1. Welcome to ChessMovers.com
ChessMovers.com is a free online chess platform that helps players analyze chess positions and discover suggested best moves. Our goal is to make chess analysis accessible, straightforward, and useful for players who want to study positions and improve their understanding of the game.
You can use ChessMovers.com directly in your browser without creating an account, registering, logging in, or providing an email address.
By accessing or using ChessMovers.com, you agree to these Terms of Service. If you do not agree with these terms, please discontinue use of the website.
2. Use of the Website
ChessMovers.com is intended to support chess learning, position analysis, practice, and post-game review. You may use the website for personal, educational, and other lawful purposes consistent with these terms.
You agree not to:
- Use the website for unlawful purposes or in violation of another person's rights.
- Attempt to disrupt, damage, overload, or compromise the website or its security.
- Use automated methods to make excessive requests or interfere with normal website operation.
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website, its infrastructure, or any associated systems.
- Copy or reproduce the website's protected content or design in a manner that infringes applicable intellectual property rights.
3. Chess Analysis and Move Suggestions
ChessMovers.com provides computer-generated chess analysis and suggested moves to help users explore positions and study chess.
Move suggestions are not guaranteed to be correct or optimal. Chess engines evaluate positions using algorithms, search methods, and available computing resources. Results may vary depending on the engine, search depth, device performance, and other technical factors.
ChessMovers.com is intended as a learning and analysis resource. You are responsible for evaluating the suggestions and deciding how to use them. We do not guarantee improved playing strength, specific game outcomes, or any particular result from using the website.
4. Fair Play and Responsible Use
ChessMovers.com should be used in accordance with the rules of the game, tournament regulations, and the terms of the chess platforms you participate in.
Using engine assistance during a live game may constitute cheating where the applicable rules prohibit outside assistance. You must not use ChessMovers.com to gain an unfair advantage in rated games, tournaments, or other competitive activities where engine assistance is prohibited.
You are responsible for ensuring that your use of the website complies with the rules applicable to your game or competition.
5. Intellectual Property
The ChessMovers.com name, branding, original website text, visual design, and other original materials are protected by applicable intellectual property laws, except where otherwise stated.
You may use the website for its intended purpose, but you may not reproduce, distribute, modify, or commercially exploit its protected materials without permission, unless permitted by law.
ChessMovers.com may incorporate third-party software or open-source components. Such components remain subject to their respective licenses, which may grant permissions beyond those described in these Terms.
Chess positions and moves you enter for analysis are not claimed as our original intellectual property merely because you use our website to analyze them.
6. Website Availability and Changes
We aim to keep ChessMovers.com accessible and functioning reliably. However, we do not guarantee uninterrupted availability, error-free operation, compatibility with every device, or the continued availability of every feature.
We may update, improve, modify, suspend, or discontinue parts of the website when reasonably necessary, including for maintenance, security, technical improvements, or operational reasons.
7. Disclaimer of Warranties
ChessMovers.com is provided free of charge on an “as is” and “as available” basis, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
We make no guarantee that the website will always be available, that its analysis will be accurate or complete, or that its features will meet every user's expectations.
To the extent permitted by law, we disclaim warranties that may otherwise apply to the website. Nothing in these Terms excludes any warranty or consumer protection that cannot legally be excluded.
8. Limitation of Liability
To the extent permitted by applicable law, ChessMovers.com and its operators will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential losses arising from the use of, or inability to use, the website or reliance on its chess analysis.
This includes losses relating to game results, ratings, tournament outcomes, lost data, or interruptions in service, where such exclusions are legally permitted.
Nothing in these Terms limits liability where applicable law prohibits such a limitation. Your mandatory legal rights remain unaffected.
9. Changes to These Terms
We may revise these Terms of Service when our website, features, or legal obligations change. Updated terms will be published on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.
Your continued use of ChessMovers.com after revised terms become effective constitutes acceptance of the updated terms to the extent permitted by applicable law.
10. Contact Us
If you have questions about these Terms of Service or the use of ChessMovers.com, please contact us through our website: Contact Us.
Thank you for using ChessMovers.com. We aim to provide a simple, useful, and responsible chess analysis experience for everyone.