Tornelo bloghttps://tornelo.com/https://tornelo.com/how-a-14-year-old-built-a-600-player-chess-community-with-tornelo/https://tornelo.com/how-a-14-year-old-built-a-600-player-chess-community-with-tornelo/When most teenagers were filling their spare time during lockdown with social media and video games, Michael Ooi was building a thriving online chess community.Tue, 04 Aug 2026 01:48:28 GMThttps://tornelo.com/set-up-your-shop-on-tornelo/https://tornelo.com/set-up-your-shop-on-tornelo/A simple e-commerce solution for organisations to sell merchandise directly to their community.Sun, 14 Jul 2024 04:38:30 GMThttps://tornelo.com/keyboard-result-entry-now-available-for-otb-tournaments/https://tornelo.com/keyboard-result-entry-now-available-for-otb-tournaments/Introducing manual result entry: quickly input over-the-board tournament results using your keyboard for faster and more efficient record-keeping.Sat, 01 Jun 2024 02:26:00 GMThttps://tornelo.com/improving-your-online-chess-experience/https://tornelo.com/improving-your-online-chess-experience/Discover our latest updates with minor bug fixes and usability enhancements for a smoother online chess experience.Sat, 20 Jan 2024 00:46:00 GMThttps://tornelo.com/playing-chess-online-with-upgraded-interface/https://tornelo.com/playing-chess-online-with-upgraded-interface/New interface and workflows for playing and managing online games.Wed, 01 Nov 2023 06:39:27 GMThttps://tornelo.com/mobile-friendly-tournament-management-system/https://tornelo.com/mobile-friendly-tournament-management-system/Run any Event from your phone on Tornelo.Fri, 28 Jul 2023 06:52:00 GMThttps://tornelo.com/player-lists-and-pairings-optimized-for-chess-organizers/https://tornelo.com/player-lists-and-pairings-optimized-for-chess-organizers/Introducing optimized data tables for your tournament lobbies.Mon, 24 Jul 2023 10:00:00 GMThttps://tornelo.com/costa-rican-national-youth-championship-on-tornelo/https://tornelo.com/costa-rican-national-youth-championship-on-tornelo/328 young players from Costa Rica competed in a national championship! Read about another big OTB event run on Tornelo.Sat, 22 Jul 2023 04:45:07 GMThttps://tornelo.com/tournament-management-revolutionized/https://tornelo.com/tournament-management-revolutionized/Introducing a User-Friendly Interface for Seamless Event Organization and Unmatched User ExperienceThu, 18 May 2023 06:40:25 GMThttps://tornelo.com/accepting-team-payments/https://tornelo.com/accepting-team-payments/Collecting entry fees for Team events has never been easier! New features for Team Payments.Tue, 02 May 2023 19:45:40 GMThttps://tornelo.com/playing-online-games-without-an-account/https://tornelo.com/playing-online-games-without-an-account/Players can join their games using their secret PlayerID, no account is required anymore!Tue, 02 May 2023 19:20:14 GMThttps://tornelo.com/deputy-arbiters/https://tornelo.com/deputy-arbiters/Divide and conquer. Add Deputy Arbiters to specific Sections and delegate responsibilites exactly as you want.Tue, 02 May 2023 01:59:42 GMThttps://tornelo.com/keizer-pairings/https://tornelo.com/keizer-pairings/With Keizer you will ALWAYS find a legal pairing for your club events.Fri, 21 Apr 2023 04:40:05 GMThttps://tornelo.com/user-friendly-tournament-pairing-program/https://tornelo.com/user-friendly-tournament-pairing-program/Major changes in the Tournament Lobby released! Becoming more user-friendly by the day.Sat, 18 Mar 2023 02:12:30 GMThttps://tornelo.com/supporting-new-zealand-chess-federation-rated-events/https://tornelo.com/supporting-new-zealand-chess-federation-rated-events/Use NZCF Rating list and download a NZCF Rating Report!Sat, 18 Mar 2023 01:05:33 GMThttps://tornelo.com/free-tournament-management-system/https://tornelo.com/free-tournament-management-system/Tornelo is free to use - you can even pass your