ChessStream http://ChessStream.com What is ChessStream? Chess Stream is web based application for chess tournament organizers.
What chess tournament organizers do? 1. Register players who want to play. 2. Prepare the site (i.e. Hotel, School, etc.) 3. Do pairing/match the players. 4. Do post standing or current results. 5. BROADCASTING GAMES … LIVE!
Old Days: A game is being played in different table, and on every move there is a person who copies the move to a board, so people can watch it.
1. Player manually enters the moves. (ChessStream web application) Today, Chess Stream helps to broadcast the game LIVE. Several ways to read/input chess moves: 1. Player manually enters the moves. (ChessStream web application) 2. Game is on electronic board that will read the moves. (DGT Boards + ChessStream) 3. Camera is put on the top of the board to detect the moves (ChessStream In-house system)
1. Players manually enter moves (demo)
2. Electronic Board
3. Camera to detect the moves (in-house system)
Viewer (output)
Kids tournaments
Watching the games