En Passant, Chess Tournament Platform
Built for the EN PASSANT Chess Tournament hosted by the sports club, this platform replaces manual tracking with an automated, live updating pairing system. The application features a clean, highly appealing user interface that was showcased live during the event. It uses a custom Swiss pairing engine to match players programmatically based on multiple tournament variables, ensuring fairness and professionalism. The platform's visual design and core systems were later adapted and redeployed with a new aesthetic for the Olympole event.
About This Project
Replacing manual chess tournament management with an automated, visually striking live dashboard and a Swiss pairing system that matches players fairly across multiple rounds.
Engineered a web-based tournament manager with a custom backtracking-based Swiss pairing algorithm, real time leaderboards, and an administrative dashboard.
Successfully powered the tournament with a highly praised interface shown on stage. The underlying tournament logic and matchmaking engines were later adapted and customized for the Olympole event.
Lead Developer
2024
Finished
University
Technology Stack
Project Story
Replacing manual chess tournament management with an automated, visually striking live dashboard and a Swiss pairing system that matches players fairly across multiple rounds.
Engineered a web-based tournament manager with a custom backtracking-based Swiss pairing algorithm, real time leaderboards, and an administrative dashboard.
Successfully powered the tournament with a highly praised interface shown on stage. The underlying tournament logic and matchmaking engines were later adapted and customized for the Olympole event.
Insights & Takeaways
Highlights
- Features a custom Swiss tournament matchmaking engine.
- Successfully utilized live during the Chess Tournament, displaying live matches and tables.
- Core engine was reused and visually refactored for the Olympole event.
Challenges
- Implementing fair, variable-based Swiss pairings (Buchholz, color-balancing, rematch avoidance).
- Rendering live updating dashboards during a fast-paced live sporting event.
Lessons Learned
- Designing tournament-grade systems requires rigorous testing of edge cases (e.g., odd player count byes), and building modular pairing engines makes them easy to adapt for other club events.
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