Live Online Chess Tournaments For Young Champions
Step onto the live board. Compete in real-time academy tournaments with automated matchmaking, synchronized clocks, and live leaderboard rankings.
Designed for Competitive Chess Excellence
Everything required to run professional, synchronized tournaments from coach creation to player match finish.
Automated Matchmaking
Students enter the queue with a single click. Our concurrency-safe FIFO engine pairs waiting competitors instantly and assigns sides fairly.
Shared Clocks & Timers
Authoritative countdown clocks run only on active turns. Timers stay synchronized across both players with timeout detection and resignation triggers.
Tournament Standings
Every match outcome updates tournament leaderboards dynamically (1.0 pt win, 0.5 pt draw). Coaches manage tournaments from draft through completion.
From Sign In to Checkmate in 4 Steps
A clean path from tournament registration to playing a match and seeing results.
Sign In to Academy
Log in as Coach Garry or one of our 4 seeded students with one-click access.
Join Tournament
Browse open rapid tournaments and enroll in upcoming academy competitions.
Find Opponent
Enter the matchmaking pool. When two players queue, both auto-transition to the board.
Play & Rise
Make your moves on the live synchronized board, manage your clock, and win points!
Your next match is one click away.
Join coach Garry and academy students in real-time live chess play.