diff --git a/api-webapp/pom.xml b/api-webapp/pom.xml
index 0b08757..1dcf37f 100644
--- a/api-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/api-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -292,6 +292,12 @@
             <version>4.1.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.ajbrown</groupId>
+            <artifactId>name-machine</artifactId>
+            <version>1.1.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <!-- test emails -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.icegreen</groupId>
diff --git a/api-webapp/src/test/kotlin/LoadTest.kt b/api-webapp/src/test/kotlin/LoadTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10385f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api-webapp/src/test/kotlin/LoadTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+package org.jeudego.pairgoth.test
+
+import com.republicate.kson.Json
+import org.ajbrown.namemachine.NameGenerator
+import org.ajbrown.namemachine.NameGeneratorOptions
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+import kotlin.random.Random
+
+class LoadTest: TestBase() {
+
+    companion object {
+        val PLAYERS = 1500
+        val ROUNDS = 10
+        val SKIP_RATIO = 0.1 // 10%
+        
+        private val nameGenerator = NameGenerator(
+            NameGeneratorOptions().apply {
+                randomSeed = 123456L
+            }
+        )
+        private val rand = Random(123456L)
+        private fun generateRating() = rand.nextInt(-900, 2800)
+        private val countries = listOf("at", "be", "ca", "ch", "cz", "de", "dk", "dz", "ee", "es", "fi", "fr", "ga", "gb", "gr", "hr", "hu", "ie", "il", "in", "it", "jp", "ke", "kh", "kr", "lt", "ma", "ml", "nl", "no", "pl", "pt", "ro", "rs", "ru", "rw", "se", "si", "sk", "sn", "tn", "tr", "tw", "ua", "ug", "us", "vn", "za", "zm")
+        fun generatePlayer(): Json.Object {
+            val name = nameGenerator.generateName()
+            val rating = generateRating()
+            return Json.Object(
+                "name" to name.lastName,
+                "firstname" to name.firstName,
+                "country" to countries.random(rand),
+                "club" to "cl${rand.nextInt(100)}",
+                "rating" to rating,
+                "rank" to (rating - 2050)/100,
+                "final" to true,
+                "skip" to (1..ROUNDS).map {
+                    rand.nextDouble() < SKIP_RATIO
+                }.mapIndexedNotNullTo(Json.MutableArray()) { index, skip ->
+                    if (skip) index else null
+                }
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Disabled("meant to be run manually")
+    @Test
+    fun testVeryBigTournament() {
+        val before = System.currentTimeMillis()
+        try {
+            val tour = TestAPI.post("/api/tour", Json.Object(
+                "type" to "INDIVIDUAL",
+                "name" to "Mon Tournoi",
+                "shortName" to "mon-tournoi",
+                "startDate" to "2023-05-10",
+                "endDate" to "2023-05-12",
+                "country" to "FR",
+                "location" to "Marseille",
+                "online" to false,
+                "timeSystem" to Json.Object(
+                    "type" to "FISCHER",
+                    "mainTime" to 1200,
+                    "increment" to 10
+                ),
+                "rounds" to ROUNDS,
+                "pairing" to Json.Object(
+                    "type" to "MAC_MAHON",
+                    "handicap" to Json.Object(
+                        "correction" to 1
+                    )
+                )
+            )).asObject().getInt("id")!!
+            repeat(PLAYERS) {
+                TestAPI.post("/api/tour/$tour/part", generatePlayer())
+            }
+            repeat(ROUNDS) {
+                val round = it + 1
+                val resp = TestAPI.post("/api/tour/$tour/pair/$round", Json.Array("all"))
+                if (!resp.isArray) {
+                    throw Error(resp.toString())
+                }
+                val games = resp.asArray()
+                games.map { (it as Json.Object).getInt("id")!! }.forEach { gameId ->
+                    TestAPI.put("/api/tour/$tour/res/$round", Json.Object(
+                        "id" to gameId,
+                        "result" to if (rand.nextBoolean()) "w" else "b"
+                    ))
+                }
+            }
+            val standings = TestAPI.get("/api/tour/$tour/standings/$ROUNDS")
+            logger.info(standings.toString())
+        } finally {
+            val after = System.currentTimeMillis()
+            logger.info("testVeryBigTournament ran in ${(after - before) / 1000} seconds")
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c111d06..551b363 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
       <id>republicate.com</id>
       <url>https://republicate.com/maven2</url>
       <releases>
-        <enabled>false</enabled>
+        <enabled>true</enabled>
       </releases>
       <snapshots>
       <enabled>true</enabled>