A First FIDE Arbiter Norm on Sharly Chess!

On Sunday, September 28, an open rapid tournament took place in Perpignan, as part of the 2026 Roussillon Circuit, bringing together 84 players.

The tournament, fully managed with Sharly Chess, led to the awarding of a FIDE Arbiter norm to Stéphane LABORDE — a first!

A big thank you to Stéphane (one of the very first users of Papi-web) for trusting Sharly Chess, and to chief arbiter Patrice CAPITANIO, whom we’re confident will soon join the Sharly Chess community.

The setup was as follows:

• the Sharly Chess server, connected to the internet,
• with a mobile phone providing the internet connection,
• a simple Wi-Fi repeater/mini-router (no larger than a USB charger) connected to it,
• and then 3 tablets for result entry + 2 PCs connected to the router.

The Wi-Fi relay router allowed:

• avoiding overloading the smartphone (its simultaneous connections are limited),
• and offloading its power usage as well, since it only had to handle one Wi-Fi connection (the router).

Everything ran extremely fast and smoothly.