Multi-event tournaments
Run a single tournament with any number of events (Open, U-XX, Women, Veterans). Per-event prize pools, per-event standings, rolled-up reporting.
LiveFor organizers
Run better chess tournaments — end to end.
ChessPD is becoming the single workspace for everyone running a chess tournament: arbiters, organizers, and sponsors. Today we automate prize distribution. Next: registrations, team coordination, and sponsor reporting.
What is live + what is next
We ship in atomic increments and never hide behind a roadmap. Every “Live” capability below is in production today. Every “Coming soon” is on a definite phase plan.
Public results pages
Every published tournament gets a shareable public URL with category-wise winner lists. Drive social sharing without a separate site.
LiveExcel + PDF exports
Audit-ready Excel (round-trippable with the import format) and a designed PDF with eligibility reasoning per winner. One click.
LiveArbiter team coordination
Invite arbiters, assign per-event responsibility, audit who changed what. Reduces the manual hand-off between chief arbiter and event arbiter.
Coming soonOnline entry fees
Razorpay-powered registration with auto-receipt, per-event pricing, early-bird discount slots, refund + cancellation rules.
Coming soonSponsor reporting
Auto-generated post-tournament report with prize breakdown, player demographics, federation distribution — share with sponsors without the day-after spreadsheet pass.
Coming soonPricing for organizers
Organizer-focused tooling is still being built. Join the early-access waitlist and we'll keep your feedback in the loop.
- Early-access waitlist — free during beta, no card
- Team + Federation — pricing TBA, locked before launch
Frequently asked questions
The organizer-side answers tournament directors ask before adopting ChessPD.
What is ChessPD?
ChessPD is a chess tournament Prize Distribution platform built for arbiters, organizers, and players. It replaces the macro-heavy Excel sheet most arbiters fight with, and turns the entire prize distribution into a guided five-step workflow that finishes within a minute of the last round's standings landing on your laptop.
Who is ChessPD built for?
ChessPD is built for the three people every tournament needs: the arbiter who runs the prize distribution, the organizer who pays the prizes, and the player who wants to see their result. Arbiters do the heavy lifting in the workspace; organizers see clean reports they can hand to sponsors; players open a public results page and find their slot in seconds.
Do I need to be tech-savvy to use ChessPD?
No. ChessPD is built for chess arbiters who have never touched a database, written a formula, or read documentation. If you can run a tournament in Swiss Manager and open a spreadsheet, you can run ChessPD. Every screen is in plain English, the steps are numbered one to five, and the system tells you what to do next.
How fast is prize distribution on ChessPD?
Within one minute of the last round's Swiss Manager standings landing on your laptop, your prize sheet is ready — winners assigned, reasons written, PDF and Excel exports waiting. Three of the five steps (tournament setup, prize configuration, and category filters) can be finished before the tournament starts or any time during the rounds, so when the last round ends, you are minutes away from publishing.
What is the five-step workflow on ChessPD?
Step 1 — set up your tournament and events. Step 2 — build the prize configuration (categories, prizes, awards). Step 3 — define which players go into which category. Step 4 — upload the final Swiss Manager standings and generate winners. Step 5 — review, export, and publish. Steps 1, 2, and 3 can be done before or during the tournament; only Step 4 needs the final standings file.
Can I prepare ChessPD before the tournament starts?
Yes — and you should. Three of the five steps (tournament setup, prize configuration, and category filters) do not need the players' final scores, so you can finish them on day zero. When the last round ends, you only need to upload the standings file and click Generate. That is the difference between publishing in one minute versus losing your evening to spreadsheet formulas.
Help us build the rest
We talk to organizers every week to prioritise what ships next. If you run tournaments, tell us what would change your week.
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