ChessPairings Desktop manual for chess tournaments

Guides

Install and update ChessPairings Desktop

Install the Microsoft Store package, understand automatic updates and confirm the installed version.

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Dashboard, navigation and quick actions

Learn what the dashboard shows, how to open tournaments and where status, language and account indicators appear.

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Configure the tournament wizard correctly

Choose the formula, time control, schedule, tiebreak order and operational options before creating a tournament.

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Add players and use the FIDE archive

Update the official archive, search multiple matches, paste FIDE IDs and add players without a FIDE ID.

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Plan byes, absences, withdrawals and player availability

Record a full-point or half-point bye, a zero-point absence or a withdrawal before generating future rounds.

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Generate rounds and control pairings

Use bbpPairings, understand the pre-pairing checklist and switch safely to manual pairings when required.

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Enter results, use keyboard shortcuts and read standings

Save board results quickly, distinguish forfeits and byes, filter incomplete boards and verify the standings.

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Configure tiebreaks and assign prizes

Order Gacrux tiebreak criteria, understand when values become meaningful and allocate general or category prizes.

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Create PDF, HTML, CSV and TRF reports

Choose a report, preview the available data and export print-ready or machine-readable tournament files.

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Link your account and synchronize tournaments

Connect the Windows app securely, transfer tournaments in both directions and understand public-page updates and conflicts.

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Analyze a TRF file and clone a tournament

Inspect players, rounds, results, scoring and anomalies in a TRF file, then recreate an editable local tournament.

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Back up and restore local tournament data

Create recoverable snapshots before risky changes, inspect backup history and restore without overwriting data accidentally.

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Create teams, rosters, roles and line-ups

Add teams efficiently, inspect every roster member, edit roles and availability, and submit a legal board order.

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Pair team rounds and enter board results

Generate or edit team matches, handle team byes, validate line-ups and calculate match and game points.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions about ChessPairings Desktop

Short answers about offline work, engines, local data, FIDE records, synchronization, updates and public results.

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Troubleshooting

First checks when something does not work

A safe diagnostic order that preserves data before you retry, restore, synchronize or report a problem.

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Troubleshooting

A round cannot be generated or confirmed

Resolve incomplete results, missing players, duplicate assignments, bye conflicts and engine validation errors.

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Troubleshooting

Account linking or synchronization does not complete

Diagnose expired device codes, missing tournament data, queued offline changes, private pages and synchronization conflicts.

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Guided paths

Create your first tournament from start to finish

A guided path from the FIDE archive and tournament wizard to the first round, results and final reports.

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Guided paths

Run a team tournament from rosters to final standings

Configure boards and scoring, create teams, build rosters, submit line-ups, pair rounds and enter board results.

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