ChessRegister does one job: collect chess tournament entries and payments, with USCF ID capture, for a per-registration service fee on top of payment processing. If that's all you need, it's a reasonable tool, and this page won't pretend otherwise.
The comparison with Chess67 is about what happens after signup closes. With a registration-only tool, the entry list gets exported into pairing software, fees get reconciled in a spreadsheet, and next event you start from zero. With Chess67, the registration page, the checkout, the roster, and the pairings are the same system — and your players are still there next month.
If you only ever need entries collected, a registration tool is fine. If the roster has a life after signup closes, collect it where the tournament actually runs.
| Fact | Chess67 | ChessRegister |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Web platform for chess clubs and tournaments: registration, payments, pairings, standings, and member management | Chess tournament registration and payment service |
| Runs on | Any browser — phone, tablet, or laptop | Any browser |
| Price | Free to use*; 2% platform fee on sales processed through Chess67 | Per-registration service fee on top of payment processing |
| Payments | Stripe or PayPal/Venmo checkout built into registration | Collected at signup |
| Formats & reporting | Swiss, round robin, double round robin, and quads; USCF tiebreaks and rating report export; FIDE TRF preparation | None — pairing happens in other software |
| Best for | Organizers whose roster has a job to do after signup closes | Organizers who only need to collect entries |
ChessRegister bills per registration; check current fees at home.chessregister.com.
*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 ChessRegister fits: ChessRegister is stage two. When signup closes, the roster gets exported to other software — and the loop at the bottom never starts.
Every registration-only tool ends with a handoff: export the entries, import them into pairing software, and hope nothing got mangled — a missing USCF ID, a player in the wrong section, a refund that didn't make it to the spreadsheet. Chess67 has no handoff. The roster you pair from is the roster that registered, including who actually paid.
Per-registration fees look small per entry and grow with exactly the thing you want to grow: your field. Chess67's 2% platform fee works out to 50 cents on a $25 entry, and free events cost nothing.
A registration tool gives you a fresh empty form per event. Chess67 keeps players and families as accounts — returning players register in a few taps, parents manage all their kids from one login, and you can message the whole list about the next event instead of rebuilding 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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ChessRegisterChessRegister's public site: focused on event signup and entry collection.
SourceTakeaway: Both will collect your entries. Only one of them knows what to do with the roster afterward.
The screens behind the claims on this page — real product, sample data.
Sections carry their own rating range, price, and bye requests — players put themselves in the right place.
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Require the answers your event actually needs — school suggestions are powered by Google Places.
See it live
USCF membership checked live during signup: current ratings, status, and expiration before the entry is accepted.
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 | ChessRegister |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | No |
| Round robin and quad formats | Club championships, K-3 sections, and small invitationals often aren't Swiss events. | Yes | No |
| 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 | Partial |
| 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 | No |
| 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 | No |
| Messaging and announcements to players | Round delays, room changes, and next-event announcements reach everyone without a separate email tool. | Yes | Partial |
| 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 | No |
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