Chess Competitions for the Office
Checkmate your colleagues.
Log completed chess games, build individual rating points, and keep an office leaderboard - built for an ongoing chess league between colleagues.
Why Chess at work
As a quiet 1v1 game, chess fits well into a lunch break, an after-work round, or a longer scheduled match, and it never needs more than two players. Because games are easy to arrange again and again, regular opponents can develop into recurring rivalries, and rating points make it easier to compare players across different skill levels. The game also rewards steady, long-term improvement over many games.
How it works in Office Sports
Pick your opponent, play the game, then log the final result as a win, loss, or draw. Office Sports updates both players' rating points automatically and adjusts the leaderboard. Only the final result is needed - there is no move-by-move entry.
Leagues
Ongoing chess games are logged whenever both of you are free, and each one updates the same rating points and leaderboard instead of a fixed schedule. Draws are recorded correctly alongside wins and losses, so regular opponents create recurring matchups over time.
Tournaments
Formal chess tournaments are not currently supported because chess is singles-only. A chess night or season finale still works well as league play instead - rating points and the leaderboard keep updating throughout the event.
Fair rankings, automatically
Rating points reflect who you beat, lose to, or draw with - not just your total wins. Beating a stronger opponent earns more points than beating a weaker one, and a player who performs well against stronger opponents can outrank someone with more wins against weaker competition.