📖 17. How organizers enable registration for players without a chess ID
This feature is only for players who do not have a USCF, CFC, FIDE, or NWSRS ID. Players who already have a chess ID should use the normal flow:
Event setup
1. Open the event edit page.
2. Go to Registration Options.
3. Turn on Allow registration without chess ID.
4. Optional: if these players must buy a USCF membership through you, turn on:
• Players without chess ID must buy USCF membership through organizer
5. Enter:
• Extra USCF membership fee for players without chess ID
The USCF purchase option is available only if your organizer profile supports USCF membership purchase through NACH.
What players see
When a player clicks Register, they may be sent to the login page.
If the event allows no-ID registration, the login page shows:
No Chess ID (USCF, CFC, FIDE or NWSRS ID)? Click Here
That path is only for players with no chess ID.
The player will:
1. verify their email,
2. enter player/contact info,
3. continue to normal event registration,
4. pay if payment is required.
Guest account behavior
NACH creates or reuses an internal guest player account for the no-ID player.
This keeps registrations connected to:
• roster,
• payments,
• pairings,
• refunds,
• registration history.
If the same name, email, and phone are used again, NACH reuses the existing guest account. If that guest is already registered for the same event, the system reports that they are already registered.
USCF membership purchase
If required by the event:
• the extra USCF membership fee is collected with the entry fee;
• after successful payment, NACH creates a paid USCF membership purchase order;
• the organizer must fulfill that order;
• NACH does not automatically submit the membership to US Chess.
When fulfilled, the purchased USCF ID is assigned to the existing guest player account. A new NACH account should not be created for that player.
Managing guest players
Use:
Organizer Portal → Guest Players
From there you can:
• change the guest player handle,
• reset password,
• assign or clear a real chess ID,
• explicitly convert the guest account to a regular player account.
Assigning a chess ID does not automatically convert the account. Conversion is a separate explicit action. After conversion, the player no longer appears on the Guest Players tab.
Important notes
• Do not enter fake or temporary chess IDs.
• No-ID guest players are not blocked by normal expired-USCF membership checks.
• Their USCF membership purchase requirement is controlled only by the event’s no-ID settings.
• If payment is canceled or fails before money is recorded, the unpaid guest registration may be removed.
• Normal logged-in registrations are not affected by guest cleanup rules.
Organizers
Organizers
This feature is only for players who do not have a USCF, CFC, FIDE, or NWSRS ID. Players who already have a chess ID should use the normal flow:
Event setup
1. Open the event edit page.
2. Go to Registration Options.
3. Turn on Allow registration without chess ID.
4. Optional: if these players must buy a USCF membership through you, turn on:
• Players without chess ID must buy USCF membership through organizer
5. Enter:
• Extra USCF membership fee for players without chess ID
The USCF purchase option is available only if your organizer profile supports USCF membership purchase through NACH.
What players see
When a player clicks Register, they may be sent to the login page.
If the event allows no-ID registration, the login page shows:
No Chess ID (USCF, CFC, FIDE or NWSRS ID)? Click Here
That path is only for players with no chess ID.
The player will:
1. verify their email,
2. enter player/contact info,
3. continue to normal event registration,
4. pay if payment is required.
Guest account behavior
NACH creates or reuses an internal guest player account for the no-ID player.
This keeps registrations connected to:
• roster,
• payments,
• pairings,
• refunds,
• registration history.
If the same name, email, and phone are used again, NACH reuses the existing guest account. If that guest is already registered for the same event, the system reports that they are already registered.
USCF membership purchase
If required by the event:
• the extra USCF membership fee is collected with the entry fee;
• after successful payment, NACH creates a paid USCF membership purchase order;
• the organizer must fulfill that order;
• NACH does not automatically submit the membership to US Chess.
When fulfilled, the purchased USCF ID is assigned to the existing guest player account. A new NACH account should not be created for that player.
Managing guest players
Use:
Organizer Portal → Guest Players
From there you can:
• change the guest player handle,
• reset password,
• assign or clear a real chess ID,
• explicitly convert the guest account to a regular player account.
Assigning a chess ID does not automatically convert the account. Conversion is a separate explicit action. After conversion, the player no longer appears on the Guest Players tab.
Important notes
• Do not enter fake or temporary chess IDs.
• No-ID guest players are not blocked by normal expired-USCF membership checks.
• Their USCF membership purchase requirement is controlled only by the event’s no-ID settings.
• If payment is canceled or fails before money is recorded, the unpaid guest registration may be removed.
• Normal logged-in registrations are not affected by guest cleanup rules.