Entry fee processing fees to players.Sat, 04 Mar 2023 07:28:38 GMThttps://tornelo.com/arbiter-call-gets-an-upgrade/https://tornelo.com/arbiter-call-gets-an-upgrade/Players can stop their games and call the Arbiter. The Arbiter gets notified in style!Sat, 04 Mar 2023 06:19:51 GMThttps://tornelo.com/our-new-arbiter-menu/https://tornelo.com/our-new-arbiter-menu/Arbiter menu bar has all actions, options and shortcuts needed to manage your tournaments.Sun, 26 Feb 2023 02:47:09 GMThttps://tornelo.com/custom-questions-on-chess-tournament-registration-forms/https://tornelo.com/custom-questions-on-chess-tournament-registration-forms/Arbiters can now add custom questions to their Registration process on Tornelo.Sun, 26 Feb 2023 02:04:03 GMThttps://tornelo.com/undo-and-updates/https://tornelo.com/undo-and-updates/Even Arbiters can mouse-slip! Learn more about new features designed to make your life easier.Sun, 26 Feb 2023 01:47:38 GMThttps://tornelo.com/sign-in-user-management/https://tornelo.com/sign-in-user-management/Sign in with Google or add other email addresses to your profile and make your life easy! Make it easy for your and for your collaborators.Sun, 26 Feb 2023 01:36:55 GMThttps://tornelo.com/financial-report/https://tornelo.com/financial-report/Comprehensive financial report and an efficient process for managing payments is an essential feature for a tournament management system.Sun, 26 Feb 2023 01:02:38 GMThttps://tornelo.com/elo-ratings/https://tornelo.com/elo-ratings/What are chess ratings? How is rating caluclated on Tornelo? Learn more about Elo and Glicko methodology.Sat, 25 Feb 2023 06:40:25 GMThttps://tornelo.com/accept-payments-with-paypal/https://tornelo.com/accept-payments-with-paypal/Collect registration fees from players through Tornelo with your PayPal account directly into the pairing program.Thu, 02 Feb 2023 03:56:51 GMThttps://tornelo.com/player-profile-improvements/https://tornelo.com/player-profile-improvements/New Player profile gives players much sexier view of their chess life all on one page.Fri, 16 Dec 2022 02:13:42 GMThttps://tornelo.com/scheveningen-tiebreaks-and-new-payment-methods/https://tornelo.com/scheveningen-tiebreaks-and-new-payment-methods/Scheveningen pairings, team buchholz by match or game scores and take iDEAL payments.Fri, 21 Oct 2022 02:54:43 GMThttps://tornelo.com/all-new-registration-process/https://tornelo.com/all-new-registration-process/Collect registrations from players into events easily and effectively with the new Tornelo registration process.Thu, 13 Oct 2022 04:55:15 GMThttps://tornelo.com/arbiter-tokens-scoresheet-app-and-certificates/https://tornelo.com/arbiter-tokens-scoresheet-app-and-certificates/Making it easier for players to join an online tournament - no account needed! Preview our scoresheet app and let players download personalised certificates after every tournament!Fri, 30 Sep 2022 04:14:00 GMThttps://tornelo.com/chess-for-ukraine/https://tornelo.com/chess-for-ukraine/A charity hybrid match between the Ukrainian city of Lviv and Berlin. Played as e-board hybrid on Tornelo.Mon, 19 Sep 2022 06:45:20 GMThttps://tornelo.com/new-chess-tournament-registration-concept/https://tornelo.com/new-chess-tournament-registration-concept/New Design for the Registration process on Tornelo online platform. Share your thoughts and help us improve your experience.Fri, 15 Jul 2022 07:54:30 GMThttps://tornelo.com/trophies-half-point-byes-and-improved-features/https://tornelo.com/trophies-half-point-byes-and-improved-features/Set up rules for your half-point byes requst, award trophies for players and enjoy other improved features.Tue, 05 Jul 2022 10:36:46 GMThttps://tornelo.com/limburg-open-an-improved-player-experience/https://tornelo.com/limburg-open-an-improved-player-experience/Limburg Open with 450 players chose Tornelo cloud-based management system and was able to start the 1st round in record time!Thu, 09 Jun 2022 03:03:50 GMThttps://tornelo.com/1st-chess-e-hybrid-league-in-the-world/https://tornelo.com/1st-chess-e-hybrid-league-in-the-world/A group of German pioneers made a history running the first ever hybrid league on e-boards! 