Host Your Next Tournament on ChessKid!

ChessKid is the perfect place to host your large tournament online. Whether you are trying to replicate the experience of an over-the-board event, or have a unique tournament in its own right, we've shown we can help make your event a success.

In May of last year, ChessKid successfully partnered with the Washington Chess Federation to host their state championship, which otherwise would have been cancelled due to Covid. That event had 1100 kids.

In August, ChessKid partnered with the US Chess Federation for a national event: The US Chess/ChessKid Online Elementary Championship. That also went great, with more than 2100 kids playing!

Next up was the Texas State/ChessKid Online Scholastic Championship, which happened last November. More than 700 kids played.

Now, we're hosting the Intercontinental ChessKid FIDE Challenge this month!

Two kids enjoying playing in the US Chess/ChessKid Online Elementary Championship.

Now, ChessKid wants to partner with more organizations and federations. While we hope in-person tournaments return soon, it seems there will always be a place for large-scale online events.

Why partner with us? Glad you asked! There's lots of reasons:

• The safest online platform for kids, hands down.
• ChessKid staff provides the best service, and we're veterans of hosting and have created "best practices" to make your event a success.
• Platform is simple for kids and families.
• Families report fantastic appreciation for giving their child a premier event to participate in, and without the need for any travel planning or related costs.
• Proven stability -- ChessKid hosts thousands of kids and hundreds of live tournaments on our server every week.

FunMasterMike and GM Ben Finegold commentate on the US Chess/ChessKid Online Elementary Championship.

Here's what we can offer:

• Dedicated and knowledgeable ChessKid staff support all throughout the process.
• Help with design/creation of tournament logo.
• Creation of all ChessKid accounts and attaching "real" rating level to all kids.
• Proper placement of kids in all sections.
• Full control to you over the number of rounds, time control, etc.
• Stable live chess server.
• Real-time Slack or Zoom help desk for parents that need assistance during event.
• Warmup event for parents/kids to get used to live tournaments on the site.
• Full crosstable at tournament's conclusion, allowing you to also rate the event if you choose (ChessKid's server is sanctioned by US Chess for online rated play).
• Full fair-play game review at conclusion of event*.
• Help publicizing the event (on web and social media).
• Streaming options for families to follow the event live, with large built-in audience.

*Note that we use the resources of Chess.com's industry-leading fair play team, which is far and away the best in the business. We have more than 10 full-time members of the team, and our process and methods have been "approved" by the US Chess Federation, FIDE, a Harvard professor of statistics, renown chess fair play expert Dr. Ken Regan, Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, and many other top GMs!

If you're interested in learning more, please contact ChessKid Chief Chess Officer FM Mike Klein at [email protected].