You have organised everything yourself - we come and run it
The hall is booked, the people are invited, the prizes are bought. What is left is someone to explain the rules, do the pairings, settle disputes and keep the standings - so that the organiser can be with the guests rather than with the paperwork.
We work with your equipment or bring our own. The pairings follow the Swiss system under FIDE rules, and the results are visible at once and can be checked.
Explains the rules to beginners, keeps an eye on the time, starts the rounds, announces the results and the prizegiving. Talks to the room - at a corporate party that is what matters most
Makes sure the rules are followed and sorts out touch-move situations, a fallen flag or an illegal move. Needed wherever the result carries weight
Enters the players, makes the Swiss-system pairings, keeps the standings and the tie-breaks. Often combined with the first two
Most often it is one person doing all three. But if the tournament is serious and the prizes are real, it is better not to combine arbiting with hosting - more on that in our guides to arbiting a tournament and hosting a chess evening.
The hall is booked, the prizes are bought, the people are invited. All that is left is to find someone to run it and keep score
A teacher or a student council usually needs not a script but a person who takes the pairings and the disputes off their hands
The organiser plays too and cannot arbitrate at the same time - the classic trouble of small tournaments
An event agency runs the whole occasion and hands the chess part to someone who knows it
A special case: it needs a certified arbiter. We will tell you straight whether we are the right fit and point you to where to go
The Swiss system with the bbpPairings engine under FIDE rules; tie-breaks are calculated automatically and results are visible at once
For people who last played at school: two minutes in plain words, no lecture
Starting the rounds, the clocks, the schedule. The tournament does not drag on for an extra hour
We settle them under the rules and explain the decision to both sides - so that nobody leaves offended
Announcing the winners and a final report you can show to management
Whom to invite and where. We arrive at the agreed time
If you have no boards or clocks, we bring our own. If you do, we use yours
Who gets what and for what - you decide. We announce it
If you would rather hand over everything, that is a turnkey tournament. If, on the contrary, you want to run it yourselves, there is a step-by-step guide and a checklist, and the pairing app is free.
Write to us: how many players, the date and the address, whether you have your own equipment and whether the tournament needs to be rated. We reply the same day, quote a price and tell you how many of our people you will need.
The host holds the evening: explains, starts the rounds, announces. The arbiter is responsible for the rules and settles disputes. A corporate party more often needs a host; a tournament where people play seriously needs an arbiter. Often it is one person, but the roles are still different.
We run tournaments under FIDE rules and do the pairings with a certified engine, but we do not claim an official arbiter title. If your tournament is rated by FIDE or the Russian Chess Federation, it needs a certified arbiter - we will say so honestly and point you to where to go.
Yes, that is the whole point of the service. We come with our own pairing app and run the tournament on your equipment.
Up to forty players, one is usually enough. Beyond that we bring a second: one person physically cannot both make the pairings and keep an eye on the room.
That is the most common case. The rules take two minutes to explain, from the second round the pairings keep beginners away from strong players, and heavy defeats hardly ever happen.
Two to two and a half hours for five to seven rounds of blitz. If you have less time, we cut the number of rounds - tell us in advance and we will work out the schedule.
You can, and we will not hide it: the pairing app is free, and the steps are covered in our guides. A small department can realistically do it alone - the service is for when the organiser does not want to spend the whole evening working out pairings instead of being with the guests.
Our base is Moscow and the Moscow region; travel to another city is discussed separately. Send us the address and we will reply straight away.
It depends on the number of players, the length of the event and whether you need our equipment. Send us the details and we will quote a price the same day.
Rules and paperwork - playing conditions, tournament regulations, appeals, fair play. Ratings - FIDE rating and Russian Chess Federation rating. Equipment - boards for a tournament.
