Terms of Service
By using the Chess Nerds Discord bot ("the bot", "we"), or adding it to a server, you agree to these terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you don't agree, please don't use the bot.
1. Using the bot
- You must follow Discord's Terms of Service and Community Guidelines, and the terms of Lichess and Chess.com when you link those accounts.
- Only link chess accounts that belong to you.
- If a chess account you linked is closed by Lichess or Chess.com for a rules violation (such as cheating), you lose your rating roles and the Verified role on every server, also if you link another account. They come back if the platform reopens the account. An account closed for a rules violation can't be linked by anyone else. Servers you are in can choose to be told about cheating closures (see the Privacy Policy).
- Don't abuse the bot: no exploits, automation or scripts, alt accounts to farm rewards, spamming commands, or trying to break or overload it.
- Don't use the bot to harass anyone or to post illegal or harmful content (for example in "about me", AFK notes or tournament messages).
2. Coins, items and rewards
- Coins, items, levels and other rewards are virtual, have no real-world value, and can't be bought, sold or exchanged for money or anything outside the bot.
- We may change prices, rewards and how features work at any time, and we may correct balances after bugs or abuse.
3. Server owners
- If you add the bot to a server, you're responsible for how it's set up and used there (channels, roles, pings, tournaments for your Lichess team).
- The bot creates roles and Discord events only when you ask it to in
/setupor/tournament. - Users banned from the Chess Nerds server can't use the bot on any server.
4. Premium
- Some features are only available to servers with Chess Nerds Premium. What is included may change over time; we'll try to give notice of big changes.
- Premium is sold through Patreon. Payments, cancellations and refunds follow Patreon's terms. When a membership ends or a payment fails (after a short grace period), premium features stop; your settings are kept so they work again if you come back.
- Server premium bought on Patreon applies to one server at a time, chosen with
/premium, and can be moved to another server. - Premium never gives coins, XP, shop items or an advantage in games of chance.
5. Enforcement
We may limit, reset or remove access to the bot (or parts of it) for anyone who breaks these terms, or remove the bot from a server, with or without notice. Users and servers can be banned from the bot entirely: a banned user gets a one-time DM with the reason, a banned server's owner gets the same, and the bot then stops responding to them. You can appeal through the Chess Nerds server or by email; your data is kept so you can continue where you left off if the appeal is accepted.
6. No guarantees
- The bot is a hobby project provided "as is". We work hard to keep it running, but it may have bugs, downtime or lose data, and features may change or end.
- Ratings, results and puzzles come from Lichess and Chess.com; we're not responsible for their data or availability.
- To the extent the law allows, we're not liable for any loss or damage from using the bot.
7. Not affiliated
Chess Nerds is an independent project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Discord, Lichess or Chess.com.
Chess piece images on board pictures: "cburnett" set by Colin M.L. Burnett, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
8. Changes
We may update these terms; the date at the top shows the latest version. Continuing to use the bot after a change means you accept the new terms. Big changes are announced on our Discord server.