How do people who were involved in tournaments before www.chess.com  set up a tournament with pairings, standings, automatically having your game be set up like it compared to before all the features for tournaments was available.  I was in several tournaments before and not one ever made it to the second round because of not being able to track or having accountability.  I did not enjoy the old tournaments, but I think I will like the new.  So far I am enjoying this as I figured I would.  Erik and his team have a way of listening and making adaptions that solve problems.  This is great.  Thanks Team.

There have been internet tournaments on FICS and ICC for years now. They are real-time tournaments, not the "correspondence" chess popular on this site. Note that FICS is free and is staffed by volunteers and ICC charges a membership fee. This site is different in that it offers a free and a paid option, but has continued development by professionals.

FICS (Free Internet Chess Club): http://www.freechess.org

ICC (Internet Chess Club): http://www.chessclub.com