About this plugin
Chess Podium helps chess clubs organize tournaments directly from WordPress. Create tournaments, add players, generate Swiss pairings, enter results, and publish standings—all without spreadsheets.
Free plan includes:
* Up to 10 players per tournament
* Swiss pairing
* Round Robin and Double Round Robin
* Results and standings
* Public tournament page
* CSV export
* FIDE ID import
Upgrade to Pro for unlimited players, advanced exports, PGN pages, and more. Get Chess Podium Pro →
Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
This plugin may link to the plugin website’s legal pages. Ensure these URLs are valid and publicly accessible:
com/terms-of-service/
com/privacy-policy/
If your site uses different paths, create the corresponding pages and update the links where the plugin references them.
External services
This plugin relies on the following third-party services to provide core functionality:
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28): Used to calculate tournament pairings (Swiss System and Round Robin). The plugin sends tournament data (player names, ratings, and results) to this server to generate the next round’s pairings.
- Service provided by: Chess Podium.
- Data sent: Tournament IDs, player names, and scores.
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com): Used to fetch and update player Elo ratings and titles based on their FIDE ID.
- Service provided by: International Chess Federation (FIDE).
- Data sent: FIDE ID (public identifier).
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com): Used to process payments for the Pro license.
- Service provided by: Stripe, Inc.
- Terms of Service: https://stripe.com/legal
- Privacy Policy: https://stripe.com/privacy
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com): Used to process payments for the Pro license.
- Service provided by: PayPal Holdings, Inc.
- Terms of Service: https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/useragreement-full
- Privacy Policy: https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
Additional services (optional, depending on configuration):
- Chess Podium License API (chesspodium.com): Validates Pro licenses. Sends: license key, site URL. Ensure Terms and Privacy pages exist on your site (e.g. /terms-of-service/, /privacy-policy/) or use your own policy URLs.
- Lichess (lichess.org): PGN live feed for broadcast games. Fetched server-side; no user data sent.
- Wikimedia (Wikipedia REST API, Wikidata SPARQL — wikipedia.org, wikidata.org): Optional. Used only to resolve player profile thumbnail images when FIDE does not return a usable photo. Sends: player name and/or FIDE ID (public). No account data.
g. [chess_podium_tournament], [chess_podium_manager_tornei] ). Legacy shortcodes checkmate_manager_tornei, storico_tornei, and regina_torneo are kept only for backward compatibility; prefer the chess_podium_* equivalents for new installations.
Third-party software
txt in the plugin root.