The FFE Plugin

The FFE plugin provides functionality that’s useful for running tournaments associated with the French Chess Federation (the Fédération Française des Échecs).

:information_source: In the current version of Sharly Chess, the FFE plugin can’t be deactivated. A more advanced method for handling federation plugins will be added in a future version.

Enabling the plugin adds a number of a features to Sharly Chess:

  • The ability to define the tournament’s FFE certification number and password.
  • Automatic upload the tournament results to the FFE site.
  • Uploading of the tournament results to the FFE site.
  • Import and export of PAPI files.
  • Player search from the online database provided by the FFE.
  • Downloading and local search of the player database provided by the FFE.
  • Extra player information including the player’s FFE number and license status, and their league.
  • Rating estimation for unrated players based on the FFE rules.
  • Age categories are updated on 1 September (instead of 1 January). Calculation is still based on the player’s age as of 1 January of the current year.
  • Easy access to actions on the FFE website: submitting regulations, managing tournament visibility, and downloading fees.
  • FFE specific tie-breaks calculations for compatibility with Papi and the tie-break calculations that are displayed on the FFE site.
  • Extra prize criteria for leagues.