Create your own chess tournament.
From friendly chess nights to club competitions, organize your tournament, manage rounds and track standings — all in one place.
Choose your chess tournament format.
From the first round to the final game.
Choose Chess and your players
Start from your chess group or create an event directly for the standard Chess activity.
Shape your event
Choose your chess format, stages and round settings. Agree on the time control before play.
Play through the rounds
Record results and follow your tournament standings through to the finish.
Follow each round
See the pairings for your chess tournament, with each game kept in its round.
Keep results together
Follow wins, draws and completed games as results are confirmed.
See what’s next
Switch between rounds to review earlier games or follow the current round.
Tournament points
Wins and draws build the standings for this event.
Tie-breaks
See how tied players are ordered using the event’s chosen rules.
Your event standings
These standings belong to your tournament, separate from ongoing activity and group ratings.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a chess group to create a tournament?
No. Create a tournament directly for the standard Chess activity and a selected format, or within an existing group. A chess group is useful when your players also want an ongoing leaderboard between events.
Can I combine Swiss with a knockout final?
Yes. For example, start with Swiss rounds, then advance four players to semi-finals and a final. Elo-X also supports round robin, group stages and knockout. See the tournament format guide for the differences.
Do all players need an Elo-X account?
Yes. Players join the tournament with their own Elo-X accounts. You can start an event directly for Chess without creating a group first.
How should we handle time controls and draws?
Agree on the time control, standings points and tie-break rules before the first game. Decide how a drawn knockout game will be resolved. The Chess activity page explains the supported chess formats.
Is an Elo-X chess tournament FIDE-rated?
No. Using a Swiss format or recording results in Elo-X does not make an event FIDE-rated. Federation-rated tournaments have separate organizer and reporting requirements; Elo-X ratings are independent.
Start your chess tournament.
Set up your tournament, invite players and keep the competition moving.
