Changelog

Version 5.0.0 - August 26, 2026

• Team event support (Swiss, Round-Robin, Scheveningen and Molter pairings)
• Championship support - aggregates results across independent tournaments
• Desktop application reorganized into tabs
• Added list views to card-based administration pages, with key information in columns and expandable details
• Significantly improved speed of the application
• FIDE title compliance
  • Separate FIDE open and women’s titles
  • Intelligent display of FIDE titles (both shown when they matter, women title hidden when the open title supersedes it)
  • Automatic FIDE title population from the FIDE database
• Improved pairing and acceleration management
  • Keizer pairing system - perfect for club tournaments
  • Custom accelerations (acceleration defined round by round)
  • Initial-score accelerated system (virtual points individually granted to players)
  • Pairing settings can be prepared prior to pairing and viewed at any time
  • Warn when top acceleration groups have an odd number of players in round #1
• Improved ranking management
  • Game points are now a ranking criterion in their own right, listed alongside the tie-breaks
  • Bonus/penalty points can be given to players (TRF26 299 record)
• Better handling of fixed tables
  • Tables normally assigned to players are no longer left empty
  • Assign any table number as a fixed table without creating duplicate tables
  • Changing fixed table assignments mid-tournament is now correctly handled, keeping previous round table assignments
  • Sort the admin pairings view, the pairings document and the user pairings screens by pairing order or board number
• FFE-specific fixed tables features (for compatibility with the pairings displayed on the FFE website)
• Custom tags can be created and added to events for easier filtering
• Event creation allowed for access level “Organization”
• Added Curaçao (CUR) federation
• Assign Staff members as arbiters, separately from chief and deputy arbiter roles, included in tournament documents and Chess-Results exports
• Improved prizes management
  • Added a quick way to generate prize categories for age categories and rating ranges
  • Duplicated prize categories are now added immediately after the original
  • Duplicate prizes when duplicating a tournament
• Screen families have been renamed “Multi-Screens”
• Menu support completely redesigned for a better experience
• Improvement of existing screens
  • Check-in screens now correctly use the configured column count
  • Display vertical lines between columns
• New Chess960 plugin for displaying starting positions
• Improved norm reports
  • Norm reports generated before the end of the tournament now assume that players will play the remaining rounds for the purposes of displaying 1.5.6a and 1.4.3d
  • Title norm calculations now take women titles into account: opponents holding a WGM or WIM title are correctly counted towards the 1.4.5 and 1.4.3d requirements, even when they also hold an open title
• Added an option to the pairings document to include a federation column
• Upload custom HTML documents.

Version 4.2.8 - August 11, 2026

• Fixed FFE export of the Sonneborn-Berger tie-break on 3 points for a win tournaments
• Prevent from adding and importing players with invalid ratings

Version 4.2.7 - August 1, 2026

• Enable upgrading to version 5

Version 4.2.6 - July 22, 2026

• Fixed tournament creation when FFE plugin is disabled
• Allow rating based tie-breaks on Round-Robin tournaments

Version 4.2.5 - July 13, 2026

• Fix previous version recovery freeze
• Norm reports for WGM title holders now include the IM norm

Version 4.2.4 - July 1, 2026

• Fixed double form submission using the Enter key
• Remove trailing spaces from club names
• Fixed Withdraw from tournament button absent from the players record modal

Version 4.2.3 - June 27, 2026

• Fixed player distribution by criteria
• Escape special characters in timer texts
• Fixed players’ display on players screens before pairing

Version 4.2.2 - June 18, 2026

• Fixed export of fixed tables in Papi on not started tournaments

Version 4.2.1 - June 16, 2026

• Clarify actions on absent players if over half absent players
• Fixed default global background color
• Fixed display controller redirection on results or check-in input
• Fixed tournament import of schools tournaments from Sharly-Chess.com
• Fixed import of Papi tie-breaks in TRF26

Version 4.2.0 - June 3, 2026

• Added a new document to get a summary of norms achieved, or a forecast of norms that can be achieved for the final round
• Added options to the norm document for the number of rounds and the event type
• Added detailed calculations for the norm report to allow for easy validation
• Added automatic removal of specific played games in order to try to fulfil the norm requirements
• Fixed a norm calculation bug that incorrectly considered CM and WCM as title-holders
• Added support for norm exemption 1.4.2c (last round forfeit as loss)
• TRF26 import / export
• Added custom team ranking documents
• Improved detection of internet connectivity
• Added missing timeouts to Sharly-Chess.com synchronization
• Prevent moving players from a synced tournament to a not-synced tournament on Sharly_Chess.com
• Clarified the FFE rules upload

