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Sharly Chess 3.1 Released

Version 3.1 of Sharly Chess introduces delegated tournament management to devices on the network, along with many other features and improvements. Read more...

Brittany Championship 2026 in Domloup

On Sunday, September 28, the 2026 Brittany Rapid Championship took place in Domloup, bringing together 193 players. Read more...

A First FIDE Arbiter Norm on Sharly Chess!

For the very first time, a FIDE Arbiter norm has been awarded at a tournament fully managed with Sharly Chess. Read more...

Sharly Chess Training in Romans-sur-Isère

This Saturday, September 6th, a Sharly Chess training session was held in Romans-sur-Isère, led by Timothy ARMES, one of the developers of the project. Read more...

Sharly Chess 3.0 Released

Version 3.0 — the culmination of months of development — brings full autonomy from the .papi format, macOS support, a smoother setup process, and significant performance improvements. Read more...

Looking for beta testers for Sharly Chess 3.0!

Be among the first to try Sharly Chess 3.0 — our first beta is ready for testing! Read more...

Sharly Chess 2.8 Released

Version 2.8 introduces new features: official support Sharly Chess’s internal pairing engine, prize calculation, redesigned management interface… Read more...

Sharly Chess for 223 schoolchildren!

On Friday, June 13th, 2025, 223 schoolchildren, with little or no experience of competition, played a rapid tournament made possible by the use of Sharly Chess. Read more...

Sharly Chess 2.7 released

Version 2.7 offers all the _FFE_ operations on the web interface, it also brings the lottery and PGN/TRF16 exports. Read more...

The first Sharly Chess tournament... without Papi!

On Sunday, May 18, 2025, the first Sharly Chess tournament took place, run from start to finish without Papi's help, using only the internal pairing engine bbpPairings. Read more...

Sharly Chess 2.6 released

Papi-web is now Sharly Chess. Version 2.6 brings major performance improvements, a new website, enhanced pairing tools, screen controllers for arbiters, and a streamlined interface. Read more...

Papi-web will soon become Sharly Chess

A brand new association, called "_Sharly Chess_", aims to promote and facilitate the development of Papi-web, tomorrow _Sharly Chess_, and to ensure its governance (strategy, orientation, prioritization, distribution policy, etc.). Read more...

Version 2.5 released

A few months after the release of version 2.4 (last November), we are pleased to announce version 2.5 of Papi-web. Read more...