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Manage chess tournaments with ease. Sharly Chess is a free, open-source tool for arbiters and organizers: Swiss pairings, standings, results, multi-language support, web-based configuration, and multi-screen support.

Made for arbiters, by arbiters

Free, open-source, intuitive and designed for real-world tournaments.

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Arbiters love it

Sharly Chess is built around the needs of tournament arbiters, helping you stay organized and efficient even in high-pressure settings.

Player management All your players in one place, with easy search and filtering.
Check-ins Check players in yourself, or have players check themselves in.
Pairings Automated, fide compliant, and easy to adjust on the fly.
Live standings Results are available instantly after each round.
Offline solution Run tournaments without an internet connection.
Focus on arbitration Players can enter their own results while you manage the tournament.

Players love it

Sharly Chess improves the tournament experience for everyone. Players can find their pairings quickly and submit results with ease.

Digital result input No waiting in line to report a result.
Smoother tournaments Less waiting between rounds since the arbiter doesn’t have to enter every result.
On-screen pairings Players instantly see their board and opponent.

Latest news

Sharly Chess 2.8 Released

Version 2.8 introduces new features: official support Sharly Chess’s internal pairing engine, prize calculation, redesigned management interface… Read more...

Sharly Chess for 223 schoolchildren!

On Friday, June 13th, 2025, 223 schoolchildren, with little or no experience of competition, played a rapid tournament made possible by the use of Sharly Chess. Read more...

Sharly Chess 2.7 released

Version 2.7 offers all the FFE operations on the web interface, it also brings the lottery and PGN/TRF16 exports. Read more...

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