Version 4.1.4 - May 13, 2026

• Use category range for age criterion of prizes
• Fixed error 500 before pairing on Results Entry screens with fixed boards

Version 4.1.3 - May 9, 2026

• Fixed pairing number used instead of rank in rankings table of the Pairings tab

Version 4.1.2 - May 8, 2026

• Fixed direct encounter bug

Version 4.1.1 - May 8, 2026

• Fixed redirect when editing players from the Pairings tab
• Set the highest board number when both players have a fixed board
• Fixed players’ default check-in value of not started tournaments

Version 4.1.0 - May 7, 2026

• Make check-in system permanent
• Added player check-in and French school to the Sharly-Chess.com synchronization
• Open / close the online check-in from the check-in modal
• New tie-breaks: STD, TPN and RTNG
• Update tie-breaks BH, FB and SB dummy scores according to FIDE Handbook C07.16
• Simplify the tournament criteria, now included in the edit form
• Add simple prize criteria creation from the category modal

Version 4.0.6 - May 3, 2026

• Fixed keyboard shortcuts
• Search for GitHub updates every hour only
• Also revert the result when permuting board colors
• Fixed schools with no UAI code replacing each other

Version 4.0.5 - April 23, 2026

• Fixed Chess-Results.com round schedule upload
• Added check_in column to CSV export
• Download FIDE database from GitHub
• Speedup FFE database update
• Download FRA Schools database from GitHub

Version 4.0.4 - April 18, 2026

• Fixed error when changing the date multiple times on tournament creation
• Fixed Round-Robin tournament round navigation
• Added new player fields to the Sharly-Chess.com synchronisation (federation, FFE league, FFE licence, comment)

Version 4.0.3 - April 8, 2026

• Fixed scrolling the first error into view on long forms
• Added event duplication options to include pairings and define a start date
• Fixed tournament schedule dates not selected by default
• Fixed Koya tie-break calculation
• Prevent duplicating prize criteria
• Set rank as the default sort option for Berger grids
• Ensure consistent prize criteria order

Version 4.0.2 - April 6, 2026

• Invalidate players’ year of birth < 1900
• Always export the players’ year of birth in CSV export
• Clean display of pairing exceptions
• Fixed prize assignment on multiple main category override
• Fixed tournament still uploadable to Sharly-Chess.com after manual upload
• Fixed unique constraint violation on tournament names on Sharly-Chess.com import

Version 4.0.1 - April 3, 2026

• Fixed disabled fields behavior in event modal
• Fixed player update
• Fixed player search keyboard selection

Version 4.0.0 - April 2, 2026

• Sharly-Chess.com integration
• Improved the navigation with keyboard shortcuts
• Added round schedule to tournaments
• Improved the FFE and Chess-Results upload modal
• Use Flatpak for Linux build
• Rename Upload menu to Data Transfer
• Automatically calculate event dates from tournament dates
• Added an option to allow players in multiple tournaments
• Added rating and rating_type CSV columns
• Clarify gender naming
• Display absent players on top of unpaired players on the Pairings tab
• Added a reminder to update the players’ ratings before pairings on round #1 and for tournaments lasting on multiple FIDE periods
• Added owed/paid totals to the check-in list
• Added a sort option to the players list document
• Moved the auto-upload options to the upload modal
• Relocate the rules upload to a group button on the FFE modal
• Moved the ChessEvent synchronize button to the Data Transfer menu
• Added time control handicap info to tournament cards

Version 3.6.8 - March 29, 2026

• Fixed DE tie-break calculation of double round-robin tournaments
• Fixed time pickers on Firefox-based browsers
• Fixed white flashes on refresh for Firefox-based browsers
• Fixed incoherent forms after an error

Version 3.6.7 - March 24, 2026

• Fixed player ODS export
• Use UTF-8 encoding for CSV exports
• Return to tournament at the first round with no pairings
• Fixed players list document when players have no club

Version 3.6.6 - March 15, 2026

• Fixed player check-in on already started tournaments
• Fixed manual tie-break on the Rankings page
• Fixed error message when pairing is impossible

Version 3.6.5 - March 6, 2026

• Minimized federation flags
• Speed up the update of the local FFE player database

Version 3.6.4 - March 3, 2026

• Fixed slowness on player search
• Fixed search removed from the Pairings tab after manual result input
• Fixed norm report document access
• Fixed error when accessing database before fully generated

Version 3.6.3 - February 24, 2026

• Fixed rotators always public
• Restrict document options to the ones that can be generated
• Fixed slowness after document generation
• Added missing fields to the FFE arbiter compensation form

Version 3.6.2 - February 20, 2026

• Fixed CSV player import with one column
• Fixed player norms computation
• Added a note that norms are only computed based on completed games
• Fixed inaccessible Woman title documents

