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.

Version 2.6.2 has been used in experimental mode (to use bbpPairings) on a standard network:

• a Wi-Fi router connected to the internet via 4G;
• the Sharly Chess server connected to the router, with an extended display duplicated on two giant screens for display to players;
• a tablet for players to enter results, also connected to the router.

Many thanks to Pierre LAPEYRE, the arbiter of the tournament sponsor of Papi-web and then Sharly Chess for many years, for participating in this great first experiment, many others will come!