On Linux, the language, federation and date format settings are kept when Sharly Chess is updated, and the application no longer adds lines to ~/.bashrc each time it starts
With the Baku acceleration, group A is now always computed from the players entered at the time of the first pairing, even if the pairing settings were saved before more players were entered
A pairing-allocated bye worth half a point or nothing now counts as a downfloat when pairing, and at its value in Sonneborn-Berger
Pairing place cards can show the round number, and the tournament start date printed on place cards is no longer the end date
The FFE practical training certificates (attestations de stage pratique) follow the new arbiter titles: AFMatch, AFClub and AFOpen
Version 5.1.4 - October 7, 2026
Importing a TRF file of a tournament in progress no longer marks every player as withdrawn: the rounds not paired yet stay unpaired, with the byes already requested for them
Keizer tournaments can be sent to Sharly-Chess.com, with each player’s Keizer score shown on the pairings and in the standings
The standings sent to Sharly-Chess.com show the ranking criteria as in Sharly Chess: the points appear once, where they stand among the tie-breaks, the first criterion is in bold, and tied players share a rank
New soft constraint for prohibited pairings, avoided as much as the pairing rules allow, used by the FFE team cups to keep teams of the same club apart~~~~
New “Team pairings” document listing the round’s team matches on a single table, with each team’s points and the match score, without the players
Pairings-by-board screens of team events can display the matches only, without the players, so team captains find their match at a glance; match headers now show each team’s points and the match score
Version 5.1.3 - October 4, 2026
On Linux, the server starts again without a display (on a headless server), in console mode
Direct encounter tie-breaks with games missing between the tied players now follow FIDE Art. 6.3, and AOB is shown to three decimals
The French School Championship now covers high schools: a category (primary schools, middle schools, high schools) is chosen in the tournament properties, high schools playing on 4 boards with a roster of up to 5 pupils including at least 1 girl and 1 boy; departmental team finals can be chosen as a phase
Updating the ratings from the reminder shown before pairing the first round no longer skips the window asking what to do with absent players, who were then paired
Version 5.1.2 - October 1, 2026
Requested byes (half-point, full-point and zero-point) are now sent to Sharly-Chess.com, whose crosstables showed an empty cell and a wrong total for those rounds
The “All absent” button of the team check-in window is no longer labelled “Toutes présentes” in French
Unpairing a board no longer renumbers the other tables of the round in compact table numbering
Version 5.1.1 - September 29, 2026
Tournaments can be imported from TRF06 and TRF16 files; the import dialog lists every adjustment made to fill in what these older formats lack
Scoring systems in which two draws are worth more than a win and a loss are refused, as are pairing-allocated byes worth more than a win or, with the standard scoring system, worth anything other than 1, ½ or 0
Team names with characters the FFE website does not store, such as the “œ” of “Sacré Cœur”, no longer make the upload of team competitions fail
The French School Championship is sent to the school competitions of the FFE website, with the national finals division pre-selected for the national final
Players removed by the deletion of unpaired players, or by an import replacing the existing players, are now also deleted on Sharly-Chess.com, instead of being brought back by the next synchronisation; re-imported players stay linked to their Sharly-Chess.com registration
The FFE player update now finds players whose licence number is wrong or unknown, by their FIDE ID or else by their name and date (or year) of birth, and proposes the correct licence number; names are compared regardless of case and accents; players still not found despite their licence number (or FIDE ID for the FIDE database) are highlighted in the update window
Players without a FIDE ID in the FFE database, or with a FIDE ID of 0 in an imported file, no longer prevent the synchronisation with Sharly-Chess.com
Long club names on ranking screens are cut short with an ellipsis instead of wrapping
The championship rankings show the players’ club, on screen and printed, and their year of birth on screen
The players’ year of birth is now shown on Chess-Results
Version 5.1.0 - September 24, 2026
Knock-out pairing system, for individual and team events
Single and double elimination, with one-game or two-game (colours reversed) matches
Third-place playoff, grand final reset, colour assignment rules (alternate, higher seed White, drawing of lots)
