Account to first tournament: four screens.
Real screens. Fully bilingual.
Registration, payments, pairings, live standings, federation reports, prize payouts. Handled.
Free · No card · English & French
Online signup, card payment, byes, withdrawals. Nothing goes through you.
FIDE, CFC and FQE files plus rating-fee accounting, automatic.
Swiss, round robin, knockout. Full audit trail on every board.
Winners' wallets are credited minutes after the last game.
Web-based, any device, English and French.
Share link, club widget, and a listing players already browse.
Real screens. Fully bilingual.
“Everything we run — from Tuesday-night blitz to the Montréal Open — runs on ChessPass.”
— Blitz Bishops, Montréal
30¢ per player, per tournament
+ 5% of sign-up fees
$65 a year
One flat fee: run unlimited tournaments for 12 months with no 30¢ per player and no 5%. Card processing fees still apply. You can also sell your own club memberships through ChessPass.
Example: 40 players · $30 entry · 25% cut
| Registrations (40 × $30) | $1,200 |
| ChessPass (30¢ × 40 + 5%) | −$72 |
| Rating fees — returned to you | $160 |
| Your cut — you set it (here 25%) | $242 |
| Prize fund — paid to players | $726 |
| You receive | $402 |
One example, not a rule. You set the entry fee, your cut and the prize split — ChessPass does the math.
Pick a time below and we'll walk you through ChessPass live — your club, your questions, no commitment.
Five minutes to set up. Nothing to pay upfront.
Create your free account → or book a 30-minute demo first → No card required · Canadian-made in Montréal