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.
| Public Event | 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 the availablility of federation specific plugins also depend on this field. You can set a default federation for all Events in your Sharly Chess settings. |
| Event type | Whether this is an individual event or a team event. It is chosen here, at creation, and cannot be changed afterwards — it determines the pairing systems, documents and screens available. See Team events. |
| Name | A user-friendly name, used for display purposes (e.g. on Screens). |
| Dates | 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). |
| Player ratings to use by default | Specifies if tournaments will use FIDE or national ratings by default. |
You can also activate any plugins that you’ll need for this event.
Sharing Events
The preferred format for sharing events between Sharly Chess users is the SCE format (Sharly Chess Event).
Events can be:
- exported from the event cards (Actions > Export > SCE format)
- imported from the homepage (Create an event > Import an SCE file)