Publishing to Chess-Results.com
Chesstide can publish your tournament to chess-results.com, the site most European players use to follow events, and keep it up to date as rounds are played.
Opening the page
From the Standings tab, click Chess-Results. The page shows the publication status, lets you inspect exactly what would be sent, and publishes with one click.
Only individual Swiss and round-robin tournaments can be published today. Team tournaments are planned; for those the button is replaced by a note.
Choose test or real — this cannot be undone
The first time you publish, Chesstide asks Is this a real tournament or a test? Nothing is preselected, and you must answer before the upload runs.
| Choice | What happens |
|---|---|
| Test tournament | Published under the XXX test federation, kept out of the real country listings. |
| Real tournament | Published under the tournament's own federation and visible in the public listings. |
Important: Chess-Results fixes this when it issues your tournament number, and it can never be changed afterwards — not by you and not by Chesstide. A real event published as a test stays in the test federation, and a trial run published as real stays in the public listings. Read the choice before you click.
Once the number is issued, the page shows the mode under Published as for reference and stops asking.
Fill in your round dates first
Chess-Results requires a date on every round. Chesstide does not: the Round Schedule section is marked Optional and lets you add dates later. So a tournament that runs perfectly well in Chesstide can still be refused here.
If a date is missing, the upload is rejected and the message from Chess-Results appears on the page. Nothing is lost — your tournament number is already reserved. Open the tournament in manage mode, fill in Round Schedule (see Creating and configuring a tournament), and publish again. You keep the same number.
Preview before you publish
Two buttons let you check the file without contacting Chess-Results:
- Preview XML shows the exact document inline.
- Download XML saves it, so you can also submit it by hand at chess-results.com/uploadxml.aspx if you prefer.
Both work at any time, including before the tournament has ever been published.
Publish, then update after each round
Click Publish to Chess-Results. Chesstide reserves a tournament number, uploads the players, pairings, results and tie-breaks, and shows a link to the public page.
After each round, come back and click Update on Chess-Results. The tournament keeps the same Chess-Results number and the public page is replaced with the current state — you are never creating a second event.
Tip: The tie-break columns on Chess-Results follow the tie-breaks you configured in Chesstide, so the public page matches your standings.
Reading the publication status
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Chess-Results tournament number | The event's permanent id; the link opens its public page. |
| Published as | Real or test, fixed when the number was issued. |
| Last upload | When the public page was last refreshed, and how many uploads in total. |
| Reserved, but never uploaded | The number exists but no upload has succeeded yet — publish again. |
If an upload fails, the message from Chess-Results is shown in full. Your tournament number always survives a failure, so fixing the cause and publishing again is always safe.
If the button is greyed out
Chess-Results uploads are not configured on this server means the site credentials are missing. Chess-Results issues these per application. Preview and download still work, so you can upload the file manually in the meantime.