Terms of Service

1. The Service

Chessry is an all-in-one chess training workspace: puzzles, game review with explanations, Woodpecker spaced repetition, opening repertoire building, sparring and opponent preparation, and endgame practice. You can import public games from Lichess or Chess.com or upload your own PGN files. We may add, change, or remove features as the product evolves; material reductions to paid features are handled under §5.

2. Eligibility and accounts

• You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service (see Privacy Policy §9 for younger users in the EU).
• Sign-in is provided by Clerk. You are responsible for activity under your account and for keeping your sign-in credentials confidential.
• Registration information must be accurate. One account per person; sharing, selling, or transferring accounts is not allowed.

3. Free service

The Service is currently free. Free tiers may carry reasonable fair-use limits (e.g. AI explanations, imports, storage) so the Service stays fast for everyone; we will show applicable limits in the app rather than hiding them.

4. Paid plans (coming soon)

Paid subscriptions are not yet available. When they launch, this section applies in full and plan prices will be shown publicly on our pricing page before you can buy:

• Merchant of Record. Payments are processed by Polar, which is the legal seller of record: it charges your payment method, handles VAT/GST/sales tax, and issues receipts. Card details never touch our servers.
• Prices and tax. Displayed prices are in USD and include applicable taxes unless stated otherwise.
• Billing in advance, auto-renewal. Subscriptions bill in advance for each monthly or annual term and renew automatically until cancelled. We send a renewal reminder before each charge.
• Cancel anytime. Cancel in your account settings or the Polar customer portal; access continues until the end of the paid term and no further charges follow.
• Price changes. We may change prices with at least 30 days' notice before renewal. If you disagree, you can cancel before the new price applies.

Refunds and the EU/UK 14-day withdrawal right are covered in the Refund & Cancellation Policy.

5. Acceptable use

Use the Service for personal chess training. The binding conduct rules (including prohibitions on scraping, abuse of AI/import features, account sharing, and unlawful or infringing uploads) are in the User Agreement, which forms part of these terms. Breaches may lead to restriction, suspension, or termination under §9.

6. Your content

Your games, PGNs, repertoires, and other uploads remain yours. You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive licence to host, process, display, and analyze that content solely to operate and improve the Service (including generating the explanations and training queues you request). You confirm you have the right to upload what you upload, and that public Lichess/Chess.com imports comply with those platforms' terms.

7. Our intellectual property

The Service, its software, design, puzzles database, and branding are owned by us or our licensors. We grant you a personal, non-transferable licence to use the Service under these terms. You may not copy, reverse-engineer, or resell the Service, or remove proprietary notices.

8. Disclaimers

• Training tool, not a promise: we make no claim that using the Service will raise your rating by any amount.
• Engine and AI explanations can be wrong or incomplete; verify critical preparation independently.
• The Service is provided “as is” to the extent the law allows; we do not warrant uninterrupted or error-free operation.

9. Suspension and termination

You may stop using the Service and delete your account at any time (deletion is handled per Privacy Policy §8). We may restrict, suspend, or terminate accounts that breach these terms, harm the Service, or remain inactive in a way that imposes cost, with prior notice where reasonable, and with a proportionate refund of any prepaid term if we terminate for our own convenience. If you believe enforcement was a mistake, appeal at support@chessry.com.

10. Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, our aggregate liability is limited to the greater of (a) amounts you paid us in the 12 months before the claim, or (b) USD 20. Nothing here limits liability that cannot legally be limited (including death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, or breach of statutory consumer guarantees), and nothing removes the mandatory protections of your country of residence if you are an EU/UK consumer.

11. Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of Ghana. If you are a consumer in the EU, UK, US, or Canada, you additionally keep the mandatory protections of your home jurisdiction (including, for EU consumers, the protections referenced by the Rome I Regulation and the home-court rules of the Brussels I Regulation). Contact us first at support@chessry.com. Most disputes resolve within days that way.

12. Changes to these terms

We will post updated terms here with a new date and notify you by email or in-app at least 14 days before material changes take effect. Continued use after the effective date means acceptance; if you disagree, cancel any subscription and stop using the Service before then.

13. Contact

Chessry, Ghana: support@chessry.com (see Contact).