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T.O.S of lichess

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Educating people not to follow in my footsteps

The terms of service and the forum etiquette are ignored by many like me, I broke TOS around 2 days ago.
This is a warning to those who feel like doing rating manipulation and or cheating, I implore you to read the Terms of service, here are some important lines.


  • 1. Do not cheat or receive assistance in games (from a chess computer, book, database or another person).
  • 2. Artificially inflating or deflating your rating. This is where a user purposefully loses or has arranged with an opponent to win. As a result, the User’s rating will artificially increase or decrease.
  • 3. Impersonation. Don’t pretend to be someone who you’re not. You’re welcome to use a pseudonym.
  • 4. Trying to break into accounts of other users, even if it’s as simple as just guessing a password, DDoS and volumetric attacks. This activity is illegal, so the relevant authorities would also be notified. You are welcome to support Lichess by finding and reporting security issues to us.
    5. Harassing conduct or offensive language. If you aren’t sure whether to say something, think about how an objective outsider might view it. Harassment is a criminal act and will be reported to the relevant authorities.
    6. Sharing copyrighted material. On some parts of the site, you can share your own content with the public. Posting anything other than what you’ve made yourself, or have a fiduciary right to share is illegal. Users are responsible for what they post and share.
    7. Abuse our infrastructure. Don’t take any action that imposes an unreasonable load on our infrastructure or on our third-party providers. We reserve the right to determine what is reasonable.
    8. Spamming. Posting unsolicited messages like junk mail, chain letters, or just general spam is just frustrating for our users, so don’t do it.

Those who haven't read the T.O.S and/or the forum etiquette don't know spamming is a reportable offence, don't do it. Advertising is also reportable so please stop sending links of your simuls, teams or your youtube channel in the forums and chats (tournament and team).

Another point to remeber is that lichess is free, there is no difference between patrons and narmal users except for a cool wing design by their name, everything is provided to you so don't abuse it.

Thanks for reading!
Have a great day!

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