Free chess tournament software — Swiss pairing in your browser.
Chessido Pairings runs your Swiss chess tournament in the browser — FIDE pairings, 11 tie-breaks, cross-tables, a rating file and certificates — with no sign-up and nothing to download. With a Chessido login, every result also goes live on chess-results.com.
Free · No sign-up · Works offline
From the first player to the last certificate
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Open the tool
Go to pairing.chessido.com — no sign-up, nothing to download.
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Add players
Type them in or paste a list — ratings, titles and FIDE IDs come along.
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Pair each round
Fair pairings in a click, with late entries and withdrawals taken care of.
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Enter results
Fast, effortless result entry. Standings update the moment you do.
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Print, share & certify
Notice-board-ready sheets, a link players open on their phones, and a certificate for every player.
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Publish live (with a Chessido login)
Your tournament appears on chess-results.com and stays current, round by round.
Everything an arbiter needs on the day
- Free, no sign-up
- Open it and start. No account, no download, no subscription.
- Works with the Wi-Fi off
- Once open, the tool keeps working with no signal in the hall, and your event is right where you left it.
- FIDE Swiss (Dutch) pairings
- Correct colours, floats and byes every round — plus accelerated pairings for big opens.
- Byes, late entries & withdrawals
- Add a late player, give a half-point bye or withdraw someone mid-event without breaking the pairings.
- 11 tie-breaks
- Buchholz, Sonneborn–Berger, progressive score and more, in the order you choose.
- Rating-ready export
- Export the official TRF rating file for submission, with FIDE IDs kept on every player.
- Live on Chess-Results
- Rehearse privately, then go live. Parents follow every round from their phones.
- Age categories & sections
- Run U8, U10, U12 and Open together as one event, each section in its own right.
- Print-ready sheets & cross-tables
- Pairings, results, standings and a full cross-table as clean PDFs for the notice board.
- Certificates in seconds
- Merit and participation certificates for every player, straight from the standings.
- Your data stays yours
- Player names, ratings and results stay on your device unless you choose to share or publish.
- Works on any device
- A laptop at the arbiter's desk or a phone in the hall.
Your players, on the same site as the Olympiad
Chess-Results is where players, parents and organisers worldwide look up tournaments — from club rapids to European Championships. Now your tournament can be there too, in one click.
With Chessido Pairings, a school, academy or district tournament gets its own official Chess-Results page, updated live as results come in. A young player can search their name and find themselves — and parents at the venue can follow every round from their phones.
Club nights, school championships, academy leagues and district events — Chessido Pairings is built to make the day calm. Running a big event and want a hand? Message us on WhatsApp. Running a club week to week? See chess club software. Running an academy too? See chess academy management software.
Chess tournament software — common questions
What is the best chess tournament software for clubs, schools and academies?
Chessido Pairings is free chess tournament software for club, school, academy and district events: FIDE Swiss (Dutch) pairings, 11 tie-breaks, byes and late entries, cross-tables, print-ready sheets, certificates and a TRF rating export, all in the browser with no sign-up. With a Chessido login, results also go live on chess-results.com. Clubs can run their members and club nights on Chessido too.
What is the best software for chess tournament pairings?
For club, school, academy and district events, Chessido Pairings brings pairings, standings, certificates and live Chess-Results publishing together in one calm, modern tool.
Can I publish my tournament to chess-results.com?
Yes, with a Chessido login. Publish straight from Chessido Pairings and your Chess-Results page keeps up with every result you enter.
Is there free chess tournament software?
Yes. Chessido Pairings at pairing.chessido.com is free: open it in any browser, add your players and pair round one. There's no sign-up and nothing to download.
Is there chess tournament software that works without downloading anything?
Yes. Chessido Pairings runs in the browser on a laptop, tablet or phone, and keeps working if the Wi-Fi in the hall drops.
Can I export the rating file for my federation?
Yes. Export the official TRF rating file, with each player's FIDE ID, ready to submit.
Can it run round-robin tournaments?
Chessido Pairings is built for Swiss events. Round-robin and Swiss tournaments played online run inside Chessido's classroom, for academies and clubs.
Can Chessido Pairings run FIDE-rated tournaments?
Chessido Pairings is made for club, school, academy and district events. FIDE-rated tournaments need FIDE-endorsed software.
Does it handle age categories like U8, U10 and U12?
Yes. Run every age group as part of one event, each paired and ranked on its own.
Which tie-breaks are supported?
Eleven, including Buchholz, Sonneborn–Berger and progressive score, in whatever order you set.
Can I print pairing sheets and certificates?
Yes. Everything prints cleanly for the notice board, and every player can take home a certificate in one of 16 designs.
Run your next tournament on Chessido.
Open the free tool and pair round one in minutes. Want results live on Chess-Results, or help setting up a big event? Message us.
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