Live standings for ongoing chess tournaments, round-by-round pairings, tiebreak systems in action and an archive of completed events. Public, no account, always up to date.
Below you'll find chess tournaments around the world currently in progress or recently finished. The list shows live standings, last-round pairings, and freshly archived events. Everything is public — no registration needed.
Looking for a specific tournament? Open the app and search by name, city or date. Want to find a tournament to play in instead? Go to the tournament calendar.
A chess tournament's standings show players ordered by total score. A win is worth 1 point, a draw 0.5, a loss 0. When multiple players finish on the same score, tiebreak systems determine the final order. The most common worldwide are Buchholz (sum of opponents' scores), Buchholz Cut-1 (excluding the lowest opponent), Sonneborn-Berger, direct encounter and number of wins.
On a tournament's live results page you'll also find round-by-round pairings (who plays whom), each player's performance (the equivalent rating implied by their tournament results), and for FIDE-rated events the expected rating change.
Learn more in our tiebreak systems guide and the Swiss system guide.
The ChessPairings.org results service isn't just about ongoing tournaments — it also includes an archive of all completed events that were published publicly. You can:
Results are entered directly by the arbiter or organizer and are visible the moment they're saved.
National federations affiliated to FIDE typically maintain their own results portals for high-level events (national championships, top leagues, federation cups), while regional federations and individual clubs often publish their tournaments through independent platforms. The English, Welsh, Scottish, Irish, Indian and US federations each have well-established calendars and a thriving over-the-board scene that complements the major online events.
ChessPairings.org provides a unified, free results service for any tournament — from club nights and weekend opens to major festivals with hundreds of players. The platform produces TRF files automatically for FIDE rating submission and works for both classical and rapid/blitz events.
Also see our tournament calendar to find an event to play in.
Create your tournament for free: pairings are automatic, standings update in real time, and the public link is ready immediately to share with players, organizers and spectators.