Registering a team

Team tournaments are entered by a team captain or club representative through a three-step wizard: Team Information → Add Players → Review. You need to be signed in, and registration must still be open.

Step 1 — Team information

Click Register on the tournament page. First, identify your team:

• Optionally select your Organization (or School for school tournaments) — you can even create one on the spot. With an organization selected, Chesstide can auto-name your teams ("MyClub 1", "MyClub 2"…); otherwise choose a Team Name, unique within the tournament.
• Provide contact details: either Use organization contact or Use different contact — a contact email is always required, it's how the organizer reaches your team.

Submitting step 1 creates the team with a Pending registration; you can safely continue later.

Step 2 — Add players

Build the roster by searching players — by name or FIDE/federation ID; frequent registrations from your My Players list appear first (see Your account). The roster must respect the tournament's minimum and maximum players per team.

Boards are ordered by rating by default; drag players to set a custom order — board 1 plays the opposing board 1.

Step 3 — Review and submit

Check the roster and the computed entry fee, then submit. Your team becomes Confirmed if the tournament has room, or Waitlisted if it's full. The confirmation page shows payment instructions when the tournament has an entry fee — see Paying your entry fee.

After submitting

Until the tournament starts you can return via My Registrations to edit the team or its roster — swap players, fix the board order, update contact details. See Managing your registrations.

Tip: Register the team early even if the exact lineup isn't settled — the roster can be edited afterwards, and an early registration secures your spot before the field fills up.