Every chess tool a coach needs, in one place.
Start with the tools below. When you want the whole kit — a live classroom, homework that marks itself, reports and fees — it's all inside Chessido, free to start.
Chess tools you can use today
- FIDE rating calculator → See what a tournament does to a student's rating, game by game, with the 2024 FIDE rules.
- Swiss pairing for tournaments → Pair rounds, enter results and print standings for an academy or school event, in any browser.
- Chess-Results upload → Publish your event's standings to Chess-Results straight from the pairing tool.
- Chess certificate maker → Merit, participation and level certificates in 16 designs, filled in from your list.
The teaching toolkit inside Chessido
Most coaches juggle a video call, a separate board, a homework sheet and a spreadsheet of fees. Chessido is one place for all of it — the chess coaching software a solo coach needs, and the chess academy platform a founder with a team of coaches needs.
- A live classroom on one shared board
- Every student follows your board as you move, draw arrows and set positions — with video and voice built in, nothing to install.
- Puzzle homework that marks itself
- Pick puzzles from a large library or upload your own PGN; see who solved what, how long it took and where they went wrong.
- Your own puzzle and game library
- Folders of puzzles, positions and games you can load into class or homework in a click — shared with your other coaches if you like.
- Batches, attendance and reports
- Group students into batches, mark attendance and send parents a progress report they actually read.
- Tournaments for your students
- Arena and Swiss events inside your academy, with ratings and certificates at the end.
- Fees and reminders
- Know who has paid this month, send receipts and gentle reminders without a spreadsheet.
- A free website for your academy
- A page parents can find on Google, in your colours and your language.
How to pick your tools
Start from your week, not from a feature list. If most of your time goes into teaching live, the classroom matters most. If it goes into checking homework and answering parents, look at self-marking puzzle assignments and reports. If you run an academy, the question is whether every coach, batch and fee sits in one system — see chess academy management software.
Moving from another platform? Here's an honest ChessLang alternative comparison and a guide to the best chess coaching software for each kind of coach.
Chess tools for coaches — common questions
What tools does a chess coach need?
Four things cover most coaching: a board your students can follow live, a way to set and check homework, a record of each student's progress, and a simple way to run games and tournaments. Chessido puts all four in one place, and several tools on this page are free on their own.
Are these chess tools free?
The FIDE rating calculator is free for anyone. Chessido itself is free to start, so a coach can try the classroom, homework, tournaments and reports with their own students before paying anything.
Can I use these tools for an online and an in-person class?
Yes. The shared board works for online students, on a smart board in a classroom, or both at once, and homework, reports and tournaments work the same either way.
What's the best tool for a chess academy with several coaches?
Look for one place that holds every coach, batch and student, so the founder sees the whole academy and coaches share the same material. That is what Chessido's academy platform is built for.
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