Version 3.6.1 - February 19, 2026

• Fixed access to FFE upload modal
• Fixed invalid type on account FFE arbiter title
• Only take into account the players with games played for the ranking by school
• Fixed the number of titled players on norm reports

Version 3.6.0 - February 18, 2026

• Upgrade bbpPairings engine to v6.0.0
• Import events from SCE files
• Push forward SCE export
• Import players from CSV files
• Delete all unpaired players at once
• Display player history on crosstable document
• Distribute the players among the tournaments
• Added criteria type Comment
• Improved the prizes documents
• Added missing link on the family screens card
• Fixed T2 and arbiter compensation FFE forms

Version 3.5.2 - February 7, 2026

• Remove table header transparency
• Fixed tombola with no players
• Fixed the All / In play button of the Pairings tab

Version 3.5.1 - January 28, 2026

• Fixed the pairings by player document
• Use score instead of result in history popover

Version 3.5.0 - January 26, 2026

• Renamed menu “Printing” to “Documents”
• Rework of the Players tab
  • All the columns are now sortable
  • Search by name and club is globalized
  • Dynamic columns handling to match the usage
  • Downloading now takes effect on the search results
• Improved plugin FFE
  • Added FFE forms to the documents
  • Update FFE players by FFE licence number, FIDE ID (new), then name/DOB
• Improved plugin FRA Schools
  • Allow updating the schools data after creation
  • Added schools to the statistics
  • Added an option to show only the complete teams on the schools ranking document
  • Added an overall ranking to the schools ranking document
  • Added option to hide the schools UAI codes on the FFE upload
  • Save the school data for batch player creation
• New type of prizes Hybrid
• Improved player filtering on the Players tab
• Deletion of archived events
• Added options to Players Screens to display more pairings with minimal information
• Improve error message when executing from a directory without write permissions
• Display the unpaired players by default on screens and families
• Fixed the creation of player category sets
• Fixed deleted ratings not taken into account during player update
• Fixed the text of player norm tooltips
• Fixed the display of first and last players on family card

Version 3.4.7 - January 14, 2026

• Use menu links by default for new screen families
• Prevent timeout when updating many players with no licence from the FFE online database

Version 3.4.6 - January 13, 2026

• Fixed rotator timers display from display controllers
• Enable the FFE plugin by default when switching event federation
• Refresh the networks on the console

Version 3.4.5 - January 8, 2026

• Update the console after recovering the configuration of a previous version
• Allow batch updating the dates of timer hours
• Fixed PGN exports with Pairing Allocated Bye

Version 3.4.4 - January 3, 2026

• Fixed login/logout permission error
• Grant the anonymous account’s permissions to new accounts
• Add a warning tooltip on the ranking table when no games played on the board
• Update the players with new FFE licences during the player update
• Fixed the update of account roles
• Fixed tournament based permissions applied on all tournaments
• Change the session language when updated from the config
• Use rotator messages prior to screen messages
• Add plugins to the events card
• Display the card of events with disabled plugins

Version 3.4.3 - December 21, 2025

• Improve error display on upgrade failures
• Fixed the statistics document
• Fixed player search on the local FFE database
• Fixed the display of pairings on the FFE website for accelerated tournaments
• Allow pairing groups to be edited for acceleration systems other than Baku

Version 3.4.2 - December 17, 2025

• Fixed ordering of events with the same start and stop dates
• Fixed the default age category change month for FFE events
• Fixed U0 category displayed in default category set

Version 3.4.1 - December 15, 2025

• Fixed application startup
• Fixed Linux bundles

Version 3.4.0 - December 15, 2025

• Configurable age categories
• Export of events for sharing purposes
• Improved the timer UI
• Added timers to rotators
• Added an option to specify the base date for the age categories
• Prize receipts
• Added “State” field to the Chess-Results export for certain federations
• Both a player’s year of birth or the full date of birth and now accepted
• Try to avoid browsers automatically translating the UI
• Fixed late entries ZPBs
• Fixed FIDE ID display on player update
• Linux experimental support
• Recover archived events on upgrade
• Improved upgrade experience

Version 3.3.6 - December 5, 2025

• Fixed Papi export of unpaired rounds
• Fixed unauthorized error on logout
• Fixed the tie-break search
• Removed Background image Screen option default checkbox
• Fixed data sources update

Version 3.3.5 - December 1, 2025

• Fixed the usage of the School Competitions plugin
• Fixed FFE upload of Berger tournament with odd players