Grouped seeding by club, federation or affiliation, with a live preview of the bracket
Level matches decided by advancement tie-breaks, or by the arbiter after a play-off
Ranking by the round reached; new Knock-out Bracket document (diagram or schedule)
Place cards can now be designed with an embedded visual editor
Template library: create, duplicate, import and export templates, shared by all events
Templates are accessed from the Documents dialog
The language, federation and date format settings have moved from the browser to the main application window
Plugins are now installed and uninstalled from the main application window
The event export (SCE) has been moved to the event’s configuration window
The administration interface adapts to phone screens
Team competitions can be uploaded to the FFE website: teams and match reports are filled in from the tournament with the group account, for the competition, division and group chosen in the tournament properties
Team tournaments can be exported to the Papi format, which describes them as individual Swiss tournaments
The player search can be narrowed by federation, gender, age category and club (plus licence and league for FFE searches), and the filters can be filled in one go from the criteria of any tournament of the event
Players of the same club are separated, as much as possible, when distributing players on balanced tournaments
A reminder to update player data is shown before distributing players across tournaments and before generating place cards
Exclusion of players (or teams) who have not completed 50% of their games (or matches) in round robins, in accordance with FIDE 6.6
Ask whether a round should be marked as completed when moving on to the next round of an individual round robin
Results entered on an administration pairings screen now notify the other administration screens immediately
The rating difference is now sent to Chess-Results (the FIDE K factor is stored with the player)
Team tournaments paired on fixed tables (Molter) print the pairings document, with its options, in place of the match sheets
Bonus / penalty points can no longer be given to an individual player of a team event: team events adjust whole teams
The team size limit is enforced when importing players from a CSV file, and teams left empty by an overwriting import are deleted
Fix: the team ranking of fixed-table tournaments (Molter) now shows the game points and the tie-breaks, which were all displayed as zero
Version 5.0.4 - September 10, 2026
Improve the compacted sidebar on the home page
Remove mentions to “modals” in translations
The match points scored by an absent team can now be set
The team ranking counts the rounds a team was absent for in a new F column
Fix: Molter tournaments no longer ask for match-point values they never use
Fix: the lineup editor groups the rounds sharing a lineup again
Fix: a round taking the previous round’s lineup now takes the one it played
A team can be set to field nobody for a round before it is paired
Fix: the “warn on lineup out of roster order” setting is honoured again
Fix: the forfeit column was missing from the ranking screens
Fix: a team’s bye is worth the same to the tie-breaks as to its ranking row
Fix: a forfeited match counts as unplayed in the tie-breaks, for both teams
Version 5.0.3 - September 4, 2026
Fix error status not cleared after reauthentication with Sharly-Chess.com
Fix Papi export to no longer warns that tie-break values will be missing on the FFE website when the points criterion leads the ranking
A clear indication is now given in the case that an event file becomes locked by another application (anti-virus, drive synchronization, etc.)
Display a clearer error message when the pairing engine fails to produce pairings
Improved the display of fixed table numbers
Base clients on the server date to display the timers
Improved timer display
Network clients can now open screens, rotators, and display controllers by clicking anywhere on their card or list row
The edit pencil on editable table columns is now always visible instead of only appearing on hover
Fix: searching or importing players no longer crashes when the local FIDE database has not yet been updated to the version 5 format
Fix: the pairing-system warning icon in the tournament list view now shows its explanation on hover
Version 5.0.2 - August 28, 2026
Fixed access to rotators and display controllers from the network
The player search results now close when clicking outside them
When creating several players in a row, only the tournament and team are now carried over to the next player
Fixed a bug concerning the handling of the player’s own Keizer score
Version 5.0.1 - August 27, 2026
Fixed error trying to recover events from 4.2.8
Fix place cards documents
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
Version 5.1.0 - September 24, 2026