6 strong German teams are meeting in their local venues every second Wednesday to play their opponents via Tornelo.Sun, 01 May 2022 07:12:33 GMThttps://tornelo.com/tornelo-is-now-endorsed-by-fide/https://tornelo.com/tornelo-is-now-endorsed-by-fide/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.Wed, 27 Apr 2022 13:18:55 GMThttps://tornelo.com/printing/https://tornelo.com/printing/You can now print all your tournament data, nicely formatted by using our new Print button!Wed, 20 Apr 2022 01:37:35 GMThttps://tornelo.com/new-branding-and-updates-to-fide-mode/https://tornelo.com/new-branding-and-updates-to-fide-mode/Updates this week to FIDE Mode restrict your ability to set custom scoring.Tue, 05 Apr 2022 08:05:11 GMThttps://tornelo.com/embed-anything-from-tornelo-on-your-own-website/https://tornelo.com/embed-anything-from-tornelo-on-your-own-website/We released a little early this week because we were just too excited to make ...Wed, 30 Mar 2022 18:27:15 GMThttps://tornelo.com/calculate-your-new-elo-rating/https://tornelo.com/calculate-your-new-elo-rating/Is your Tornelo Elo rating correct? Test for yourself with out Elo-Rating-Checker spreadsheet.Fri, 18 Mar 2022 09:30:00 GMThttps://tornelo.com/team-matches-awarding-trophies-and-re-rating-tournaments/https://tornelo.com/team-matches-awarding-trophies-and-re-rating-tournaments/Today’s release was another Major Milestone with some significant changes and huge new features! There ...Wed, 16 Mar 2022 10:50:00 GMThttps://tornelo.com/player-profiles-forbidden-pairings/https://tornelo.com/player-profiles-forbidden-pairings/Player profiles, forbidden pairs and new look for Organizations Our release this week is mostly ...Wed, 09 Feb 2022 22:09:23 GMThttps://tornelo.com/e-boards-on-tornelo/https://tornelo.com/e-boards-on-tornelo/e-Boards for Hybrid chess tournaments or Broadcasting chess games live We provide an incredibly convenient ...Fri, 21 Jan 2022 05:01:39 GMThttps://tornelo.com/us-chess-fair-play-endorsement/https://tornelo.com/us-chess-fair-play-endorsement/Our Fair Play methodology received offical endorsement of the US Chess Federation.Wed, 12 Jan 2022 08:48:00 GMThttps://tornelo.com/fide-endorsed-pairings-program/https://tornelo.com/fide-endorsed-pairings-program/FIDE Endorsement of a software Pairings Program Today’s release is specially dedicated to the International ...Fri, 10 Dec 2021 00:43:29 GMThttps://tornelo.com/publishing-pairings-in-otb-chess-tournament/https://tornelo.com/publishing-pairings-in-otb-chess-tournament/Publishing pairings in an OTB chess tournament, void invoices and fair play report updates A ...Wed, 08 Dec 2021 01:30:51 GMThttps://tornelo.com/check-in-process-for-chess-tournaments/https://tornelo.com/check-in-process-for-chess-tournaments/Check in process for chess tournaments After the major release last week it’s good to ...Fri, 03 Dec 2021 12:10:10 GMThttps://tornelo.com/live-online-pairings-program-multiple-tie-breaks/https://tornelo.com/live-online-pairings-program-multiple-tie-breaks/Live online pairings program, multiple tie-breaks and ratings from 15 Federations It has been just ...Wed, 24 Nov 2021 03:16:03 GMThttps://tornelo.com/connect-external-player-profiles/https://tornelo.com/connect-external-player-profiles/Connect external player profiles Our release this week is mostly bug fixes, performance updates and ...Thu, 19 Aug 2021 17:07:54 GMThttps://tornelo.com/import-export-your-data-to-swiss-manager/https://tornelo.com/import-export-your-data-to-swiss-manager/This week we released a number of