You can't gather everyone in one hall at once - shifts, sections, different hours. So a rigid "one evening" tournament works poorly here. A stretched format is far handier: one round a day, and the game can be played in any convenient break.
The bot handles that pace calmly: it deals pairings for a round, and players find time to play during the day. Once the results are in, /next_round starts the next round. Nobody is tied to a fixed hour.
This is the crucial point of a factory tournament: not everyone has a phone with Telegram, and that's the usual reason digital tools don't catch on in the shop. The Vibe Chess bot has a standard answer: the organizer adds such a participant as a guest by name.
A guest plays fully in the common draw - the bot pairs them like everyone else. The organizer enters their game results. So the whole team takes part, not just those with a phone at hand. One phone with the bot - the organizer's - is enough for the entire plant.
If the tournament counts toward a championship between shops or sections, it's handy to keep both an individual and a team result: the bot counts individual places by points and Buchholz, and the team result is the sum of a division's players. How to set that up is covered in the tournament between departments article.
The usual flow: /create_tournament in the bot Vibe Chess Bot, /open_registration for those with Telegram, the rest added as guests. Then /start_tournament, one round a day, and /finish_tournament with the final table at the end. The full command breakdown is in the organizer guide.
Use a stretched format: one round a day, and the game can be played in any convenient break. The bot deals pairings for a round and waits for results - nobody is tied to a fixed gathering time.
The organizer adds them as guests by name. They play in the common draw like everyone else, and the organizer enters their results. One smartphone with the bot - the organizer's - is enough.
Yes. The bot counts individual places automatically, and the team result is conveniently the sum of each division's players' points. More in the tournament-between-departments article.
Yes, the Swiss system is the standard for mass amateur events. It finds a winner in 5-7 rounds even among dozens of players of different strength.
For an in-house tournament the organizer is enough: the bot watches the pairing and the counting. A separate arbiter is only needed for official rating, which a friendly tournament rarely requires.
Everything people usually keep in a spreadsheet is already in the app: pairings, points, tie-breaks, round order. Free, with no subscriptions and no cap on the number of players.
The bot is constantly improved based on real tournaments. If you need a feature that isn't there yet, message the developers right inside the bot with the /support command. Many features appeared exactly because organizers asked for them, and useful ideas get added quickly.
The broader take - tournament at work. Team format - tournament between departments. Without a paper table - tournament without paper. Full mechanics - organizer guide.
At the board since childhood: hazy about his rating, precise about every rook he has blundered. Counts an evening as a good one if the opponent stayed to talk afterwards instead of rushing off to check with an engine. Message →
