Chess Nut is the most similar product to Chess67 on this list, and we'll say so up front. Both do scholastic-friendly registration, US Chess ratings data, Swiss and round-robin pairings in the browser, built-in payments, club member messaging, and family workflows. If you're a scholastic club choosing between the two, you should genuinely try both.
What's left to compare are the edges: pricing transparency, what surrounds the tournament, and how far each product goes after the event ends.
Two solid options for scholastic clubs. Chess67 publishes its pricing and goes further after the event — memberships, storefront, CRM, coach marketplace. Try both against your real workflow.
| Fact | Chess67 | Chess Nut |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Web platform for chess clubs and tournaments: registration, payments, pairings, standings, and member management | Web platform for scholastic chess clubs and tournaments |
| Runs on | Any browser — phone, tablet, or laptop | Any browser |
| Price | Free to use*; 2% platform fee on sales processed through Chess67 | No public list price; try-it-free positioning — ask for current terms |
| Payments | Stripe or PayPal/Venmo checkout built into registration | Built-in Stripe entry-fee collection |
| Formats & reporting | Swiss, round robin, double round robin, and quads; USCF tiebreaks and rating report export; FIDE TRF preparation | Swiss and round robin with manual overrides; US Chess ratings data and report preparation |
| Best for | Scholastic clubs that also want memberships, a storefront, and member history in the same product | Scholastic clubs that want family-friendly registration and pairings |
Chess Nut doesn't publish a list price; confirm current pricing and payment terms directly with them before comparing costs.
*Free to use means no base subscription: publish events, run tournaments, and manage members at $0. Chess67 takes a 2% platform fee only on sales processed through Chess67; merchant processing fees are separate. The optional PayPal add-on gives a 0% platform fee on PayPal and eligible Venmo sales while active. Full details on the pricing page.
Venmo appears only where PayPal marks it eligible: US merchant and buyer, USD checkout, supported browser/device, and the Venmo app installed. PayPal eligibility docs
Chess67 replaces the toolchain, not one link of it. The club website, the registration form, tournament day, and the rating report all read and write the same records — and the people who register become the club that fills your next event.
Everyone who registered is already in your member list — there is no export at the end and no starting over.
Where Chess Nut fits: Chess Nut genuinely runs most of the event line — that's why this is the closest comparison here. The differences are at the edges of the line and in how far the membership loop goes.
Chess67's pricing is published: free to use, 2% platform fee on sales processed through Chess67, optional PayPal add-on for 0% platform fee on PayPal and eligible Venmo sales. Chess Nut's marketing leads with a free trial and no public list price — and you can't budget against a price you haven't been quoted yet.
Both products message members and run events. Chess67 keeps going into club operations: membership plans, a storefront for camps, classes, and merchandise, per-member history of attendance, payments, and email engagement, and a public club page that markets the next event. If your club is also a small business, that layer is the difference.
Both handle US Chess ratings data and rating-report preparation. Chess67 also prepares FIDE TRF files for FIDE-rated sections and supports per-section rules authority — niche for most scholastic clubs, decisive for the ones that need it.
Both screenshots come from public pages, linked below each image.
Chess67A public Chess67 tournament page: register, see live standings, check the schedule and location. This is what players get on their phones.
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Chess NutChess Nut's public site: pairings, registration, and club administration for scholastic chess.
SourceTakeaway: These two products agree about most things. Compare the edges: published pricing, storefront and CRM depth, and FIDE preparation.
The screens behind the claims on this page — real product, sample data.
Family accounts at signup: a parent picks which child they're registering, or adds a new one mid-flow.
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Public messages and private notes to organizers (“please don't pair my kids together”) arrive with the entry, not by email.
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Compliance checks mapped to USCF rule numbers — duplicate pairings, color imbalance, bye limits — before you file.
See it liveScored from each product's public documentation and pricing pages — the rubric is at the bottom of this page.
| Capability | Why it matters | Chess67 | Chess Nut |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public online registration pages | Players sign themselves up and the roster builds itself — nobody re-types entries from email. | Yes | Yes |
| Payments collected at signup | Entry fees arrive with the registration, so there's no cash box reconciliation afterward. | Yes | Yes |
| Pairings and tiebreaks built in | The same product that took registrations can pair round one — no export into separate pairing software. | Yes | Yes |
| Round robin and quad formats | Club championships, K-3 sections, and small invitationals often aren't Swiss events. | Yes | Yes |
| Live pairings and standings for players | Players check their board on a phone instead of crowding a printed wallchart between rounds. | Yes | Partial |
| USCF rating report export | Rated US events have to file a report — exporting it beats assembling one by hand on Sunday night. | Yes | Yes |
| FIDE report (TRF) preparation | FIDE-rated sections need a TRF file with complete player and arbiter data. Final reporting still goes through your arbiter and federation. | Partial | No |
| Custom registration questions and per-section pricing | School, team, bye requests, T-shirt size, different fees per section — real events need flexible forms. | Yes | Yes |
| Family accounts (one parent, several kids) | Scholastic events run on parents. One login that manages every child beats re-typing each kid every event. | Yes | Yes |
| Check-in from a phone on site | Morning check-in moves faster when any TD can work the line from a phone instead of one desk with one laptop. | Yes | Partial |
| Messaging and announcements to players | Round delays, room changes, and next-event announcements reach everyone without a separate email tool. | Yes | Yes |
| Member history (attendance, payments, engagement) | Recurring clubs need to know who's active, who paid, and which families are drifting away — per member, over time. | Yes | No |
| Full product works on phones and tablets | Parents register from phones and TDs walk the floor. Desktop-only software puts a laptop between you and both. | Yes | Yes |
Chess67 is free to set up — publish a tournament page, take a few registrations, and pair a round. You'll know within an hour whether it fits how you direct.
We build Chess67, so read these pages knowing that. We base each comparison on the other product's public pricing and documentation, and we say plainly when the other tool is the better pick. Verify prices and features with each vendor before you buy — they change theirs, and we change ours.
Updated 2026-06-10