Creating an Event

Events are created from the arbiter’s home page by clicking the Create Event button.

Some basic information is required to set up an event, but most fields can be left with their default values and filled in later.

Visibility	Relevant only if you’re using other devices on your network to display Screens. Only events marked as public will be accessible from those devices.
Federation	The chess federation responsible for the event. This information will be included in the TRF export. Note that you can set a default federation for all Events in your Sharly Chess settings.
ID	A unique identifier for the event, used for the database filename, URLs, and internally by Sharly Chess.
Name	A more user-friendly name, used for display purposes (e.g. on Screens).
Start/End	The start and end dates of the event. Used for sorting events and included in the TRF export.
Location	The location of the event (e.g. city or venue).
*Default directory for Papi* files**	Currently, most tournament data is stored in a Papi file.
Passwords for result entry	Only relevant if players will enter their results via other devices. The first connection from each device will require this password — useful if you’re on an open or shared network.
Illegal move recording	Allows you to track the number of illegal moves per player. You can define a maximum number here, which can be overridden per tournament.
Rules file location	A link to the tournament rules document. This can be customized for each tournament.
Alert message color and text	If you’re using Screens, you can define a scrolling message to appear across the bottom.