The Tournament Notebook
Every player in your open goes home with a report on their tournament
The Tournament Notebook analyzes every game, from the top board to the last one. Each player receives a review of their tournament; every evening, you receive what you need to keep players, parents, the public and your sponsors engaged.
The service is free, for you and for the players, whether the games come as PGN or on paper scoresheets.
80%
of the players in an open get nothing on their games
Today, only the top boards get any commentary
In an open, around 80 percent of the players leave with a result and a rating change, and not a word about their games. Nobody hands each player a review. The Tournament Notebook does, with no extra work for the arbiters.
What every player receives
Their notebook, on the evening of the last round
A review of their games, the moments that cost or saved them points, how they compare with players in their ELO band, and up to 5 exercises built from their own positions.
Their game of the day, analyzed that same evening
The turning point explained: one lesson per game, not a list of every mistake.
One month of ChessPivot Plus, free
Every player keeps training on their own positions after the tournament.
One year of Plus for prize winners
The ChessPivot prizes (most brilliant move, finest save, best endgame) are open to every board. Each winner gets a year of ChessPivot Plus.
What you receive, every evening after the round
A kit of content drawn from the day’s games, in your colors and with your sponsors’ logos. You pick, download or copy: nothing to write, nothing to lay out.
From the very first tournament, six pieces of content
The puzzle of the day
The finest winning move of the round, to be found. The solution comes the next day.
Would you have seen it?
The missed chance of the round as a quiz: the position first, then the answer.
The number of the round
One striking figure, with a sentence that tells its story.
The round report
150 words on what mattered, ready to paste on your website or social media.
The daily bulletin
Standings, results, game of the round, puzzle and number of the day on one or two pages.
The analysis room screen
A slideshow that runs on its own: standings, puzzle, number and missed chance of the round.
Four examples, made from a real open
Built from the public games of the Open B of the Adolf Anderssen Chess Festival 2026 in Wrocław, broadcast on Lichess.
Open B · Wrocław 2026
The number of the tournament
22%
of the games were won by the lower-rated player
80 wins out of 357 games. The biggest: a 279-point gap, in round 1.
Analysis by ChessPivot
Then the catalogue grows
More content is added to suit your needs and your audiences.
- Records: longest game, fastest win, biggest upset
- David and Goliath: the wins of the lower-rated players
- Charts: score by ELO gap, the moving standings, the openings of the open
- Player portraits, with their consent
- For young players and parents: the junior puzzle, the best move in each age group
- For your sponsors: a sponsor’s prize and visuals in their name
- A report for your federation and city council: clubs, ages and where players come from
- The complete PGN of the tournament, ready to send to the federation
- A module for your website: standings and the day’s content, updated automatically
- Graphics for your video broadcast
Formats
- Square post
- Story
- Carousel
- Poster
- Venue screen
- Ready-to-paste text
- Newsletter
- PDF bulletin
- Press release
- “The tournament in numbers” page
A real example: the Wrocław Open B
Adolf Anderssen Chess Festival 2026: 89 players, 357 games over 9 rounds, all broadcast on Lichess. Here is what the Tournament Notebook drew from it.
- of the games were won by the lower-rated player (80 of 357)
- 22%
- winning positions thrown away, out of 319
- 58
- of the games were decisive
- 73.1%
- score of the higher-rated player by ELO gap, against 59 / 69 / 80% expected
- 57 / 68 / 78%
Every position analyzed by Stockfish; the moments we kept were checked again at a greater depth.
One player’s notebook
A player rated 1773 ELO, 5 points out of 9, performance 1962. Their private notebook reaches them on the evening of the last round.
Their points, round by round
- Average opponent: 1919 ELO
- Winning positions: 4 converted out of 5
- Lost positions: 1 turned around out of 4
- 5 exercises built from their own positions
Anonymized player.
How it works
- 1
Before the tournament
You send us the player file from your pairing software, your logo and your sponsors. - 2
After each round
The PGN, or a photo of both scoresheets of each game. Players confirm any doubtful moves themselves. By the evening, your kit is ready. - 3
On the evening of the last round
Every player receives their notebook by email. For a junior, it goes to the parents.
Getting the games in
If your games are broadcast (electronic boards, live coverage), the PGN is all we need. Otherwise, both scoresheets of each game are photographed, White’s and Black’s, and each player checks their game before the analysis. The arbiters have nothing to type in.
See how a scoresheet becomes a PGNOur rules
- Nothing is published during a round: the analysis arrives once the games are over, never while they are being played.
- No accuracy ranking between players: we highlight moves and games, we do not grade people.
- A portrait is only published with the player’s consent, or their parents’ for a minor. Without consent, a minor appears by their initial only.
- Notebooks are private and data is handled in line with the GDPR. Any player can opt out of appearing.
Your next open, analyzed for every player
The service is free, for you and for the players. Write to us with the dates and the number of players you expect: we will reply with the detailed schedule.
Or directly: mathieu.morio@chesspivot.com