- Tournament export workflows for external reporting needs.
- Operational dashboards for admins, clubs, and school-focused teams.
Some optional channels and integrations (for example SMS/voice delivery providers) require environment-specific
configuration before live sending is enabled.
Designed for Real Tournament Operations
PairChamp is built for day-of-event execution as well as pre-event setup and post-event reporting. The platform emphasizes consistency across pairing, result, and standings workflows so organizers can operate quickly with clear auditability and reliable recovery paths.