Chess Podium

What is the free player limit?

The free plan allows up to 10 players per tournament. Upgrade to Chess Podium Pro for unlimited players.

How do I display the tournament on my site?

Use the shortcode [chess_podium_tournament] on any page, or visit /torneo/ (or /currenttournament/) for the live tournament view.

Can I import players from FIDE?

Yes. Enter a FIDE ID to auto-import name, rating, and nationality from the official FIDE database.

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1.8.3

Performance & scalability (large tournaments)
* Added versioned caching (object cache + per-request memoization) for heavy reads: players, pairings (all/round/detailed), standings.
* Cache invalidates automatically via a per-tournament cache version bump when results/pairings/rounds change (save results, save pairings, generate/rollback round, swap colors, delete player, Lichess import).
* Public tournament page: standings load asynchronously (AJAX + pagination + nonce) for large tournaments to keep pages responsive.

Routing & multilingual robustness
* Fixed “No content” on multilingual sites when ?lang=... is present by parsing pretty URLs directly (player profile, game SEO URL, round URL) even if rewrite rules were flushed under a different locale.

Published tournaments grid ([chess_podium_tornei])
* Preview image priority restored: gallery photo → event logo → default.

Translations
* Completed missing UI strings (Lichess import, pairing settings labels/options) across IT/DE/FR/ES.
* Standardized “Anti-cheating” to remain in English everywhere (avoid non-standard local translations like “antitrucchi”).

Refactor (codebase maintainability)
* Split bootstrap wiring into dedicated classes: ChessPodium_Admin, ChessPodium_Frontend, ChessPodium_FrontendAjax (keeps behavior, reduces chess-podium.php responsibilities).

1.8.2

Public tournament & player profile
* SEO-friendly URLs for tournament, rounds, games, and player profile (pretty permalinks + rewrite rules; optional slug per tournament/player).
* Current round pairings: white and black names are clickable and open the in-tournament player profile.
* Player profile photo: FIDE page parsing improved (rejects generic og:image); Wikipedia / Wikidata fallback — Wikidata P1440 (FIDE ID) → article title, full-text search on Wikipedia when the stored name does not match the article title, multiple wiki languages; filter chess_podium_player_photo_url for overrides.
* External services note: optional requests to Wikimedia (Wikipedia API, Wikidata SPARQL) for profile thumbnails when FIDE does not expose a usable image.

Build
* CHESS_PODIUM_VERSION 1.8.3, build-zip.ps1 → chess-podium-1.8.3.zip; marketing theme 1.8.3; dev/chess-podium-svn mirror aligned.

1.8.1

Live single game replay: Chessground + engine analysis (client-side)
* New single game page UI with Chessground board (mobile-friendly) and robust live polling without resetting to start position.
* Analysis mode: replay previous moves without live overriding; make your own legal moves as a “variation” from any position.
* Client-side Stockfish (Web Worker) analysis with evaluation bar, best-move arrow and MultiPV lines; explicit Start/Stop evaluation toggle.
* Exported photo galleries: lightbox restored (clicking an image opens it again).
* Live tournament UI: pairings table now scrolls horizontally on mobile instead of overflowing the page.

1.8

FIDE profile import (ratings.fide.com)
* Parsing updated for the current public profile HTML: federation from the flag image under .profile-info-country (e.g. /images/flags/us.svg → ISO-2), FIDE title from .profile-info-title (e.g. “Grandmaster” → GM). Legacy fallbacks kept.
* sanitize_fide_title() now maps full English title names (Grandmaster, International Master, Woman Grandmaster, etc.) to standard abbreviations.

Tournament types & rounds
* New system type: Double round robin (second cycle repeats Berger pairings with colours reversed). Suitable for events such as the FIDE Candidates (8 players, 14 rounds).
* Tournament type can be changed after creation from Chess Podium → tournament → Settings (Swiss / Round Robin / Double Round Robin).
* Maximum rounds increased to 99 (create form, wizard, settings, Excel import); wizard client validation updated.

Players
* Manual add player: optional FIDE ID field (unique per tournament), same validation as FIDE import.

Public & live UI
* Live tournament dashboard (/torneo/livetournament/): shows tournament logo from brochure settings when set.
* Published tournaments grid ([chess_podium_tornei]): card image prefers brochure logo, then first gallery photo, then default.

Exports
* TRF header tournament type: round_robin and double_round_robin both emit RR (two-letter field).

Marketing theme (chess-podium-template)
* Homepage “See it in action”: second example card links to the FIDE Candidates 2026 tournament run on Chess Podium: https://www.chesspodium.com/tournament/?tournament_id=27 (standings, rounds, pairings, live boards), alongside the Cattolica archive and DGT demo.
* Theme version 1.8; download/SEO strings and EN/IT/DE/FR/ES translations for the new block.

Build
* CHESS_PODIUM_VERSION 1.8.1, build-zip.ps1 → chess-podium-1.8.1.zip; dev/chess-podium-svn mirror aligned.

1.7.9

• Fair play & anti-cheating: per-tournament checklist and text (FIDE Handbook §09 themes), optional fair play officer and complaints URL; shown on live page and static HTML export when enabled (Settings tab).

