Check-in

It is now possible to handle player presence outside of a designated check-in period, making it easier to handle late arrivals or players leaving.

The Check-in / Results entry screens have been split into distinct screen types.

Criteria

Tournament and prize criteria have been made more accessible.

• For tournaments, criteria are now integrated to the form
• For prizes, the most used criteria can now be created directly from the category form

Tie-breaks

Tie-breaks have been updated to match the latest changes of the FIDE Handbook.

It includes 3 new tie-breaks (STD, TPN, RTNG) and changes to Buchholz and Sonneborn-Berger.

Creating tie-breaks has also been simplified, as it is now possible to save your favorite tie-breaks into sets which can be re-used across multiple events.

Sharly-Chess.com

A lot of improvements have also been done to our registration platform Sharly-Chess.com:

• Player check-in
• Tournament and tariff criteria
• French school competitions are now taken into account as soon as the players register

All the new features are synchronized with version 4.1 of the Sharly Chess application.

👉 Check out the full changelog for all the details.

We hope you’ll appreciate this new version, as always feel free to share any feedback on Discord, by email (support@sharly-chess.com), or on GitHub.

• create your account on the Stripe platform
• link your Stripe account to the Sharly-Chess.com platform

• create your first free event on the Sharly-Chess.com platform
• synchronize Sharly Chess software with the Sharly-Chess.com platform

Registration Platform Sharly-Chess.com

This new platform is the result of several months of development and is already being used successfully by a number of clubs.

Unlike general-purpose payment solutions, Sharly-Chess.com is built specifically for chess competitions.

Seamlessly integrated with the Sharly Chess arbitration software, it simplifies the work of organizers and arbiters, saving valuable time when preparing events.

Players also benefit from a growing set of online features, including live results tracking and pairing notifications.

The platform is now live — you can explore it here:

• Access the platform
• Explore its features

Sharly Chess Arbitration Software

Version 4.0 of Sharly Chess also introduces several features requested by the community, including:

• Smoother navigation with keyboard shortcuts;
• Definition of round schedules, exported to Chess-Results.com and of course Sharly-Chess.com;
• Improved automatic uploading of pairings and results;
• Flatpak packaging for Linux: replacing AppImage with Flatpak improves compatibility with many more Linux distributions, which will delight arbiters who prefer using a free operating system.

👉 Discover the other improvements in the full changelog.

As always, your feedback is welcome on Discord, by email (support@sharly-chess.com), or on GitHub.

PS: Thanks and welcome to Arun, Gilles, and Lucas for their contributions!

Four distinct issues have been identified that disrupt the order of the boards on the FFE website:

• manual pairing and complementary pairings
• alphabetical sorting of compound names
• incorrect handling of acceleration groups
• changes to player ratings after round 4

You will discover the reasons for these display differences in the video below.

In the video below (in French), you will discover how to use Sharly Chess’s non-monetary prizes to award qualifying spots for the French Youth Championship in regional tournaments (or qualifying spots for the regional championship in departmental tournaments).

• Download the Sharly Chess event of the video

This new version brings many user-requested features to streamline event management.

Importing/Exporting Events

It is possible to import events from the application (Home > Create an Event > Import an SCE File), and exporting data in SCE format has been promoted to avoid the data loss encountered with other formats.

Importing Players in CSV Format

It is possible to import players in bulk using a CSV file.

Player Distribution in Tournaments

Before the start of an event’s tournaments, it is possible to distribute players into tournaments based on their rating, either manually or automatically (Tournaments tab > Distribute Players).

This feature will be particularly appreciated by organizers of events with by-level tournaments, allowing for very quick tournament setup as soon as check-in is complete.

Removing Unpaired Players

Previously, removing unpaired players (for example, before upload them online) was done individually on the Players tab.

This can now be done all at once (Tournaments tab > Actions > Remove Unpaired Players).

Improvement to the Crosstable Document

Hovering over player now displays their history.

Pairing Engine Version Update

The bbpPairings engine has been updated to version 6, bringing Sharly Chess into compliance with recent changes to the FIDE Handbook.

👉 Check out the full changelog for all the details.

As always, we welcome your feedback on Discord, by email (support@sharly-chess.com), or on GitHub.

For this new version, the Sharly Chess developers focused on improving the plugins needed for organizing and arbitrating school competitions in France.

Note: the “Print” menu has been renamed “Documents,” as documents are rarely printed (one of Sharly Chess’s goals is to minimize printing).

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

Improvements to the French School Competitions Plugin

Several features have been added, and the user experience has been significantly improved.

• The schools’ data can be modified after creation.
• Schools can be deleted when not in use.
• The number of players per school has been added to the statistics document.
• An option allows to show only the complete teams on the schools ranking document.
• A general ranking of schools has been added to the schools ranking document.
• It is possible to hide the UAIs of schools for export to the FFE website.
• The interface for adding and updating players has been significantly improved (the institution is now saved between entries).

FFE Plugin Improvements

Player updates are now done by FFE license number, by FIDE ID (new), and then by name and date of birth, making it easier to add the license numbers of unlicensed players at the time of competition (very useful for school competitions).

Pre-filled license certificates are now available in the “Documents” menu, along with most FFE forms.

New Hybrid Prize Type

A new prize type called hybrid allows you to specify both monetary and non-monetary prizes (trophies, cups, medals, prizes in kind, etc.).

Deletion of Archived Events

Archived events can now be deleted from the web interface, without accessing the file system.

Displaying Pairings in Alphabetical Order

Options on the screens now allow you to display a maximum number of players with minimal information (board number and color), particularly suited to youth competitions where players are often confused by detailed displays (and not just young players!).

👉 Check out the full changelog for all the details.

As always, we welcome your feedback on Discord, by email (support@sharly-chess.com), or on GitHub.