changes “under the hood”. You may not even ...Thu, 05 Aug 2021 17:36:27 GMThttps://tornelo.com/smart-cheating-report/https://tornelo.com/smart-cheating-report/1. Feature: Smart cheating mode on Fair Play report The Fair Play report has some ...Sat, 31 Jul 2021 07:31:09 GMThttps://tornelo.com/national-chess-federation-ratings-integration/https://tornelo.com/national-chess-federation-ratings-integration/This week you may have noticed some new options in your Tournament Settings, which will ...Mon, 26 Jul 2021 08:23:53 GMThttps://tornelo.com/restart-a-finished-game/https://tornelo.com/restart-a-finished-game/1. Feature: Restart a finished game Let’s imagine a game ended in a draw, or ...Thu, 15 Jul 2021 16:58:09 GMThttps://tornelo.com/player-list-upload-entries-via-csv/https://tornelo.com/player-list-upload-entries-via-csv/Some more minor updates this week as we finished the integration with the FIDE Rating ...Sun, 27 Jun 2021 16:21:40 GMThttps://tornelo.com/declare-a-result/https://tornelo.com/declare-a-result/A minor update went live today, mostly fixing outstanding logic issues or sneaky bugs from ...Thu, 10 Jun 2021 06:10:35 GMThttps://tornelo.com/roadmap/https://tornelo.com/roadmap/Our vision is to become the easiest, most beautiful and best chess tournament management system ...Thu, 03 Jun 2021 00:34:28 GMThttps://tornelo.com/major-changes-release-notes-2021-05-31/https://tornelo.com/major-changes-release-notes-2021-05-31/Get ready for some major changes and very cool new features on Tornelo. In the ...Mon, 31 May 2021 14:28:05 GMThttps://tornelo.com/international-sports-law-and-chess/https://tornelo.com/international-sports-law-and-chess/The Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS), and international sports law in general, has long ...Sun, 23 May 2021 03:35:15 GMThttps://tornelo.com/e-board-protocol-block-players/https://tornelo.com/e-board-protocol-block-players/This has been a challenging week for our users and I’d like to thank everyone ...Fri, 30 Apr 2021 00:00:08 GMThttps://tornelo.com/the-future-of-chess/https://tornelo.com/the-future-of-chess/The year is 2026, the Melbourne Chess Club annual club championships is starting in a ...Sat, 24 Apr 2021 10:50:53 GMThttps://tornelo.com/smart-cheating-private-dedicated-servers-dgt-boards/https://tornelo.com/smart-cheating-private-dedicated-servers-dgt-boards/1. Feature: Fair Play “smart cheating” mode The Fair Play report is designed to give ...Thu, 22 Apr 2021 01:58:27 GMThttps://tornelo.com/customize-your-chess-board/https://tornelo.com/customize-your-chess-board/By far and away our most requested feature from players has been the ability to ...Fri, 26 Mar 2021 07:05:47 GMThttps://tornelo.com/pre-move-fair-play-report/https://tornelo.com/pre-move-fair-play-report/Our theme for this post is Bullets. In a controversial week for Tornelo our first ...Sat, 20 Mar 2021 09:20:54 GMThttps://tornelo.com/multiple-game-period-clocks-start-all-clocks/https://tornelo.com/multiple-game-period-clocks-start-all-clocks/Tick-tock! 1. Feature: Multiple game periods on clocks Clock settings on Tornelo now offer multiple ...Wed, 17 Mar 2021 01:09:17 GMThttps://tornelo.com/why-we-suffered-our-first-crash/https://tornelo.com/why-we-suffered-our-first-crash/Tornelo does something quite unique in the world of online chess platforms. We have the ...Tue, 16 Mar 2021 07:10:56 GMThttps://tornelo.com/export-pgn-and-structural-changes/https://tornelo.com/export-pgn-and-structural-changes/This month our focus was on speed! We are hosting the World Universities Online Chess ...Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:39:16 GMThttps://tornelo.com/arbiter-resources/https://tornelo.com/arbiter-resources/Way back in August I was listening to Adam Raoof’s The Chess Circuit podcast and ...Sun, 21 Feb 2021 07:25:26 GMThttps://tornelo.com/major-changes-release-notes-2021-02-01/https://tornelo.com/major-changes-release-notes-2021-02-01/It’s been nearly 3 months since we last released changes to Tornelo, but you’re about ...Sun, 31 Jan 2021 06:33:37 GMThttps://tornelo.com/fide-approves-hybrid-competitions-for-rating/https://tornelo.com/fide-approves-hybrid-competitions-for-rating/A landmark announcement today with FIDE declaring that Hybrid Chess Tournaments (played online) will now ...Tue, 19 Jan 2021 01:50:04 GMThttps://tornelo.com/stop-trying-to-catch-cheaters/https://tornelo.com/stop-trying-to-catch-cheaters/Think of cheating in online chess tournaments like a virus, and catching a cheater is ...Sat, 02 Jan 2021 01:04:51 GMThttps://tornelo.com/when-do-you-need-a-ken-regan-screening-report/https://tornelo.com/when-do-you-need-a-ken-regan-screening-report/Waiting until the end of an event and sending a PGN file to Ken might ...Mon, 21 Dec 2020 05:03:42 GMThttps://tornelo.com/so-you-think-someone-cheated/https://tornelo.com/so-you-think-someone-cheated/A lot has been said about how to identify players who may be getting unfair ...Thu, 10 Dec 2020 05:53:23 GMThttps://tornelo.com/live-pgn-broadcast-take-back-moves/https://tornelo.com/live-pgn-broadcast-take-back-moves/It’s been another busy few weeks with some fairly major features to report, including our ...Wed, 11 Nov 2020 07:16:53 GMThttps://tornelo.com/player-png-import-take-me-chess/https://tornelo.com/player-png-import-take-me-chess/I was a little bit slack with my release notes (preparing to win FIDE selection ...Tue, 20 Oct 2020 10:26:37 GMThttps://tornelo.com/intercontinental-teams-match/https://tornelo.com/intercontinental-teams-match/It’s a funny story after the fact…. but at the time I feel for the ...Fri, 16 Oct 2020 13:44:25 GMThttps://tornelo.com/responsive-game-board-updates/https://tornelo.com/responsive-game-board-updates/A major milestone was reached today with the release of our new Responsive Game Board. ...Mon, 05 Oct 2020 14:50:34 GMThttps://tornelo.com/ensuring-fair-play/https://tornelo.com/ensuring-fair-play/I get this question a lot when Organisers and Arbiters are evaluating Tornelo as the ...Sat, 26 Sep 2020 02:04:46 GMThttps://tornelo.com/can-you-be-too-agile/https://tornelo.com/can-you-be-too-agile/The European Youth Online Chess Championships was a great opportunity to showcase the rich features ...Mon, 21 Sep 2020 02:40:26 GMThttps://tornelo.com/european-online-youth-chess-championship/https://tornelo.com/european-online-youth-chess-championship/Over the past decade Tornelo has been used to manage a wide variety of events; ...Sun, 20 Sep 2020 02:43:03 GMThttps://tornelo.com/arbiter-chat-feature/https://tornelo.com/arbiter-chat-feature/Starting tomorrow we are hosting the European Chess Union’s Online Youth Championships. This will see ...Thu, 17 Sep 2020 02:58:27 GMThttps://tornelo.com/chess-clock-controls-and-sofia-rules/https://tornelo.com/chess-clock-controls-and-sofia-rules/Our release this week introduces a number of arbiter controls over clocks during a game. 1. Feature: ...Wed, 09 Sep 2020 03:03:22 GMThttps://tornelo.com/our-first-experience-with-online-chess-cheating/https://tornelo.com/our-first-experience-with-online-chess-cheating/Our first experience with online cheating was traumatic to say the least. In the early ...Wed, 26 Aug 2020 03:14:13 GMThttps://tornelo.com/case-study-young-sparks/https://tornelo.com/case-study-young-sparks/Young Sparks is a community initiative by Max Biocare for children of MBc family and ...Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:57:11 GMThttps://tornelo.com/why-dealing-with-cheating-in-chess-needs-human-input/https://tornelo.com/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 ...Sun, 23 Aug 2020 03:18:41 GMThttps://tornelo.com/fair-play-report-beta/https://tornelo.com/fair-play-report-beta/Tornelo today released a Fair Play report feature for Arbiters. This will provide round-by-round analysis ...Fri, 21 Aug 2020 03:23:14 GMThttps://tornelo.com/fair-play-report-beta-player-messages/https://tornelo.com/fair-play-report-beta-player-messages/The question on everyone’s mind is of course Fair Play / Cheating in chess. We’d ...Thu, 20 Aug 2020 03:29:05 GMThttps://tornelo.com/tornelo-v-chess-com/https://tornelo.com/tornelo-v-chess-com/Before I share some feedback, I want to give you some context. It’s important to ...Wed, 19 Aug 2020 03:32:47 GMThttps://tornelo.com/fides-trf-file-format/https://tornelo.com/fides-trf-file-format/FIDE update their TRF File format as the agreed Data Exchange format for tournament results ...Thu, 13 Aug 2020 03:35:16 GMThttps://tornelo.com/click-to-move-declare-draw/https://tornelo.com/click-to-move-declare-draw/We have a number of small changes being released this weekend. Please take note! 1. ...Thu, 13 Aug 2020 03:34:21 GMThttps://tornelo.com/self-scheduled-matches/https://tornelo.com/self-scheduled-matches/I love discovering from our Organisers new ways that Tornelo is being used to run ...Tue, 11 Aug 2020 03:37:04 GMThttps://tornelo.com/substantially-fungible/https://tornelo.com/substantially-fungible/Or, The Commodity of Chess ​Fungible is one of my favourite words to say, it’s a ...Tue, 11 Aug 2020 03:36:30 GMThttps://tornelo.com/can-your-tournament-do-this/https://tornelo.com/can-your-tournament-do-this/Can your tournament do this?Fri, 07 Aug 2020 03:39:25 GMThttps://tornelo.com/scheduled-events-v-on-demand-chess/https://tornelo.com/scheduled-events-v-on-demand-chess/There are lots of opportunities to play chess now that the entire world is online. ...Thu, 06 Aug 2020 03:38:39 GMThttps://tornelo.com/eliminating-cheating-in-online-chess-tournaments/https://tornelo.com/eliminating-cheating-in-online-chess-tournaments/Sorry, I’ve always wanted to write a clickbait headline and this was my chance. It’s ...Wed, 05 Aug 2020 03:37:54 GMThttps://tornelo.com/privacy-improvements-sounds-downloads/https://tornelo.com/privacy-improvements-sounds-downloads/Lots of bug-fixes this week on Tornelo.com and tightening of our Privacy Features. The release is not yet ...Thu, 16 Jul 2020 03:40:12 GMThttps://tornelo.com/rating-list-privacy-entering-teams/https://tornelo.com/rating-list-privacy-entering-teams/There are some major changes planned for the latest Tornelo release (due to go live later today). Please ...Thu, 02 Jul 2020 03:40:50 GMThttps://tornelo.com/you-cant-do-that/https://tornelo.com/you-cant-do-that/Chess.com and lichess.org are FANTASTIC on-demand chess platforms. But, they just don’t offer the control ...Wed, 01 Jul 2020 03:43:43 GMThttps://tornelo.com/release-notes-2020-06-17/https://tornelo.com/release-notes-2020-06-17/Dear Arbiters, The release today is just for you! 1. Feature: Call Arbiter button All players will ...Wed, 17 Jun 2020 03:44:31 GMThttps://tornelo.com/case-study-interschool-chess/https://tornelo.com/case-study-interschool-chess/Kids Unlimited runs about 200 chess tournaments per year with between 80 and 100 players. ...Mon, 15 Jun 2020 10:03:56 GMThttps://tornelo.com/case-study-saturday-allegro/https://tornelo.com/case-study-saturday-allegro/The Melbourne Chess Club is the oldest chess club in the Southern Hemisphere. Located in ...Mon, 01 Jun 2020 10:00:08 GMThttps://tornelo.com/case-study-junior-online-oceania-chess-league/https://tornelo.com/case-study-junior-online-oceania-chess-league/A couple of chess coaches got together to organise a friendly match between cities in ...Wed, 20 May 2020 10:02:58 GMThttps://tornelo.com/case-study-the-sarapu-cup/https://tornelo.com/case-study-the-sarapu-cup/This highly successful monthly junior chess tournament is run by chess coaching business, Chess Power ...Sun, 17 May 2020 09:59:02 GMT