A Shared Calendar for Your Chess Club
Weekly game nights, tournaments, lessons, simultaneous exhibitions — synced to every member's phone. No app to download. No accounts for your members.
Create Your Chess Club Calendar — FreeSound familiar?
It's Friday at 7 PM. The weekly open play night only has four people instead of the usual dozen because the club moved from the library to the coffee shop this month and the announcement was a single post in the Discord channel that half the members muted weeks ago.
The club's rated tournament is in two weeks, but registration is thin. The event was shared on the club's Lichess team page, but casual members who only play in person never check Lichess between meetings.
The club organizer texts members individually every week to fill tournament brackets and confirm who's coming for rated play. It takes an hour on Thursday nights just to figure out if they'll have enough players for a round-robin on Saturday.
How it works for chess clubs
Add your chess events
Type in the event — game night, tournament, lesson — pick a date, and save. Takes 30 seconds.
Share with your members
Share the link at the next game night, post it in the group chat, or email it once. Members tap to subscribe.
Events appear on every phone
Chess events show up in their calendar app — Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, Outlook — right next to their personal events.
The free plan covers most chess clubs. No credit card needed.
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Here's what chess clubs typically put on their shared calendar:
What this looks like in practice
Raj, the club president, opens iCalFeed on Wednesday. He adds Saturday's rapid tournament with the time control and entry fee, updates Friday's game night location to the new coffee shop, and posts next month's simultaneous exhibition with the visiting master. Total time: three minutes.
Sophia, a club member who plays after work, checks her phone on Thursday. She sees "Friday Open Play — 7 to 10 PM, Brewhouse on 5th, Bring Your Own Board or Use Club Sets" on her calendar. She tosses her travel chess set in her work bag so she's ready.
On Friday morning, the coffee shop texts Raj that they have a private event and the chess club needs to use the back room instead of the main area. Raj updates the event: "Back Room Entrance — Use Side Door on 5th Ave." By Friday afternoon, every member sees the updated instructions.
How iCalFeed compares
vs. Discord or Slack announcements
Messages scroll away in active channels. Casual members mute the server.
Events sit on their phone calendar. No scrolling through chat history.
vs. Lichess or Chess.com team page
Great for online play, but in-person members rarely check it for venue details.
In-person event details right on their phone. No website to check.
vs. Email list
Tournament announcements get buried under unread emails and spam.
Events appear directly in their calendar. No inbox searching.
vs. Word of mouth at game night
Miss one game night and you miss the tournament announcement. Dates get confused.
Every member sees every event, whether they came to game night or not.
Chess club calendar questions
Keep your chess club full every game night
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