1.7.8

• Emergency hotfix: include missing includes/class-pdf-badges.php file in release package to prevent fatal errors on some installations.
• Hardening: badge module include is now guarded with file_exists() to prevent full plugin crash if file is unavailable.

1.7.7

• Tie-break engine aligned with Swiss-Manager/FIDE 2023 rules for unplayed rounds (BYE/withdrawn) in Buchholz, Buchholz Cut 1, and Sonneborn-Berger.
• Direct Encounter (DE) ranking logic fixed with correct mini-league handling inside tied groups.
• New print-ready exports: Badges and Placecards PDF/HTML with robust pagination (no card split across pages).
• Placecards layout optimized for green printing (4 per page).
• FIDE real-time sync: per-player and bulk “Sync with FIDE” action from Players tab.
• Public tournament player profile page (?cp_player=) with tournament stats and optional FIDE profile photo.
• Badges improved: tournament name on card, nationality flag, per-player QR code linking to live tournament player profile.
• New/updated translations (IT/DE/FR/ES) for the new UI and print features.

1.7.6

• Setup wizard after activation (guided first tournament, optional published page with shortcode)
• Gutenberg block chess-podium/tournament and Classic Editor shortcode inserter
• Customizer: colors for public tournament tables and chessboard squares
• FIDE norms: omit redundant GM/IM norm badges when the player already holds that title or higher
• Minor copy and translation string updates

1.7.5

• WordPress.org review compliance: All JS/CSS included via wp_enqueue_script, wp_enqueue_style, wp_add_inline_script, wp_add_inline_style (no raw script/style tags on WordPress pages)
• No remote assets: jQuery, chess.js, chessboard bundled in plugin; export uses only local paths (js/jquery.min.js, js/chess.min.js, etc.)
• Paths: plugin_dir_path() and plugins_url() used throughout; removed ABSPATH/WPINC for export (jQuery copied from plugin only)
• Game page: inline CSS/JS moved to wp_register_style + wp_add_inline_style and wp_register_script + wp_add_inline_script
• PDF certificate: comment added clarifying inline style is for dompdf output only

1.7.4

• WordPress.org review compliance: Terms/Privacy URLs updated to /terms-of-service/ and /privacy-policy/ (ensure these pages exist on your site)
• External services: full readme section (Pairing API, FIDE, Stripe, PayPal) with data sent and policy links
• Export: copy_export_vendor_assets uses plugin path only; jQuery fallback to WordPress wp-includes/js/jquery when not in plugin (chessboard always works in static export)
• Scripts: admin tab and config modal moved to wp_enqueue_script (admin-tabs.js, admin-config-modal.js) with wp_localize_script for strings
• Sanitization: HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE and all file upload type/size use sanitize_text_field and wp_check_filetype (do not trust $_FILES[‘type’])
• Escaping: all echoed variables use esc_attr, esc_html, wp_kses_post; class-grand-prix.php render_player_with_flag output wrapped in wp_kses_post; wrap_html export title escaped
• Transient: cp_pgn_fetch_ renamed to chess_podium_pgn_fetch_ for consistent prefixing

1.7.2

• Plugin header format aligned to WordPress Plugin Handbook (DocBlock, colon alignment)

1.7.1

• Plugin header format fix for WordPress.org Plugin Check (Description, Version, License)

1.7.0

• WordPress.org compliance: replaced inline scripts/styles with wp_enqueue_script, wp_enqueue_style, wp_add_inline_script, wp_add_inline_style
• Local assets: chess.js, chessboard-js, chess piece images, and country flags bundled in plugin (no CDN)
• External services documented in readme (License API, PayPal, bbpPairings, Lichess)
• Plugin paths use plugin_dir_path() and plugin_dir_url() consistently
• Sanitization: $_FILES filenames with sanitize_file_name(), wp_json_encode for JSON output
• Escaping: all echoed variables use esc_attr(), esc_html() where appropriate
• Shortcodes: added chess_podium_manager_tornei, chess_podium_storico_tornei; renamed cpSponsorsAdmin to chessPodiumSponsorsAdmin. Legacy shortcodes (regina_torneo, checkmate_manager_tornei, storico_tornei) kept only for backward compatibility with existing beta/external installs; all new elements use chess_podium_ prefix.
• Static export: vendor JS/CSS and flags copied locally; no remote dependencies
• Live dashboard: local flag images, escaped output (XSS prevention)

1.6.0

• Grand Prix: create series of linked tournaments with points per position, participation points, social ELO, aggregated standings
• Admin: Chess Podium → Grand Prix to create and manage Grand Prix
• Shortcode: [chess_podium_grand_prix id=”X”] to display Grand Prix standings
• Tournament settings: link tournaments to one or more Grand Prix

1.5.0

• chess-results Excel import: create tournament, import players, bulk import round results
• Same pairing engine as Swiss Manager (JaVaFo) and chess-results compatibility
• Improved Excel format support for player list and pairing exports

0.3.0

• Free and Pro tiers: 10 players free, unlimited with Pro license
• License management page
• FIDE player import
• CSV bulk import
• External tournaments support
• PGN upload and display
• Photo gallery
• Export to folder

0.2.0

• Swiss pairing
• Standings and tiebreakers
• Public tournament page

0.1.0

• Initial release