Community Guidelines
Fair play and respectful conduct for Ember Chess games and chat.
Version 1.3 · Effective 2026-10-02
Play fairly
Play competitive human games using your own decisions. Do not use engines or outside move selection, boost, sandbag, collude, manipulate ratings, or evade enforcement. Computer training tools are for computer games and review, not live human games. Staff may investigate suspected cheating; engine or timing patterns help investigation but are not automatic proof. Confirmed violations can affect the game result and platform ratings, subject to appeal.
Tournament conduct
Tournament names, descriptions, invitations, and play must follow these Guidelines. Do not use events to harass, scam, spam, collude, boost ratings, or evade sanctions. Social blocks do not alter tournament pairings. Report abusive tournament content to staff.
Respect other players
Competitive banter is not automatically prohibited. Repeated or serious harassment, discriminatory abuse or slurs, threats, sexual harassment or explicit sexual misconduct, and sharing another person’s private information are prohibited.
Keep the service safe
Do not post spam, scams, phishing links, malware, or offensive or impersonating usernames or profile pictures. Report concerns in good faith; repeated false reports or report abuse may be addressed. You may hide an opponent’s game chat locally without changing the game or imposing a platform sanction.
Filtering and enforcement
Automated filters can block high-confidence prohibited chat or usernames. A filter match does not automatically mean a permanent ban. Reports are reviewed in context. Depending on severity and history, an account may receive a warning, chat mute, temporary suspension, or permanent ban. Severe violations may skip lesser actions. Sanctions may be appealed.
Questions?
Contact [email protected].