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[11.03.2007] Update of the program - version 2.81
To download a DEMO version or to update the program visit the DOWNLOAD section.



[12.01.2006]
UPDATE OF THE PROGRAM - MULTI LANGUAGE VERSION IS AVAILABLE (ENGLISH and POLISH)

A multi language version of ChessArbiter Pro and ChesArbiter Pro Team is available. 

Moreover, in the new version (2.20):
  • Possibility to calculate tiebreak (Buchholz, M. Buchholz, Sonenborn-Berger) according to FIDE rules (unplayed game as draw against the player himself) added. See Tournament>>Settings>>Tie Break.
  • Removal of minor bugs

[09.01.2006] Update of the FIDE ranking list – the list as of 06 January 2006.  Download.


[23.12.05] Update of the program – version v2.15.
  • Possibility to make a tournament report, according to new FIDE rules (by Christian Krause). Choose from the menu: File->Create FIDE tournament report (by Christian Krause).
  • Menu "Internet" added. Possibility to publish and update tournament web site on www.chessarbiter.com (torunament section). To send a tournament web page to the server www.chessarbiter.com and create link in tournament section, choose from the menu: Internet->Publish web site on www.chessatbiter.com. To delete tournament, chose from menu: Internet->Delete web site from www.chessatbiter.com. Possibility to publish and update tournament web site on any internet serwer, using FTP protocol. Configuration of FTP connection is stored in program.
  • After starting, the program automaticly open tournaments files which were opened previously.
  • Possibility to hide a withdrawn players from the final results. Choose from menu: View ->View Settings.
  • For the best legibility, results symbol ("1" for win, "=" for draw and "0" for lost) in tournament tables and player cards were changed.
  • Possibility to show a new columns in views were added.
  • Removal of minor bugs from version 2.08.
Attention: All changes were implemented in both version (individual and team). In connection with many changes, it's not possible to open tournament files, genarated by 2.15 version, in older version.

To update the program visit the “DOWNLOAD” section.

[24.11.05] Update of the program – version v2.07.
  • Possibility of switching off the links next to the names of players and names of teams (team version).
  • Removal of noticed bugs.
To update the program visit the “DOWNLOAD” section.

[18.11.2005] Update of the program – version v2.05. What’s new:
  • A new automatic converter of older version of tournament files into the latest version (at opening of the file)
  • Possibility of copying tables and views directly to TXT format compatible with MS Excel.
  • For ChessArbiter Pro – Team Edition, a possibility of determining match results manually (independent of chessboard results).
  • New buttons (up, down) for changing chessboards at the list of paired contestants in the manual pairing window,
  • Addition of a column Surname Name/Club to the pairing view,
  • Possibility to sort the start list according to clubs – individual version
  • Removal of minor bugs


[03.11.2005] Update of the FIDE ranking list – the list as of 31 October 2005.  Download.

[29.10.2005] Launching the newest version of the program named ChessArbiter Pro – continuation of the program SwissPol 2003.
  • Completely changed views in a new and attractive graphical layout, thanks to the integration of “ChessArbiter Pro” with Microsoft Internet Explorer.

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  • Tournament web page generator. You can view tournament pages generated by the program in the "Tournaments" section,
  • Possibility to set any main scoring in final results, both in team and individual editions (so far, a number of points was a basic criterion),
  • Calculation of norms for international FIDE titles was added (WIM, IM, WGM, GM) with a possibility to exclude the Federation condition (National Team Championship) and to set the limit of games (7, 8, 9),
  • Possibility of printing match protocols has been added to the Team Edition,
  • Possibility to print a match protocol (team version),
  • Possibility to export pairing to PGN has been added. It increases the speed of running the tournament bulletin,
  • Possibility of changing a main criterion for creation of score groups while pairing contestants in the Swiss system (e.g. high scores). Now, the program offers the possibility to pair contestants on the basis of high (match) scores,
  • Possibility to change the method of sorting the contestants within a score group has been added.


[29.10.2005] “Tournaments" section
Thanks to expanding the capacity of "ChessArbiter Pro" by the function of generating a tournament service, we created a “Tournaments" news section in which we will be placing systematic Internet news services on all tournaments run under SwissPol 2003/ChessArbiter Pro. Due to this fact, we are asking all referees and organizer who run tournaments using SwissPol 2003 or new ChessArbiter Pro to send the tournament files (“sws” or “swd”) to: mail@chessarbiter.com