Organizer Guide

Create an organizer profile as a USCF affiliate or an independent club. Learn what’s required before accepting online registrations.

Step-by-step walkthrough of the tournament creation wizard — sections, fees, registration settings, and more.

Modify tournament details and understand when deletion is and isn’t possible.

Draft or rewrite descriptions, then generate, refine, crop, and save organizer and tournament branding.

Collect section-specific answers, control their privacy, and map responses into SwissSys exports.

View your roster, process withdrawals, send emails to players, and export registration data.

Enable team play on a section — configure team sizes, join policies, rating rules, and captain permissions.

Edit your organization profile, add tournament directors, and control staff access.

Create percentage and fixed-dollar discount codes with usage limits and expiration dates.

Set up club membership tiers, import existing members, and offer member discounts at registration.

Review revenue, platform fees, and refunds for each tournament. Export to Excel.

Show standings, team reports, and pairings on your own website with a matching light or dark appearance.

Connect a PayPal account to your organization so you can accept online payments.

Configure staff alerts for registration activity and enable pairing notifications for players.

Preview feature — text players their round pairings and let them report game results by reply.

Offer players a discounted price when they register for multiple tournaments at once.