Reading Tournament Reports

The Reports tab is the interactive way to follow a tournament on ChessRoster. Switch between report types, drill into any player’s games, and download the current view.

This page is a full tour. You don’t need to read it all: jump to the part you’re curious about.

Finding the Viewer

Open any tournament page and click the Reports tab.

Navigating the Viewer

Three controls steer everything you see.

Report-type strip

A scrollable row of tabs along the top picks what kind of report you’re looking at. The available types depend on what data the section has:

Round control

On the All Pairings report, a segmented bar lets you choose All rounds or a single round (1, 2, 3, …). Alphabetical Pairings shows the same segmented bar but always on a single round — it has no “All” option, and opens on the latest paired round. Other reports don’t need it.

Section selector

When a tournament has more than one section, a Section dropdown switches between them. Each option also shows its player count, so you can see at a glance which section is biggest.

Reading the Standings

The standings show final or in-progress placements. The interesting part is the round columns (Rd 1, Rd 2, …), which pack three pieces of information into each small cell.

A cell like W ● 12 reads as: won (W), playing this color (the dot), against the player at crosstable position #12.

The result letter is color-coded:

• Green — a win
• Red — a loss
• Gray — a draw
• Muted/faded — a bye, unplayed, or not-yet-resolved round

The dot shows which pieces you had:

• Filled (dark) dot — you played Black
• Outlined (light) dot — you played White

The number is your opponent’s crosstable number — their position in this standings list.

The ”#” column

Next to the standings you’ll see a narrow # column. This is each player’s fixed crosstable number. It’s what the round cells point to: when a cell reads W 3, it means a win against the player numbered 3. The numbers stay reliable even when the Place column shows a tie as a range (like “9–11”).

Place order and tiebreaks

The Place column can show finishing order or score order. When standings are sorted by score alone, a note reads “Score order only — no tiebreaks applied,” and a toggle lets you switch between the as-exported order and tiebreak order (finishing order). If anything looks out of sequence, that toggle usually explains why.

Hover for a quick look

On a computer, hovering over a round cell pops up a small card with:

• The result and your color (for example, “Win · playing White”)
• Your opponent’s name and rating
• Their crosstable number and their score so far

If the opponent’s details are available, the card invites you to click to view their results — which opens their full player card.

Click a player for the full story

Click any player’s name (look for the small “view tournament results” icon) to open their player card.

The Player Card

The player card is a focused view of one player’s whole tournament. It opens as a pop-up dialog on a computer, or slides up from the bottom of the screen on a phone.

At the top:

• The player’s name, rating, and a location or federation chip
• Their total score, shown large, with “of N rounds”
• A win–draw–loss record once at least one game is played (for example, “3 wins · 1 draw · 1 loss”)

For each round:

• The round number (R1, R2, …)
• A colored result badge and a dot showing the pieces they had
• The opponent’s name and rating (byes show as “Bye”; unpaired rounds show “Not paired”)
• The running score after that round

The Wall Chart

The wall chart lays out every player’s round-by-round path. Each round cell has two lines:

• Top line — the result letter, a piece-color dot, and the opponent reference (#12, Bye, or a dash for an unpaired round)
• Bottom line — the running score after that round

Running scores are left blank for rounds that haven’t produced a real result yet, so you never see a misleading “0”.

Game spotlight

Click a round cell for a played game and ChessRoster spotlights both sides of that game — it highlights your cell and your opponent’s, and scrolls their row into view so you can see both at once. Click the same cell again to clear it. A hint above the chart reads, “Click any round to spotlight both players of that game.”

Current Pairings

The Current Pairings report opens with a large “Round N” headline so there’s no doubt which round is live. Once a section’s standings are final, it has no live round, so the Current Pairings tab disappears for that section — use All Pairings to review earlier rounds.

Bye and Forfeit Symbols

Byes and forfeits are shown with the raw SwissSys symbol, a plain-language meaning, and the point value — for example, H — Half-bye (½). This makes results unambiguous in Reports and the pairings views.

Chess Fraction Notation

Scores use proper chess fractions throughout, so half-points read naturally:

• 4½ instead of 4.5
• ½ instead of 0.5
• ½–½ instead of 1/2-1/2 for a drawn game

Totals are shown in bold, and running scores stay blank until a round has a real result.

On Your Phone

On a small screen, the tables collapse into a single column of cards — no sideways scrolling required.

• Standings cards include a strip of round results and, when available, a pre-to-post rating change (for example, “1850 → 1857 ▲7”).
• All Pairings cards are labeled “Rd N · Board M” so you always know which game you’re looking at.
• A slim toolbar keeps a quick-filter search and the PDF download within reach.
• Team and club cards open a bottom sheet with the member-by-member breakdown when you tap them.

Tapping a player card opens the same player drill-down described above.

Exporting the Data

Two downloads sit together in the report toolbar:

• CSV — a spreadsheet-friendly file of the current report. (Available on desktop.)
• PDF — a branded, print-ready version. Choose US Letter or A4 from the menu.

PDF downloads are available for every report type, including Team Standings, Club Standings, and the all-sections All Players report. The PDF download stays available on mobile.

Sharing a Link

The viewer keeps your current section, report type, and round in the page’s web address. To share exactly what you’re looking at — say, Round 3 of the U1600 wall chart — just copy the address from your browser and send it. Whoever opens it lands on the same view.

Organizers can also embed reports on their own website, including a fixed light or dark appearance.

For Organizers: Set as Default

If you can edit the tournament, a Set as Default button appears next to Customize Display. It saves your current section, report type, and column layout as the default that every visitor sees first.

Visitors still keep full control — they can switch reports freely, and a shared link always wins over the saved default. Players who aren’t organizers won’t see the button; they simply land on the view you chose.

When a New Round Is Posted

You are never yanked to a new round by a background refresh. When a newer round is posted for the section you’re viewing, a banner appears — “Round N pairings are ready” — with a View round N button. Click it to move to the new round, or dismiss the banner to stay put. The same banner appears on the Pairings tab.

Related Topics

• Tournament Page Guide — How every tab on a tournament page works
• My Registrations — Track the tournaments you’re entered in
• Finding Tournaments — Search and filter the tournament list
• Your Player Profile — Keep your USCF ID and contact info up to date