A panoramic view of the well organized Asian Amateur Chess Championship in Hong Kong, which broadcast games live from the newly FIDE-endorsed electronic scoresheets (photo below).
Asian Chess Federation shall organize a webinar on How to Run a Chess Tournament with Swiss Manager in English language during the weekend of 18 and 19 October 2025.
Learn FIDE Rules and Regulations of the Swiss System, how to use Swiss Manager software and how to install the new electronic scoresheets.
Download Registration Form Webinar on Swiss Manager
Lecturers are
Day 1 – Saturday, 18 October 2025
Time: 09:00–12:00 (Dubai Time)
Topic: Basic Functions to Run a Successful Tournament
Session Outline:
- How to Run Swiss System Tournaments
- Introduction to Swiss Manager
- Swiss Manager Optimizations
- Setting up a Tournament
- Swiss System, Round-Robin, & knockouts
- Inputting and Excluding Players
- Pairings and results input
- Uploading tournaments to chess-results.com
- How to make appropriate output lists
- How to make name cards
- Basic troubleshooting and FAQs
- Q&A session
Day 2 – Sunday, 19 October 2025
Time: 09:00–12:00 (Dubai Time)
Topic: Advanced Features to Take Your Tournament to the Next Level
Session Outline:
- How to Create Template for Entering Games by Chessbase
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New: How to Install Electronic Scoresheets
- Setting up a Tournament
- Swiss System with Team Tiebreaks & Team formats
- Double round robin
- How to make Team Registration through chess-results.com
- How to submit team line-up on chess-results.com
- How to construct Pairing Tree
- How to enter results online by tablets and mobiles
- How to show all pairings on big screens
- Managing team tournaments
- Board order, team compositions, tiebreaks
- Title norm and FIDE-rated event setups
- Multiple sections and merging events
- Game / Match Protocols for Teams
- Advanced uploading and editing on chess-results.com
- Tips and Tricks
- Practical Exam
Earn the title of Swiss Manager Expert User issued in cooperation with Heinz Herzog, Swiss Manager creator.