What ChessRating can do

Calculating

• DWZ and Elo after every round – Forecast from the chess-results link, both ratings side by side with change and status. (No account)
• Official or forecast – Once a tournament is rated, the official value appears alongside, with a recalculation. (No account)
• Step by step – Expected score, points, factor and every game on its own, with a pointer to the rating regulations. (No account)
• What if – Win, draw or loss in the next round, and a target DWZ within n games. (No account)
• Share your result – As a link for club, family or coach, with a preview image in WhatsApp, Telegram and more. (No account)
• Report a mistake – If something looks wrong, report it with one tap or ask the tournament director. (No account)

At the tournament

• Next round – Opponent with rating and form, board, colour and time, as soon as pairings are out. (No account)
• Notice at every pairing – As a browser notification or through the Telegram bot. (No account)
• Recently opened tournaments – Your tournament is one tap away on your next visit. (No account)
• Record your own tournament – Enter pairing and result yourself, with a forecast and a reminder for the result. (No account)

Preparing for opponents

• Player page – Ratings, form over the last twelve months, record with White and Black, against stronger and weaker players. (No account)
• Opponent’s games – Tournament games from open sources, with an opening tree. (No account)
• Preparing at the board – Their openings against your repertoire, with your own notes. (With account)

Training

• Load or build a repertoire – PGN file, Lichess study or move by move with master, Lichess and tournament data. (No account)
• Practise on a schedule – Single moves or whole lines; new moves in small doses, repeats when they are due, streak and daily goal. (No account)
• Drill your mistakes – Moves you often get wrong come up more often. (No account)
• Replay master games – Guess the moves of strong players in your opening. (No account)
• Fill gaps automatically – Suggested replies for missing moves up to the coverage target you choose, weighted by your style. (No account)
• Move data while building – Master, Lichess, tournament and your own games for every position, plus typical plans. (No account)
• Rate your repertoire – Strength, solidity and learnability of your repertoire at a glance. (No account)
• Notes and pausing – Your own note for each move, take lines out of practice for a while. (No account)
• Openings compared – How your online games go for each opening, by period and time control. (With account)
• PGN export – Your repertoire as a file at any time, compact or complete. (No account)
• Check your games – Where your online games depart from your repertoire, and practise from that. (With account)
• The rook – Accompanies practice, can be switched off, with or without sound. (No account)
• Board to your taste – Piece sets, board colours, sounds, animation and daily goal can be set. (No account)
• Practise without signal – A practice session you have started keeps going offline; the scores are sent later. (No account)

My form

• Paste your DWZ record card – Copy it from the rating portal and your form is read from it. Stays in your browser without an account. (No account)
• Form signal – Whether you are above or below expectation, tournament by tournament. (No account)

• Club tournament without chess-results – Enter pairings and results yourself and see the DWZ forecast. (No account)
• Share results – One link per player, for example for the club website or the group chat. (No account)

• View a tournament – For uploaded tournaments: table, pairings and results on your phone. (No account)
• Link from the player – Whoever records their own tournament sends you a link: you see every result. (No account)
• What does the number mean? – DWZ and Elo explained simply, no expertise needed. (No account)

• Works with your chess-results tournament – No effort: participants see pairing, board, opponent and forecast on their phone and get every pairing as a notification. (No account)
• Upload a tournament file – Upload a TRF or DSB file and get a public tournament page with table, pairings and crosstable. (With account)
• Data comparison – The file is compared with the DSB record for each player; you decide, the app changes nothing. (With account)
• Players confirm results – Participants can recognise themselves in the table and confirm their result. (With account)
• Pairings on the phone – Participants find pairings and results on their phone, without hunting for the notice board. (No account)

• Start without an account – Calculating and practising work right away; if you create an account later, your progress carries over. (No account)
• Sign in without a password – By e-mail link or with Lichess. Optional. (With account)
• My player – The player you calculated last is at the top of the player list at your next tournament. (No account)
• On all devices – Repertoire, practice progress, followed players and your own tournaments. (With account)
• Your own games – Upload PGN or sync Lichess automatically, for training and preparation. (With account)
• Connect Telegram – Notifications through Telegram as well, with one tap. (With account)
• Signed in securely – Overview of signed-in devices and signing out on all devices. (With account)
• Export and delete – Download all your data as a file, delete your account completely at any time. (With account)
• Your name, your decision – We hide entries about you on request. (No account)
• Light, dark, German, English – Appearance and language in the settings. (No account)
• Understanding DWZ – Articles on calculation, factor, special rating, first DWZ, accuracy and DWZ versus Elo. (No account)

• Practise right at the board – You choose the type of exercise at the board, and the last move stays until you tap on. (In progress)
• Opening names while practising – You see which opening you are in. (In progress)
• Practise fully offline – Training on a plane too, without having opened the page beforehand. (Planned)
• Play against your repertoire – Whole games against an opponent who tests your openings. (Planned)
• For clubs and coaches – An overview of your own players and their tournaments. (Planned)
• See your reach – How often the tournament page was viewed, for example for sponsors or the club report. (Planned)
• QR code for the notice board – Print it, pin it up: one scan leads straight to the tournament in the app. (Planned)
• Hall display – Pairings and table large and easy to read for a projector or TV, updating itself. (Planned)
• Result by photo – Players photograph their signed score sheet, the tournament director confirms the result with a tap. (Planned)