Macro-driven Excel is fragile
Complicated sheets, hidden formulas, breaks on edge cases. One filter mistake silently corrupts the entire distribution.
ChessPD · The modern platform for chess tournament operations
Every prize, distributed correctly. Every decision, explained.
ChessPD generates tournament Prize Distribution in minutes — with 100% accuracy and a written reason for every winner. The entire tournament benefits: arbiters work faster, organizers protect their reputation, players see clear results.
Prize Distribution shouldn’t be this hard.
For years, tournaments have relied on fragile Excel macros to decide who wins what. The process is slow, the logic is invisible, and the cost of one wrong allocation is huge.
Mistakes go unnoticed
Wrong winners walk away with prizes. Players and parents have no way to verify why someone received a category award — or didn’t.
Arbiters take the blame
After days of effort, one allocation error damages reputations built over years — for both the arbiter and the organizer.
Players wait too long
Prize Distribution is often finalised hours after the closing ceremony. Players and parents wait — sometimes long after they’ve left the venue.
A new standard for Prize Distribution.
ChessPD is the first platform that combines a guided arbiter workflow with full reasoning for every prize awarded.
Guided 5-step workflow
No macros. No spreadsheets. A clean interface walks you from configuration to publish in minutes.
Validated across real tournaments
A fully generic engine, verified against FIDE-rated tournaments at 100% match. Any rule structure, any format.
Every winner — with a reason
The only platform that shows why each player received a prize. No arguments, no doubts, nothing left to interpret.
How ChessPD works
A simple five-step workflow. The moment your closing Swiss Manager standings arrive, the complete prize sheet is ready in under a minute.
1. Setup
Enter your tournament name, dates, venue, and the events you are running. Lock the prize fund for each event.
2. Prize Config
Add your prize categories. For each one, set the number of slots, the cash per position, and the award type.
3. Filters
Tell ChessPD who qualifies for each category. Arrange categories in the priority you want, and choose how ties between categories are settled.
4. Process
Upload the Swiss Manager standings, run the validation, and generate the winners. Usually done in under a minute.
5. Results
Review the winners, download branded PDF and Excel reports, and publish a public results page where every prize carries its written reason.
Recent tournaments
Public results — open any tournament for the full winners list, prizes and downloads.
One platform. The entire tournament benefits.
When arbiters run Prize Distribution on ChessPD, the value reaches everyone involved — instantly, transparently, and on the record.
- For ArbitersOperate with confidence
Faster work. Verifiable results. Zero blame.
A guided workflow handles configuration, validation, and generation. Every allocation is explainable, exportable, and audit-ready — so the work defends itself.
- For organizersProtect your reputation
Professional results, published the moment the tournament ends.
Branded PDF and Excel exports plus a public results page for every tournament. Sponsors, federations, and parents see a polished outcome — not a delayed spreadsheet.
- For players & parentsClarity, not confusion
See exactly why each prize was awarded.
Public results are live the moment they are generated. Each winner is shown with a clear written reason — no rumour, no argument, nothing left to interpret.
Frequently asked questions
The questions chess arbiters, tournament organizers, and players ask most often — answered in plain language.
What is ChessPD?
ChessPD is a chess tournament Prize Distribution platform built for arbiters, organizers, and players. It replaces the macro-heavy Excel sheet most arbiters fight with, and turns the entire prize distribution into a guided five-step workflow that finishes within a minute of the last round's standings landing on your laptop.
Who is ChessPD built for?
ChessPD is built for the three people every tournament needs: the arbiter who runs the prize distribution, the organizer who pays the prizes, and the player who wants to see their result. Arbiters do the heavy lifting in the workspace; organizers see clean reports they can hand to sponsors; players open a public results page and find their slot in seconds.
Do I need to be tech-savvy to use ChessPD?
No. ChessPD is built for chess arbiters who have never touched a database, written a formula, or read documentation. If you can run a tournament in Swiss Manager and open a spreadsheet, you can run ChessPD. Every screen is in plain English, the steps are numbered one to five, and the system tells you what to do next.
How fast is prize distribution on ChessPD?
Within one minute of the last round's Swiss Manager standings landing on your laptop, your prize sheet is ready — winners assigned, reasons written, PDF and Excel exports waiting. Three of the five steps (tournament setup, prize configuration, and category filters) can be finished before the tournament starts or any time during the rounds, so when the last round ends, you are minutes away from publishing.
What is the five-step workflow on ChessPD?
Step 1 — set up your tournament and events. Step 2 — build the prize configuration (categories, prizes, awards). Step 3 — define which players go into which category. Step 4 — upload the final Swiss Manager standings and generate winners. Step 5 — review, export, and publish. Steps 1, 2, and 3 can be done before or during the tournament; only Step 4 needs the final standings file.
Run your next tournament with full confidence.
Save hours of work. Eliminate disputes. Publish professional results the moment the tournament ends.
0% complexity · 100% accuracy.
This is ChessPD.
Built to reach every chess player and arbiter, worldwide.