What's New

Categories and ranking

Tournaments now support categories with separate rankings, letting organizers group players by age, rating, or custom criteria.

Bye request support

Players can now request a bye (planned absence) and receive configurable points for that round.

My Tournaments filtering

The My Tournaments page now supports filtering by status and date, plus back navigation for easier browsing.

Getting Started Guide

A step-by-step guide to help new organizers get started with ChessTide.

Keyboard shortcuts for results

Use keyboard shortcuts to quickly encode game results in individual tournaments.

What's New page

A changelog page accessible from the help menu so users can discover recent changes.

Accelerated pairings

Tournaments now support Baku and manual acceleration systems for pairings.

Correct Buchholz and SB tiebreaks

Tiebreak calculations now follow FIDE Article 16 rules for unplayed games, fixing incorrect standings in some cases.