Version 3.3.4 - November 29, 2025

• Make the date format configurable
• Increase the timeout of database download requests
• Prevent manual reordering of 1 tournament
• Fixed the navigation to the current round on the Pairings tab
• Fixed no licence considered as expired licences on Papi import
• Fixed the upload of the REP tie-break to Chess_Results.com

Version 3.3.3 - November 24, 2025

• Fixed duplication of staff members
• Prevent double-click on results modal
• Fixed Display exit button, Display unpaired players and Display opponents options always activated
• Fixed Display unpaired players option hiding all the players

Version 3.3.2 - November 21, 2025

• Fixed printing of the player table with multiple tournaments
• Fixed clipping of tables when printed
• Fixed timer translation
• Tag tournaments with the time control type (Standard, Rapid, Blitz) on Chess-Results.com

Version 3.3.1 - November 19, 2025

• Manual ordering of tournaments
• Added colleges (in French: Lycée) to the list schools

Version 3.3.0 - November 18, 2025

• Streamlined the user interface
• Printable place cards
• Plugin for French school competitions
• Arbiter declaration (via the Staff tab)
• Organiser information can be added to the Events (and uploaded to Chess-Results.com)
• FIDE rating change estimation (via the player’s record)
• Moved the handicap feature to a plugin
• Added a QR-code print option to access a tournament on Chess-Results.com

Version 3.2.6 - November 9, 2025

• Fixed PGN export for players with no FIDE rating

Version 3.2.5 - November 8, 2025

• Fixed the modification of the PAB player’s result when withdrawing a player
• Restore player contact data deletion on the FFE upload
• Fixed the league player filter

Version 3.2.4 - November 6, 2025

• Fixed various issues regarding the Round-Robin tournaments
• Fixed the display of the unsafe mode
• Add Round option for the results print view
• Fixed the Berger grid print view

Version 3.2.3 - November 1, 2025

• Fixed alphabetical screens display
• Force FIDE rating for FFE events
• When adding rounds, Add ZPBs to withdraw players for these new rounds
• Fixed the player history modal at last round

Version 3.2.2 - October 30, 2025

• Fixed Chess-Results upload

Version 3.2.1 - October 30, 2025

• Fixed the player history modal before round 1
• Fixed rounding issues in norm calculations

Version 3.2.0 - October 29, 2025

• Activation of the FFE module only for tournaments held in France (i.e., when the event federation is “FRA”)
• Enable/disable plugins per event
• Separate management of FIDE and national ratings (tournament settings specify the rating type to use)
• Availability of all standard FIDE tie-breaks
• Availability of the Baku acceleration system
• Definition of the acceleration pairing groups via pairing numbers replacing rating thresholds
• Publication of results to Chess-Results.com (many thanks to Heinz Herzog for making this possible)
• Printing of player norm certificates, complete with automatic verification of all norm criteria
• Definition of the value of the Pairing Allocated Bye
• Simplified application/event management UI
• Access to the player record from the Pairings tab
• Fixed the display of the score of the current round on the player’s history modal
• Support for Papi incompatible tie-breaks in the Papi export and the FFE upload
• Fixed a validation issue which allowed to players with the same FFE licence number to be added to the same tournament
• Ability to note a player’s withdraw/re-entry from the player record modal
• Removed the background image option for Screens
• Clarify the error message in case of unknown federation in ChessEvent
• Fixed Result entry Screens with illegal moves recording
• Moved the log options to the console

Version 3.1.7 - October 20, 2025

• Fixed custom image picker
• Fixed the display of board numbers on screen cards
• Fixed the display of fixed board numbers
• Improved the display of player long names on screens
• Allow player search with any whitespace

Version 3.1.6 - October 12, 2025

• Define the rating type of when importing tournaments from TRF files
• Fixed the PAPI export of players without FFE ID

Version 3.1.5 - October 8, 2025

• Fixed the display of players with no first name
• Fixed the ChessEvent plugin activation

Version 3.1.4 - October 6, 2025

• Fixed events import from versions ≤ 2.4.18
• Fixed PAPI export of Round-Robin double Berger tournaments

Version 3.1.3 - October 5, 2025

• Tournament synchronization with ChessEvent

Version 3.1.2 - October 3, 2025

• Fixed ChessEvent and TRF re-import issue
• Improved player search
• Fixed screen uniq ID update

Version 3.1.1 - October 1, 2025

• Fixed the player search without tournament
• Added year of birth to search results
• Fixed terminal flashing during the FFE upload
• Restore the app signature
• Fixed TRF import with no games

