title: fidereport author: Dries Moors date: 2022-07-16 typora-root-url:./

fidereport

Creates FIDE reports of CSV games.

• Automated download of the FRBE-KBSB-KSB Belgian rating list
• Automated download of the FIDE rating list
• Possible to limit the FIDE report to specific rounds
• Optional settings YAML file (defaults are used if not provided)
• Database files cached in system temporary directory

Installation

For installation instructions, see INSTALL.md.

Usage

Example invocation:

fidereport -g games.csv -r 1-10 -o fide_report.trf -s settings.yaml

The fidereport command accepts the following arguments:

fidereport -g games.csv -r 1,2,3 -o fide_report.txt [-s settings.yaml]

Required arguments:

• -g, --games FILE: Path to CSV file containing game data
• -r, --rounds ROUNDS: Comma-separated list of round numbers or ranges (e.g., "1,2,3" or "1-5")
• -o, --output FILE: Output file path for the FIDE report

Optional arguments:

• -s, --settings FILE: Path to YAML settings file with tournament headers. If not provided, default values are used.

Settings File

Example minimal settings.yaml:

---
tournament name: 78ste Limburgse Interclubs 2025-2026
start date: 2025/09/19
end date: 2026/04/24
round dates: 25/09/19 25/10/17 25/11/14 25/11/28 26/01/09 26/01/30 26/03/06 26/03/20 26/04/24
tournament leader: 232602 Bils, Marc  # Chief Arbiter
referees: 239828 Martens, Ludo; 205494 Cornet, Luc  # Deputy Chief Arbiter
---

Default values are used for: type, country, teams count, tournament structure, time schedule.

Automatically determined (need not be provided):

• players count
• fide players count
• played rounds

Examples:

# Process rounds 1 through 5 with default settings
fidereport -g tournament_games.csv -r 1-5 -o fide_output.txt

# Process specific rounds with custom settings file
fidereport -g games.csv -r 1,3,5 -o report.txt -s my_settings.yaml

# Get help
fidereport --help

Or using Python module syntax:

python3 -m fidereport -g games.csv -r 1-5 -o fide_report.txt
python3 -m fidereport --help