Host Chess Tournament - Checklist

Ensure a smooth chess tournament experience for organizers and players. This checklist covers what to include in announcement, prepare venue setup, equipment needed and technical meeting topics.

Written by

Maciej Cybulski

Published on

21.06.2024

Read time

3 min

Announcement

Organizer

Purpose

Date and place of the tournament

Pairing system and rate of play

Participation and applications

Prizes

Laws of chess, scoring and any additional information

Venue

Arranging tables and chairs

Chess equipment (chessboards, pieces, clocks)

Table numbers

Arbiter's table

Information board (announcement, list of participants, pairings, standings)

Arbiter's Essentials

Office supplies (paper, pen, marker, price tags)

A4 writing pad

First aid kit

Printer

Backup Internet access (eg. hotspot from smartphone)

Splitter, USB flash drive

Score sheets

Technical Meeting

Introduction of the arbiters

Pairing system

Rate of play

Schedule (everyone play all rounds, timetable)

Electronic devices (turned off / silenced)

One-hand moves

Pressing the clock with the same hand

Castling should start with a king's move

Illegal move (can be retracted before pressing the clock, later penalty of 1 minute for the first illegal move; second one loses)

Touch-move rule (move a piece if it is legal or capture if it can be captured with a legal move)

How to operate a chess clock (turn on/off, stop)

How to call the arbiter (stopping the clock, reporting)

Setting up the chess pieces after a game

How and where to report a game result (winner, white on draw)

Keep quiet

Playing venue (playing arena, toilets, corridor)

Where is the information board and how to read it
(who is playing against whom and with what color)

Probiere es aus

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