Version 3.1.0 - September 30, 2025

• Delegation by access level for clients connected to the server
• Tournaments may now have player criteria associated with them
• Dedicated console window
• Improved player search UI and results
• Option to replace an incorrect player with another one
• Improved navigation on the Pairings tab
• Rotator screens can now be reordered
• Importing of tournaments from a TRF file
• Exporting of tournaments to TRF format
• Statistics print view
• QR code print view
• Support for servers with multiple IP addresses
• Multiple tournaments can now be selected for several print views: Players List, Check-in List, Prize List and Assignment, and Statistics
• Import ChessEvent tournament from the web interface (remplaces script tools/chessevent.bat)
• Display the check-in status on check-in lists

Version 3.0.11 - September 26, 2025

• Fix Papi export and FFE upload

Version 3.0.10 - September 26, 2025

• Fixed estimated ratings for manually created players

Version 3.0.9 - September 24, 2025

• Fixed the renumbering of duplicated objects

Version 3.0.8 - September 23, 2025

• Prevent downloading outdated local databases continuously when there is no connexion
• Fixed the “All” / “In play” button of the Pairings tab
• Fixed recovery of the plugin state from a previous version

Version 3.0.7 - September 16, 2025

• Fixed the tombola
• Increased the timeout of FFE online searches

Version 3.0.6 - September 13, 2025

• Fixed a bug preventing results upload

Version 3.0.5 - September 13, 2025

• Fixed the import of the Papi homologation number
• Optimized the write queries in the database

Version 3.0.4 - September 9, 2025

• Fixed a data difference on rankings in the Papi export

Version 3.0.3 - September 7, 2025

• Fixed players sort with no firstname
• Fixed the display of rotators when no screen is selected
• Fixed player search on split names
• Re-added board #1 players to pairings in alphabetical order

Version 3.0.2 - September 5, 2025

• Fixed player search on the Pairings tab
• Accents handling for local FFE database search
• Fixed Papi tournament import
• Fixed export buttons exporting the wrong tournament
• Fixed printing of pairings in alphabetical order

Version 3.0.1 - September 2nd, 2025

• Fixed previous versions recovering
• Fixed FFE upload after ChessEvent update
• Fixed the display of timers on rotators and display controllers

Version 3.0.0 - September 1st, 2025

• Remove Papi Access storage
• Create tournaments from Papi files
• Export tournaments to Papi format
• Native macOS support (Apple Silicon Macs only)
• Windows version is now recognised as signed by Microsoft Defender
• Removed automatic renumbering of boards when manually pairing
• Allow overriding of unrated rapid/blitz ratings by standard ratings
• Display pairing information: groups, floaters, history and colour preferences
• Added a ranking view on the Pairings tab after the last round of the tournament
• Added player search on the Pairings tab
• Improved UI response times
• Improved alphabetical pairings printing
• Added board IDs in case of fixed boards on screens
• Added tie-breaks to Berger grids
• Added a manual tie-break option
• Added tie-breaks not compatible with Papi (experimental)
• Interactive time control editor
• Added FIDE titles on prize assignments printing
• Restoring of archived events
• Entry of unrated and penalty results
• Removed the 10-character limit on players’ phone numbers
• Hide unique IDs

Version 2.8.9 - August 17, 2025

• Fixed import of players with FIDE Candidate titles from the FFE online server

Version 2.8.8 - August 12, 2025

• Fixed errors related to activating the ChessEvent plugin

Version 2.8.7 - August 10, 2025

• Fixed a previous pairings duplication error in case of a BbpPairings error

Version 2.8.6 - August 6, 2025

• Added alphabetical pairings print document
• Fixed invalid FIDE IDs in Papi files
• Fixed the display of exit button on input screens
• Fixed the names of the default screens
• Added a button to create events from the Archives page

Version 2.8.5 - August 2, 2025

• Fixed a bug on event creation

Version 2.8.4 - July 25, 2025

• Fixed the display of points on screens

Version 2.8.3 - July 24, 2025

• Fixed tournament editing form
• Fixed PGN export players’ title
• Papi compatibility for using tie-break Performance for round-robin tournaments
• Omit FFE/ChessEvent credentials when duplicating tournaments
• Improved player filtering on players’ name and club

Version 2.8.2 - July 9, 2025

• Fixed the manual results upload to the FFE website
• Fixed deletion of results

Version 2.8.1 - July 8, 2025

• Fixed navigation between rounds on the Pairings tab
• Reload static resources after upgrading

Version 2.8.0 - July 7, 2025

• Official support for the internal pairing engine
• Complementary pairings generation
• Unsafe operations execution when switching to unsafe mode
• Added the definition and calculation of prizes
• Updated user interface with a sidebar for navigation
• Added a QR code to ease the connection of devices
• Simplified the usage of externals data sources
• Added a “check-in list” print option
• Added a “relative performance” print option
• Added logging parameters and dynamically update the logging configuration
• Removed the --experimental option and activate the experimental features from the web UI
• Added the gender on the player views
• Updated federation flags
• Simplified the first startup of the application
• Recover the players database files when upgrading
• ‘Create and add another’ buttons added to reduce click count when creating objects
• Calculation of the players’ category relative to the date of the tournament
• Added the possibility not to show the opponents on pairings screens by alphabetical order

