Tornelo is now Endorsed by FIDE April 27, 2022 After 4+ months of rigorous testing by the World Chess Federation (FIDE), today Tornelo received official FIDE endorsement as a software pairing program / tournament manager. Read More
Printing pairings, lists and results April 20, 2022 You can now print all your tournament data, nicely formatted by using our new Print button! Read More
New branding, new homepage and updates to FIDE mode April 5, 2022 Updates this week to FIDE Mode restrict your ability to set custom scoring. Read More
Embed anything from Tornelo on your own website March 30, 2022 We released a little early this week because we were just too excited to make … Read More
Team matches, awarding trophies and re-rating tournaments March 16, 2022 Today’s release was another Major Milestone with some significant changes and huge new features! There … Read More
Player profiles, forbidden pairs and new look for Organizations February 9, 2022 Player profiles, forbidden pairs and new look for Organizations Our release this week is mostly … Read More
e-Boards for Hybrid chess tournaments or Broadcasting chess games live January 21, 2022 e-Boards for Hybrid chess tournaments or Broadcasting chess games live We provide an incredibly convenient … Read More
FIDE Endorsement of a software Pairings Program December 10, 2021 FIDE Endorsement of a software Pairings Program Today’s release is specially dedicated to the International … Read More
Publishing pairings in an OTB chess tournament, void invoices and fair play report updates December 8, 2021 Publishing pairings in an OTB chess tournament, void invoices and fair play report updates A … Read More
Check in process for chess tournaments December 3, 2021 Check in process for chess tournaments After the major release last week it’s good to … Read More
Live online pairings program, multiple tie-breaks and ratings from 15 Federations November 24, 2021 Live online pairings program, multiple tie-breaks and ratings from 15 Federations It has been just … Read More
Connect external player profiles August 19, 2021 Connect external player profiles Our release this week is mostly bug fixes, performance updates and … Read More
Import / Export your data to Swiss Manager August 5, 2021 This week we released a number of changes “under the hood”. You may not even … Read More
Smart cheating report and text mode for vision impaired July 31, 2021 1. Feature: Smart cheating mode on Fair Play report The Fair Play report has some … Read More
National Federation ratings integration July 26, 2021 This week you may have noticed some new options in your Tournament Settings, which will … Read More
Restart a finished game, import pairings and custom rules on a single game July 15, 2021 1. Feature: Restart a finished game Let’s imagine a game ended in a draw, or … Read More
Player list, upload entries via CSV and search by FIDE ID June 27, 2021 Some more minor updates this week as we finished the integration with the FIDE Rating … Read More
Declare a result and timezone selection upgrade June 10, 2021 A minor update went live today, mostly fixing outstanding logic issues or sneaky bugs from … Read More
Development Roadmap June 3, 2021 Our vision is to become the easiest, most beautiful and best chess tournament management system … Read More
Major Changes: Release Notes 2021-05-31 May 31, 2021 Get ready for some major changes and very cool new features on Tornelo. In the … Read More
Open e-Board protocol, block players and edit player information April 30, 2021 This has been a challenging week for our users and I’d like to thank everyone … Read More
Smart cheating, private dedicated servers, support for DGT e-boards and pinning players April 22, 2021 1. Feature: Fair Play “smart cheating” mode The Fair Play report is designed to give … Read More
Change the style of chess pieces and colour of chess board March 26, 2021 By far and away our most requested feature from players has been the ability to … Read More
Pre-move and fair play report improvements March 20, 2021 Our theme for this post is Bullets. In a controversial week for Tornelo our first … Read More
Multiple game period clocks, start all clocks and arbiter tokens March 17, 2021 Tick-tock! 1. Feature: Multiple game periods on clocks Clock settings on Tornelo now offer multiple … Read More
Export PGN and structural changes March 2, 2021 This month our focus was on speed! We are hosting the World Universities Online Chess … Read More
Major Changes: Games now played in the lobby, display clocks on pairings, cancel games, flags, new variant and broadcast PGN January 31, 2021 It’s been nearly 3 months since we last released changes to Tornelo, but you’re about … Read More
Live PGN broadcast, CSV import, take-back moves and use FEN for start position November 11, 2020 It’s been another busy few weeks with some fairly major features to report, including our … Read More
Player import, PGN Import, take-me chess and round status (draft, published, live) October 20, 2020 I was a little bit slack with my release notes (preparing to win FIDE selection … Read More
Responsive game board and community improvements October 5, 2020 A major milestone was reached today with the release of our new Responsive Game Board. … Read More
Can you be too agile? September 21, 2020 The European Youth Online Chess Championships was a great opportunity to showcase the rich features … Read More
Arbiter chat feature September 17, 2020 Starting tomorrow we are hosting the European Chess Union’s Online Youth Championships. This will see … Read More
Control over chess clocks in online events and Sofia rules about draws September 9, 2020 Our release this week introduces a number of arbiter controls over clocks during a game. 1. Feature: … Read More
Fair play report (beta), new player messaging and organizations August 20, 2020 The question on everyone’s mind is of course Fair Play / Cheating in chess. We’d … Read More
Tornelo v. Chess.com August 19, 2020 Before I share some feedback, I want to give you some context. It’s important to … Read More
Click to move, declare draw, download PGN and TRF import/export updates August 13, 2020 We have a number of small changes being released this weekend. Please take note! 1. … Read More
Security and privacy improvements, sounds and downloads/uploads July 16, 2020 Lots of bug-fixes this week on Tornelo.com and tightening of our Privacy Features. The release is not yet … Read More
Rating list updates, privacy settings simplified, and entering teams July 2, 2020 There are some major changes planned for the latest Tornelo release (due to go live later today). Please … Read More
Call arbiter online! June 17, 2020 Dear Arbiters, The release today is just for you! 1. Feature: Call Arbiter button All players will … Read More