Build a Chess Club Website and Members App with AI

Mythex builds a chess club website and members app from a plain description: club night times, league fixtures and results, a page where members mark which matches they can play, online subs and tournament entry forms. You describe it in chat, check it in a live preview and publish it to a public link.

What a chess club actually needs from software

Most clubs are run by three or four volunteers with a spreadsheet each. The captain emails twenty people every week to find six who can play away on Tuesday. The treasurer keeps a list of who has paid subs and who still owes from last season. The junior organiser needs parent contacts and enough adult helpers on the rota. Meanwhile a newcomer who found you online wants to know if they can just turn up. The software a club needs is small and specific: one place for members, their ratings and teams, availability per fixture, subs status, and a public page that makes visitors feel welcome.

Availability for every league fixture, visible to the team captains
Member records with rating, teams played for and subs paid
A clear welcome for newcomers, with meeting place, time and a named contact
Tournament entries that close before pairings are made
Separate, restricted records for junior members and their parents

What you can build for chess clubs

A club website that tells a lapsed player they are welcome

Most people who look up a local chess club played as children or play online and wonder if over-the-board is for them. The site should say where you meet, which nights, whether they can turn up without warning, and that you have spare sets and clocks. Add this season's teams, fixtures and results, and a junior section with age range and supervision arrangements.

Build a website for our chess club. We meet Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7pm in the upstairs room of the library. Add a 'First visit' page saying casual players are welcome and naming our club secretary as the contact, a fixtures and results page for our three league teams, and a junior section for ages 8 to 16.

A members area where captains see who can play

Members sign in and tick the fixtures they can make for the whole season, then update it when plans change. Captains open a fixture and see every available player sorted by rating, so picking a team takes minutes instead of an email chain. Members also see their own games and board history, and the committee keeps minutes and the constitution behind login.

Make a members portal for a chess club. Members log in and mark yes, no or maybe for each league fixture this season. Captains see a list of available players for each match sorted by rating, and can pick the team and board order. Each member sees their own results this season.

Subs collected online at the start of the season

Set adult, junior, student and family rates, renewals lined up with September, and a pay-per-night option for visitors that can be converted into a full membership. The treasurer sees who has paid at a glance, which matters if league rules require a player to be a paid-up member before selection. Card payments go through a payment provider you connect.

Add a membership system for our chess club with adult, junior, student and family annual subs that renew every September. Show the treasurer who has paid and who is outstanding, and let visitors pay per night and later upgrade to full membership.

Tournament entries with sections, byes and a cut-off

A weekend congress needs entries split by section and grading, an entry limit per section, published round times and a box for bye requests. Close entries the day before so the arbiter can do pairings in peace. After the event, publish results and prize winners on the same page so players can share them.

Build a tournament entry page for our one-day rapidplay. Three sections: Open, Under 1800 and Under 1400, 40 places each. Collect name, rating, club, section and requested byes. Close entries at 8pm the night before and show the entry list publicly.

Visitor follow-up so first-timers come back

Log every visitor on the night they turn up: name, how they found you, rough strength. A follow-up date reminds someone to message them within the week with next week's plan. The same records hold members, volunteer roles like captain or treasurer, and junior parent contacts kept under tighter permissions.

Make a simple CRM for our chess club to track visitors and trial members until they join. Fields: name, email, how they heard about us, playing strength, first visit date and a follow-up date. Show a list of follow-ups due this week.

Juniors: what to keep private

If your club runs junior sessions, treat children's details differently from adults'. Keep junior names, ages and parent contacts in a part of the app only the junior organiser and named committee members can open, and never show juniors in a public results list or member directory without a parent's agreement. Record who the supervising adults are for each session, and any vetting or safeguarding checks your national federation asks for. Mythex can build the roles and permissions; the policy itself is yours to set.

Junior records visible only to named roles
Parent consent recorded before any name or photo goes public
Supervising adults listed for every junior session

From email chains to one fixture page

Start with the thing that costs the most volunteer time, which is usually team selection. Import your member list from the spreadsheet with ratings, add the season's fixtures, and ask members to fill in availability in September. Once captains stop chasing replies, add subs, then the public site and tournament pages. Each step is a chat message to Mythex rather than a new tool for the committee to learn.

Questions

Can members mark which league matches they can play?

Yes. Ask for an availability page per fixture, and captains get a list of who said yes, sorted by rating. Members can change their answer whenever plans change.

Can we collect subs online?

Yes. Mythex can build the membership rates, renewal dates and a paid or outstanding list. Taking card payments needs a payment provider such as Stripe connected with your own account.

Can it pull ratings from our national federation automatically?

Not by default. You can import ratings from a spreadsheet or CSV each time the list is published, and if your federation offers a public data file or API, you can ask Mythex to read from it.

Do we need a programmer on the committee?

No. You describe what the club needs in plain language and Mythex writes the app, shows a live preview and publishes it. Changes later are another chat message.

Is it free for a small club?

The Free plan has no card required and gives daily credits, enough to build and publish a first version. Pro is $25 a month if you want a custom domain like yourchessclub.org, code export or more credits.

Can members use it on their phones?

The published app works in any phone browser. On Pro, Mythex can also turn it into Android and iPhone apps that open your published app.

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