Version 2.7.10 - July 1, 2025

• Fixed the creation of players with no FFE ID

Version 2.7.9 - June 18, 2025

• Fixed the duplication of tournament tie-breaks
• Fixed the allocation of byes

Version 2.7.8 - June 16, 2025

• Fixed the indices of the players databases
• Fixed the display of the Pairings tab when no tournament
• Fixed the board numbering
• Fixed the refresh of results screens
• Restrained the characters that can be used in event IDs
• Fixed the upload to the FFE website from the ChessEvent script

Version 2.7.7 - June 10, 2025

• Fixed a bug on player creation
• Fixed FFE online search
• Improved exception handling
• Fixed a bug on player creation
• Fixed FFE online search
• Fixed searching FFE players by their FIDE ID
• Fixed adding FIDE players when not present in the FFE database
• Take into account the number of the first board of the tournaments

Version 2.7.6 - June 8, 2025

• Improved exception handling
• Fixed a bug on event editing

Version 2.7.5 - June 6, 2025

• Update players when rating types differ in data sources
• Request the FFE SQL server when augmenting players created from the FIDE database
• Fixed the colors of the players update modal
• Fixed entering results with keyboard shortcuts on fixed boards
• Removed pairing settings modal when not accurate

Version 2.7.4 - June 3, 2025

• Fixed FFE auth test on the tournament editing form
• Fixed the ChessEvent players’ Estimated/National rating type

Version 2.7.3 - June 2, 2025

• Fixed the display of non-_FIDE_ players when updating the players from FFE or FIDE databases
• Fixed a bug on FFE results upload

Version 2.7.2 - June 1st, 2025

• Removed a warning at server startup
• Fixed a bug on screen creation

Version 2.7.1 - May 31, 2025

• Forbid access to arbiters’ pages for unauthorized clients
• Normalized ChessEvent players’ names
• Fixed and added columns to the players ODS export
• Reduced reaction times when entering results on the Pairings tab
• Fixed a bug caused by screen families with zero items

Version 2.7.0 - May 28, 2025

• Integration of the FFE operations to the web UI
• Removal of script ffe.bat
• Instant notifications on Players and Pairings tabs for new checkins or results from user screens
• Optimized the load time of the events page
• Added the lottery
• Added PGN and TRF 16 exports
• Alignment of performance calculation with Papi’s in the case of players with a full-point or half-point bye
• Fixed ChessEvent birth dates prior to 1970-01-01

Version 2.6.4 - May 25, 2025

• Fixed a bug on updating the fixed tables of players
• Added a missing translation on the display controller cards

Version 2.6.3 - May 19, 2025

• Fixed a bug on the refresh of rotators and family screens
• Improved exception handling

Version 2.6.2 - May 17, 2025

• Added the Berger grid print view
• Fixed a bug on FFE password input
• Fixed a bug on tournament import from ChessEvent

Version 2.6.1 - May 14, 2025

• Fixed a bug on the display of screen families
• Fixed a bug on tournament import from ChessEvent

Version 2.6.0 - May 13, 2025

• Significantly improved performance
• Updated all documentation
• Our website https://sharly-chess.com is now online
• Added the Pairings tab
• Added the possibility to manual pair players
• Added Round-Robin and Double Round-Robin
• Added Swiss Dutch pairings (experimental)
• Added display controllers
• Simplified the main menu
• Utilities which were in bin/ are now in tools/
• Added PGN and TRF16 export (experimental)
• Added help links from the app to our documentation website
• Improved the auto-upgrade feature
• Improved logging
• Fixed a bug on the creation of tournaments defaults screens
• Fixed a bug on results input screens refresh
• Fixed a bug on the application settings

Version 2.5.9 - May 9, 2025

• Fixed a bug on the titles and rating types of the players imported from ChessEvent

Version 2.5.8 - April 30, 2025

• Fixed a bug in retrieving registration fees

Version 2.5.7 - April 20, 2025

• Fixed a printing bug

Version 2.5.6 - April 17, 2025

• Fixed a display bug for multi-column screens (#416)

Version 2.5.5 - April 13, 2025

• Fixed a display bug for pairing screens (#401)
• Fixed a bug when deleting a result

