These Terms & Conditions ("Terms") govern your use of Deploy Chess, including the mobile applications, the website at deploy-chess.com, and any related services (together, the "Service"). The Service is operated by Software Kit SRL, a company incorporated in Romania ("we", "us", or "our").
By creating an account or otherwise using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service. If you are under the age of legal majority in your jurisdiction, you confirm that a parent or legal guardian has reviewed these Terms on your behalf. We may refuse, suspend, or terminate accounts at our discretion, including where eligibility cannot be reasonably verified.
To play ranked or matchmade games you must register an account using email and password, Google Sign-In, or Apple Sign-In. You are responsible for safeguarding your credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account. You agree to provide accurate information and to keep it up to date.
Usernames are unique and chosen on first sign-in. You may not select a username that impersonates another person, infringes a trademark, or is offensive, hateful, or otherwise inappropriate. We may reclaim or change usernames that violate these rules.
You agree not to:
Violations may result in warning, rating reset, match forfeiture, account suspension, or permanent ban, in our sole discretion.
Deploy Chess uses a Glicko-2 rating system. We reserve the right to adjust, freeze, or invalidate ratings where we determine that a game's result was affected by cheating, collusion, abuse of disconnects, or other behavior contrary to fair play. Rating decisions are final.
Game records, including moves, deployments, ratings, durations, and the time and identity of opponents, are stored on our servers and may be shown to you, your opponents, or future visitors as part of the public game history feature. You retain whatever rights you have in your gameplay; you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, and display this content as necessary to provide the Service.
The Service, including its source code, designs, logos, text, and graphics, is owned by Software Kit SRL or its licensors and is protected by intellectual property laws. Except for the limited license to use the Service granted by these Terms, no rights are transferred to you. The "Deploy Chess" name and logo are trademarks of Software Kit SRL.
The Service relies on third-party providers, including Firebase Authentication and Crashlytics (Google Ireland Limited), Google Sign-In, Apple Sign-In, and the Stockfish-backed evaluation API at chess-api.com. Use of those providers is also subject to their own terms. We are not responsible for the content, policies, or availability of any third-party service.
You may stop using the Service or delete your account at any time by contacting admin@markosoft.ro. We may suspend or terminate your access immediately, with or without notice, if you breach these Terms, if your account is dormant, or if we discontinue the Service. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (intellectual property, disclaimers, limitations of liability, governing law) will continue to apply.
The Service is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, or uninterrupted availability. We do not warrant that the Service will be free of bugs, secure, error-free, or that ratings, matchmaking, or evaluations will be uninterrupted or accurate at all times.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Software Kit SRL, its officers, employees, and contractors will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, profits, goodwill, or ratings, arising out of or in connection with your use of the Service. Our total aggregate liability to you for all claims arising out of or relating to the Service is limited to EUR 50 or the amount you paid us in the twelve months preceding the claim, whichever is greater.
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law, including liability for fraud, intentional misconduct, gross negligence, death, or personal injury caused by negligence.
We may modify the Service at any time, including by adding, removing, or altering features, modes, time controls, or rating systems. We may also update these Terms; when we do, we will update the "Last updated" date above and, for material changes, take reasonable steps to notify active users (for example, in-app notice or email). Continued use of the Service after a change takes effect constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.
These Terms are governed by the laws of Romania, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles. Any dispute arising from or relating to these Terms or the Service will be brought before the competent courts of Bucharest, Romania, except where mandatory consumer-protection law in your country of residence grants you the right to bring proceedings before a local court.