Chess Tracker
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Author: Adam Plumb

This is a web application written for PHP/MySQL.

This application tracks the results of chess matches over a period of time 
between a group of players with the goal of rating players with an Elo-like 
system used by the major chess federations.  It provides forms to add games and 
to add tournaments (to which games are attributed).  Once games are added, 
there are charts and graphs to look at which break things down statistically.

Note from the author:  I created this application quickly and for a single 
purpose, to track the chess games I was playing with my co-workers.  It is 
Quick 'n Dirty (tm) and was never intended for public consumption.  However, 
I was convinced to make the code public and so here it is!  Enjoy!

Install
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1. Import the database.sql file from the sql into your MySQL database.
2. In www/sql.php change the credentials to suit your environment.

Adding Players
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There are forms to add games and tournaments but not to add players.  To do 
this you'll need to manually insert a row into the players db table with the 
appropriate information.  I would suggest using a tool like phpmyadmin to make 
this easier.  But you can you the command-line if you like.  You'll want to use 
an insert statement like: 

    INSERT INTO players (created, name) VALUES (now(), 'Adam Plumb');

Changing player names, game information, ratings, tournment information
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There are no interfaces or forms for modifying information; this will need to 
be done manually via MySQL.  Also, bear in mind that ratings for players are 
updated every time a game is added and can't be easily changed back.  However, 
if someone is interested, it should be easy enough to write a function to 
recalculate ratings from scratch.



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I am making this code public and free to use or modify without having to 
notify me.