Version 2.5.4 - April 12, 2025

• Fixed a bug filtering clubs and federations in the Players tab

Version 2.5.3 - April 11, 2025

• Recovered the application configuration from a previous version
• Changed the encoding of log files
• Fixed a bug displaying rounds on pairing screens
• Fixed a bug initializing players from ChessEvent

Version 2.5.2 - April 8, 2025

• Fixed a bug recovering previous versions
• Fixed a bug connecting to the FFE SQL Server
• Fixed the bin/ffe.bat script
• Fixed missing translations in bin/ffe.bat and bin/chessevent.bat scripts

Version 2.5.1 - April 8, 2025

• Fixed a bug starting the application

Version 2.5.0 - April 7, 2025

• Switched to multilingual (English and French)
• Complete redesign of the web interface
• Add/edit/remove players, tournament changes
• Import and update players from the FIDE and FFE databases
• Manage attendances/absences and joker points
• Full check-in management (open, check-in, close)
• Removed the “ChessEvent” tab (connection configuration is now at the event and tournament level)
• Added a federation to events
• Support for the HEAD method for dynamic displays
• Removed papi_web.ini and web-configured the application
• Calculation of tiebreaks and player rankings
• Printing and displaying rankings and cross tables
• Printing pairings and results
• Reduced application startup time
• Added the ability to change font sizes on display screens
• Fixed the calculation of virtual points in the Accelerated Swiss System
• Fixed a bug uploading tournaments to the FFE website
• Fixed a bug duplicating screens, families, and tournaments
• Fixed a bug preventing screen display and editing when the first board number exceeds the number of boards
• Improved logging and archiving to disk

Version 2.4.18 - December 23, 2024

• Added default screens when creating a tournament
• Fixed a bug managing ChessEvent connections
• Improved ergonomics of arbitration screens

Version 2.4.17 - December 15, 2024

• Hid all password entry fields
• Fixed a bug displaying tournament status

Version 2.4.16 - December 5, 2024

• Added alert banners to quickly communicate information on public screens

Version 2.4.15 - December 1, 2024

• Fixed an error handling bug
• Fixed a bug creating example databases

Version 2.4.14 - November 29, 2024

• Fixed a bug entering background images for events

Version 2.4.13 - November 24, 2024

• Added the ability to upload tournament regulations to the federal website
• Fixed a bug displaying menus on public screens

Version 2.4.12 - November 22, 2024

• Added regulations for events and tournaments
• Simplified transmission of customization files for integration into the distribution
• Fixed a bug duplicating families

Version 2.4.11 - November 18, 2024

• Fixed a bug entering results
• Added ability to recover configuration from a previous version

Version 2.4.10 - November 17, 2024

• Fixed a bug displaying upcoming private tournaments

Version 2.4.9 - November 17, 2024

• Fixed a bug uploading tournaments to the federal website

Version 2.4.8 - November 16, 2024

• Added the option not to use a background image
• Fixed a bug displaying federation flags on check-in screens of rotating displays
• Fixed a bug preventing alphabetical display of pairings

Version 2.4.7 - November 15, 2024

• Displayed federation flags on referee check-in screens
• Fixed a bug recovering events from previous versions

Version 2.4.6 - November 14, 2024

• (On demand) update to the latest stable version when available
• Displayed player licenses on referee check-in screens (#45)
• Fixed a bug uploading tournaments to the federal website

Version 2.4.5 - November 12, 2024

• Optimized Access database access (#48)
• Reduced client/server traffic (#49)

Version 2.4.4 - November 11, 2024

• Added a modal window for player check-in (#46)
• Added the option to hide exit buttons on entry screens

Version 2.4.3 - November 6, 2024

• Fixed a bug updating databases (#43)

Version 2.4.2 - November 4, 2024

• Optimized refresh times for result entry pages
• Added the ability to delete or correct wrongly entered results (#29)
• Added a parameter for result screens to limit the age of displayed results (#27)

Version 2.4.1 - November 3, 2024

• Fixed a bug displaying rotating screens (#41)

Version 2.4.0 - October 30, 2024

• Dropped INI format, declared all objects via the web interface (#37)
• Added automatic creation of example tournaments
• Smoother navigation (HTMX) (#31)
• Hid all application URLs
• Added configurable ability to delete wrongly entered results
• Added the ability to specify fixed tables on pairing screens
• Added the ability to specify which tournaments are displayed on result screens (#27)
• Displayed round numbers on result screens
• Simplified the homepage of the web interface
• Presented events and screens as tiles
• Improved authentication on entry screens
• Added the ability to restrict visibility of certain events, screens, screen families, and rotating screens
• Added support for multiple timers (#26)
• Added fixed screens to insert images into rotating displays
• Removed CSS customization, replaced with background image and color
• Worked around a federal site bug affecting ranking display (forfeits removed in absence of pairings) (#14)

