I started using Tornelo in mid September 2020.

Back then I didn’t have the slightest idea about what a “lobby” or a “token” were, let alone importing PGN and CSV files…

Today, 3.5 months later, after numerous successful events on Tornelo, such as the ECU Youth, the ECU Corporate, the Balkan Youth, the FIDE Olympiad for people with Disabilities, the FIDE World Youth and the ECU Blitz for players 2300+, I can confirm that Tornelo is the best online platform for running arbiter-led events.

Tornelo advertises features such as the “Call the arbiter” button and the in-game chat (which allows the player to stop the game and ask for the arbiter’s assistance) and the “Open zoom room” button (which provides instant access to the zoom call that has been setup).

These are all excellent features, but for me there is an even more special one: Tornelo’s ability to adapt to what arbiters and organisers actually need.

For the past few months, David Cordover and his team have always been there to listen, to explain, to clarify, to develop the platform and turn it into the excellent tool that it is today.

I am grateful to them for their help and patience. Keep up the good work! From what I hear, more exciting changes are on the way, so stay tuned!

Thank you as a chesser for designing such a platform. This tournament was a great experience for me. After receiving the IA title in 2015, I have been the chief arbiter many times. Everything was now automatic for me. I was doing my arbiter duties without thinking, reflexively. But with this tournament, I felt the excitement of the early days again. Something was both old and very new.

Before the pandemic process, I was using chess.com and lichess sites for my players in my clubs. After the pandemic process, we started using it more like the whole world. But Tornelo cannot be compared to any other gaming platform. You designed it great. I am sure it will develop further. Whether the pandemic process is over or not in the world, Tornelo will be used much more in the future. Because it’s no different from a real tournament. Everything is under control. I think, you will soon receive offers from many countries to use Tornelo. I am sure that will come from my country (Turkey). I think, Tornelo will be the number one gaming platform that is widely used. After EOYCC, many arbiters and organizers from my country asked me what the system was how. I said I liked it very much and it was useful.
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Tornelo is an amazing platform that is perfect for all online tournaments! It is very easy to use and makes things easy for participants. It is also safety-focused so no one is able to message any of my participants. I switched to Tornelo and all of my students had a blast!

The Zoom feature allowed me to easily connect with the players in between rounds so no one was ever bored. The staff at Tornelo is also extremely helpful – David answered all of my questions and even gave me some great ideas on how to make my tournaments more fun.

I highly recommend Tornelo for all your tournament needs.
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