Release Notes 2020-09-10
Our release this week introduces a number of arbiter controls over clocks during a game. 1. Feature: Pause Clocks These settings are all optional and can be controlled from the Event Settings page. The ability to…
Our first experience with online chess cheating.
Our first experience with online cheating was traumatic to say the least. In the early Covid lockdowns we setup an online chess tournament, not expecting much and were blown away…
Young Sparks
Young Sparks is a community initiative by Max Biocare for children of MBc family and wider community. The idea of Young Sparks was born with the spirit of giving back…
Why dealing with cheating in chess needs human input.
I’d like to unpack the cheating-in-chess-events phenomonen which is sweeping the globe even more quickly than Covid-19. And offer a solution. What is cheating and how do players do it?…
Fair Play report (Beta)
Tornelo today released a Fair Play report feature for Arbiters. This will provide round-by-round analysis of games to help Arbiters build trust in their community. We try not to call…
Release Notes 2020-08-20
The question on everyone’s mind is of course Fair Play / Cheating in chess. We’d love some feedback on this Beta feature, tell us how we can improve it. 1.…
Tornelo v. Chess.com
Before I share some feedback, I want to give you some context. It’s important to realise how DIFFERENT these two platforms are. Tournament Organisers, like anyone, need to use the right…
FIDE’s TRF file format
FIDE update their TRF File format as the agreed Data Exchange format for tournament results in 2015. Previous TRF format is now known as TRF06 and the current format as…
Release Notes 2020-08-13
We have a number of small changes being released this weekend. Please take note! 1. Feature: Click to Move Our most requested change from players is finally happening. Players can…
Self-scheduled matches
I love discovering from our Organisers new ways that Tornelo is being used to run events! Today a school teacher told me about a Staff Event she is running. Her…