Built for chess
Chess club software that knows what a chess club is.
Members, events, rated tournaments, attendance, registrations, announcements — one operating system for the club, with event types and member fields that fit how chess clubs actually operate.
Free for clubs up to 30 members. No credit card.
The problem
A chess club isn't a generic membership site.
A scholastic club runs weekly meetings, a monthly tournament, and a stream of parents who want to know whether their kid showed up. A community club tracks ratings, runs ladders, and announces what's happening this Tuesday. None of that fits cleanly into a generic membership SaaS or a registration-only tool.
Most clubs end up with a spreadsheet plus four other tools — and the spreadsheet is still the source of truth. Rook Ready is the dedicated layer underneath: a real member roster, real events, real attendance, real announcements, all wired together.
What's in it
The core of what a club needs.
Member management
Add members in seconds, capture parent/guardian contacts, and track ratings and notes. See the guide →
Events + attendance
Name the event types your club runs — practice, lesson, casual play, workshop — and mark attendance in one click. On Rook, recurring events handle the every-Tuesday case without a copy-paste loop. See the guide →
Registration forms
Custom intake for new members, season sign-ups, or tournament entries — with the fields your club actually asks (USCF ID, school, age group, parent contact). See the guide →
Announcements & Updates
Send the club a note — or hand-pick exactly who needs it. Templated for the messages every club sends every week. On their side it arrives in Updates: one list holding your announcements and any tournament director's messages together, so nothing depends on a member digging through email. See the guide →
Chess-specific
The pieces a generic tool doesn't have.
Rated tournaments
A full tournament engine — Swiss, round-robin, quads, and knockout brackets, with live standings, team events, one-click USCF & FIDE reports, and a complete audit log — running on the same roster as the club. See tournaments →
Chess event types
Meetup and Tournament are ready the moment you sign up, and you can define as many of your own as you like — practice, lesson, casual play, workshop — on any plan.
Parent / guardian links
Younger players have a guardian; the guardian gets the emails, and can RSVP on behalf of their kid.
Custom fields
USCF ID, FIDE rating, lichess handle, school, grade — track whatever your club actually needs. Guide →
Pricing
Free for the first 30 members.
Pawn is free forever for clubs up to 30 members. Rook unlocks the full tournament module (Swiss through knockout, USCF & FIDE reports, team events), unlimited members, recurring event series, emailed announcements, custom email templates, and priority support — with a 14-day free trial, one per person.
See pricing →Run a school or non-profit chess program? We have a tuned setup for that.
Try it
Stop running your club out of a spreadsheet.
Start free in under a minute. No credit card.