Terms of service

1. About these terms

These terms govern the use of TheChessSuperApp, a platform for chess tournaments (pairings, results, registration, clubs, sponsors and circuits) operated by Lessader. By creating an account or using the platform you accept them. How we handle personal data is explained in our privacy policy, which is part of these terms.

2. Accounts

• You sign in with your email address and a one-time code. Keep your email safe: whoever can read it can sign in as you.
• One person, one account. What you tell us about yourself must be true and kept up to date.
• You need to be at least 13 to have your own account. A child under 13 has a profile managed by a parent or guardian from their own account. If you are under 18, you need the permission of a parent or guardian.
• Staff accounts use a second sign-in step.

3. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• enter false results, ages or ratings, or register players without their permission or that of their parent or guardian;
• pretend to be another person, club, federation or arbiter;
• harass other users or publish other people's personal data;
• try to reach accounts, data or parts of the platform you are not allowed to use;
• disrupt the service, copy it in bulk or get around its limits;
• use the platform for anything unlawful.

4. Organizers, clubs, federations, schools and coaches

• Organizations that create events, register players or vouch for them answer for the data they enter: names, birth dates, sex, categories, ratings and results.
• Organizers set the rules of their events (eligibility, places, prizes) and apply them, together with the FIDE rules where they apply.
• When a prize depends on age, the arbiter checks a document in person and marks the player as "age checked". Nothing about that document is stored.
• The decision of the arbiter prevails over what the platform shows.

5. Minors and vouching

• A parent or guardian creates and manages a child's profile and receives all notifications.
• A child's profile holds only a FIDE ID, or a name and birth date entered by the parent with consent. Never photos, contact details, addresses or identity documents.
• To enter an event, a minor needs a club or federation that vouches for them, or a school or coach under the same rules.
• A minor's birth year is never shown publicly. Share buttons on a minor's page are shown only to the parent, and share images show name and result only.

6. Age-fraud reports and strikes

• Anyone can report a suspected age fraud. The club or federation that vouched for the player is asked to answer, and an arbiter or the organizer confirms or dismisses the report.
• A confirmed case is a strike against the club or federation that vouched, never against the child, who is shown as "Minor, name hidden".
• Strikes are shown on the profiles of clubs and federations and expire after 2 years.
• TheChessSuperApp is not responsible for fraud that a club, federation, school or coach vouched for.

7. Results are a public record

Pairings, results, standings and ratings are published, as on any chess results site and as the FIDE rules expect for rated events. Players' names, federation, title, rating and results stay public after the event. We correct errors, but we do not remove accurate results from the record. A minor's birth year is never public.

8. Fees and refunds

• The public results site and the basic player app are free. Vouching, age checks and strikes are free on purpose.
• An event may have an entry fee set by its organizer. When a fee is paid through TheChessSuperApp, the amount is shown before you pay.
• If the organizer cancels the event, you get a full refund.
• If you cancel your entry: a full refund until 7 days before the event, 50% until 48 hours before, nothing within the last 48 hours.
• Paid plans for organizers show their price before you buy. Amounts already paid are refunded only as the plan states or the law requires.

9. Sponsors and ads

Free pages may show ads. Ads are never targeted by age, never appear on pairing screens and use no tracking cookies. An event with sponsors shows only its sponsors' ads.

10. Your content and ours

You keep the rights to what you upload (tournament files, logos, event descriptions) and allow us to store, show and share it as needed to run the platform, public results included. The platform belongs to Lessader.

11. Availability and liability

• We work to keep the platform available and correct, but it is provided as it is: there may be interruptions, and pairings and results depend on the data organizers and arbiters enter.
• As far as the law allows, Lessader is not liable for indirect losses, nor for results, prizes or rankings affected by data that others entered, nor for interruptions beyond our reasonable control.
• Nothing in these terms limits a liability or a consumer right that the law does not allow to be limited.

12. Closing an account

You can stop using TheChessSuperApp and ask us to delete your account at any time (see the privacy policy). Results of the tournaments you played stay in the public record. We may suspend or close an account that breaks these terms; write to us if you think we made a mistake.

13. Changes to these terms

We may change these terms. Each version has a number and an effective date, shown at the top of this page. When a new version is published, signed-in users are asked to accept it before they continue. If you do not accept it, you can close your account.

14. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the Dominican Republic. Disputes go to the competent courts of the Dominican Republic, unless the law gives you the right to go to another court.

15. Contact

Questions about these terms: privacy@lessader.com.