Version 2.3.2 - April 15, 2024

• Fixed a bug displaying pairings alphabetically

Version 2.3.1 - April 14, 2024

• Fixed a bug with configuration file encoding

Version 2.3.0 - April 8, 2024

• Displayed players alphabetically before pairing
• Added check-in on entry screens
• Added the Frequently Asked Questions
• Fixed a bug displaying rankings and cross tables on the federal site for Papi files generated by ChessEvent
• Fixed color display issues on alphabetical pairings
• Disallowed the / character in screen and tournament IDs

Version 2.2.1 - March 28, 2024

• Fixed a configuration bug

Version 2.2.0 - March 27, 2024

• Lightened the web engine (replaced Django with Litestar) (#24)
• Displayed player check-in statuses
• Recorded illegal moves (option record_illegal_moves)
• Updated the ChessEvent URL following the platform move

Version 2.1.8 - February 16, 2024

• Removed ODBC pooling

Version 2.1.7 - February 13, 2024

• Documentation corrections and improvements

Version 2.1.6 - February 4, 2024

• Displayed ODBC drivers on the homepage

Version 2.1.5 - January 24, 2024

• Simplified event configuration:
  • For a template: no longer mandatory to specify [template.<template_id>.boards]/[template.<template_id>.players] when the event has only one tournament
  • For a family: default to the template with the same name
  • For a rotating screen: default to the family with the same name

Version 2.1.4 - January 23, 2024

• Added the show_unpaired option to limit alphabetical pairing displays to paired players only

Version 2.1.3 - January 22, 2024

• Automatically forfeited players who were not checked-in on ChessEvent in Papi files

Version 2.1.2 - January 21, 2024

• Added ChessEvent approval number to Papi files

Version 2.1.1 - December 10, 2023

• Ability to set the number of boards or players per screen
• Ability to work fully offline on a local network (embedded CSS and JavaScript libraries)

Version 2.1.0 - December 9, 2023

• Created Papi files for tournaments based on ChessEvent online registrations
• Removed players’ personal data before uploading to the federal site

Version 2.0.3 - November 19, 2023

• Minimized tournament uploads to the federal site
• Improved detection of configuration file encodings

Version 2.0.0 - November 10, 2023

• Delivered as a standalone executable (no longer needs XAMPP)
• Configured events using INI files (simpler than PHP)
• Improved homepage
• Added a page per event
• Added alphabetical pairing display screens
• Added rotating displays
• Simplified screen configuration using templates and families
• Added a delay before transferring Papi files to the federal site
• Published source code

Version 1.19 - January 22, 2023

• Fixed a bug protecting result entry pages

Version 1.18 - February 4, 2020

• Fixed a bug displaying the latest results
• Fixed a bug transmitting results to the federal site

Version 1.17 - October 4, 2019

• Fixed a concurrency bug (result entry from multiple screens)
• Fixed a bug displaying players before pairing

Version 1.16 - August 31, 2019

• Fixed a bug displaying the timer

Version 1.15 - August 31, 2019

• Compatibility with Papi 3.3.6
• Support for the Haley Accelerated Swiss system
• Support for “bye” rounds
• Added the timer
• Improved page refresh speeds
• Renamed property no-banner to no_banner

Version 1.14 - April 9, 2019

• Added result display screens
• Added latest result display screens
• Added automatic refresh to entry screens
• Improved response times
• Simplified screen URLs
• Always downloaded files before displaying them on the FFE website

Version 1.13 - November 10, 2018

• Displayed board numbers

Version 1.12 - October 30, 2018

• Support for handicap tournaments

Version 1.11 - October 27, 2018

• Support for the Accelerated Swiss System (SAD)
• Support for Haley acceleration

Version 1.10 - October 26, 2018

• Ability to test access codes for the FFE website
• Ability to make data visible on the FFE website
• Ability to download tournament approval invoices from the FFE website
• Renamed script upload.bat to ffe.bat

Version 1.9 - October 23, 2018

• Fixed online tournament publication to the federal site

Version 1.8 - September 1, 2018

• Improved transitions between queries

Version 1.7 - August 31, 2018

• Automatic update checking

Version 1.6 - August 30, 2018

• Wrote documentation
• Distributed as an archive
• Improved participant display before pairings
• Improved CSS styles (standardization)
• Obfuscated PHP sources

Version 1.5 - August 3, 2018

• Added CSS customizations
• Improved display (top banner always visible)

Version 1.4 - July 28, 2018

• Managed multiple entry screens

Version Numbering Policy (x.y.z)

• x: major number (full software changes)
• y: minor number (configuration changes and functional updates)
• z: patch number (code changes)