If everything is running well it will be green. Once the broadcast is running, it will check the source URL entered for new moves or new games every few seconds. if you would like to return to edit the form you filled out to create the broadcast, that can be done by clicking on the gear icon here. In order to make the broadcast begin updating you will need to hit “connect.” If you set the broadcast to begin at a certain time it will start automatically. In the lower right of the broadcast page you will see a “broadcast manager.” Attention: When you create a new round, the members and contributors of the previous round are automatically added you can manually remove them if you wish so for any reason. If a user is a “contributor” they will be able to change all of the broadcast settings, add or remove games from the games list and manually add or remove moves from individual games. The broadcast creator can add new members or click the settings wheel next to their name to promote them to “contributors,” If a user is a “member” and streaming with a Lichess streaming page they will receive a green stream notification on the broadcast that all users can see. When the members tab is selected you will see the lichess users who are members of the broadcast. By default the first (in the games list) ongoing game if any, otherwise game 1, is selected When the games tab is selected you will see the middle section of the broadcast change to show a single game, the one selected in the games list.
You will also see all games in the broadcast arrayed in a multi-board format. When this tab is selected you will see what you had previously written under “Full Event Description”, and a list of all the rounds appear in the tabs area. The broadcast tab is selected by default. To the left you will find the broadcasts, games, and members tabs. It will include only one round, to add the rest you can go here and repeat the steps until you are done: Once you finish filling out this form and submit it you will be then sent to the broadcast. If you know it, it’s advisable to fill this field as it will be used to auto-generate the event’s schedule table. This field is optional, you can also start the broadcast manually. Note that the Broadcast will start attempting to access the source URL 30 mins before this time. If you don’t broadcast all rounds for some reason, please see “troubleshooting” section. If you use a link the system will “guess” the round number for you. This URL will be checked every few seconds and the broadcast will be updated accordingly. PGN, links, and Lichess Game IDs (up to 64 IDs at the same time are supported).
At the end of your description, the event’s schedule will be added automatically based on the round names and the “ Start date in your own timezone” values provided (see below). These pages can use markdown text, which is very useful to produce the tables that are generally used to show standings. You can put a paragraph describing the event’s rules, a list of the participants, the schedule and standings, and anything else you want.
In order to better structure the content, broadcasts are organized in “tournaments” and “rounds.” If you’d like to make your own, head to to get started. They are built to connect to the live-updating PGN file produced by DGT boards but can work with other sources as well. These pages show live games as they unfold with new moves arriving in real time. You may have noticed pages on Lichess that track over-the-board chess tournaments, these pages are called “broadcasts,” and any Lichess user can make them.