FAQ: Tournaments

Participating in a tournament is very simple:

Go to 'play':

If a tournament is starting or ongoing, Chessto asks if you want to participate after you have clicked on 'play'
You do not need to register in advance
You will be automatically assigned
You may also start later or stop earlier, and you can even take a break
You can also just watch
After half an hour, the tournament is over, and you immediately see who has won

If you participate in a tournament, you enter the tournament arena.

Here the tournament has not yet started. You have to wait for the assignment:

Here the tournament is already underway. You can choose whether you want to play or just watch:

During the tournament, you can see the interim standings and watch the game of the leader while waiting for a new opponent:

When the tournament is over, the 'award ceremony' follows immediately. You also get to see the interim standings in the Chessto Week Championship. This is an online school competition for which the points count that the students achieve in the tournaments. As soon as one of your students participates in a chess tournament in the Arena, your school is included in the ranking. Every week a new competition starts on Monday. After the last tournament on Friday, the final standings of that week are drawn up.

On your homepage, you can see where your school stands in the interim standings of the current week and which children have played their way into the team. The students also see this on their start screen:

The chess competition between schools contributes to a lively chess culture at school and promotes group formation and mutual connection between students in a playful and sporty way. The school competition is a real team effort, to which all students - across groups - can contribute and share in successes. At many schools, participating in the tournaments is therefore a fixed part of the chess lessons. Is your school already participating?

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The Chessto Week Championship is an online competition for schools and families for which the points count that the children achieve in the chess tournaments in Chessity. As soon as one of your students/children participates in a chess tournament in the Arena, your school/family is included in the ranking. Every week a new competition starts on Monday. After the last tournament on Sunday evening, the final standings of that week are drawn up.

On the Statistics tab, you can see where your school/family stands in the interim standings of the current week and which children have played their way into the team. The children see this on their start screen:

How often do you get the chance as a family to achieve a performance together as a team? In the Chessity week competition, you can do that weekly. The whole family competes together against other families, with each family member contributing to the family success.

At schools, the chess competition helps to create a lively chess culture. It promotes group formation and mutual connection between students in a playful and sporty way. The school competition is a real team effort, to which all students - across groups - can contribute and share in successes. At many schools, participating in the tournaments is therefore a fixed part of the chess lessons.

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Every day, a tournament starts every half hour between 9:00 and 21:00 in the tournament arena.

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Unique tournament system: specially for children

The tournament system of Chessity is the only online chess tournament system in the world that is fully tailored to children. It is designed to optimally match the world and (chess) development of children:

✓ Exciting and cool playing environment

✓ Minimal waiting time between games

✓ Many games in a short time

✓ Chess buddy Chessto leads the tournament

✓ Result immediately known

Beginners also receive educational tips during the games. Here, the smart artificial intelligence of Chessity comes into play, which secretly makes the tournaments an educational activity.

The analysis of the game is not limited to the tournament environment, but is also used to adjust the child's learning environment so that the child receives optimal, personalized guidance during the lessons. Thus, the tournaments are seamlessly integrated with the learning environment.

Of course, the games are played in a completely safe online environment.

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In Chessity, an online school competition is held weekly, for which students must play in their own school team.

This is how the online school chess competition works

Participating is very simple. You don't have to do anything for it. As soon as one of your students participates in a chess tournament in the Arena, your school is included in the ranking. Every week a new competition starts on Monday. After the last tournament on Friday, the final standings of that week are drawn up.

The school score is the total of the high scores of the four best chess players from the school. For each student, the best personal tournament result of the week counts. The children can even play their way into the school team on Friday afternoon. This keeps it exciting until the last moment.

What does it look like?

The student participating in a chess tournament sees a team card on their screen in the playing room, which is displayed as a button:

By clicking on the button, the team card is enlarged: You then see the four best players from your school and whether you are in this team or not. This player is in the team:

This player is (not yet) in the school team:

The teacher cannot be in the team themselves but can follow the achievements of their team. This is what you see when you are logged in with a coach account:

In the podium ceremony after the tournament, the standings of the school ranking are shown. Click on it to enlarge. The team of 'ronb' is in the top 5. You can see this by the orange bar in the standings:

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Unique tournament system: specially for children

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