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Terms of Service Agreement

Welcome to Chess Potential, operated by Chess Potential LLC. By using
the website located at chesspotential.com, the related mobile website, (collectively, the “Websites”), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service (this “Terms of Service” or “Agreement”), whether or not you register as a member of Chess Potential ("Member"). If
you wish to become a Member (customer) and/or make use of the service (the “Service”), please read this Agreement. If you object to anything in this Agreement or the Chess Potential Privacy Policy, do not use the Service.
This Agreement is subject to change by Chess Potential at any time, effective upon posting on the
relevant website. Your continued use of the Websites and the Service following Chess Potential
posting of revised terms of any section of the Agreement will constitute your express and
binding acceptance of and consent to the revised Agreement.
PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY AS IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT
INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, REMEDIES AND OBLIGATIONS,
INCLUDING VARIOUS LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS, AND A DISPUTE RESOLUTION
CLAUSE THAT GOVERNS HOW DISPUTES WILL BE RESOLVED.
Electronic Agreement. This Agreement is an electronic contract that sets out the legally binding
terms of your use of the Websites and the Service. This Agreement may be modified by Chess Potential from time to time, such modifications to be effective upon posting by Chess Potential on the
Websites. By accessing and/or using the Websites or becoming a Member, you accept this
Agreement and agree to the terms, conditions and notices contained or referenced herein.
1. Access and Retention. In order to access and retain this electronic Agreement, you must
have access to the Internet, either directly or through devices that access web-based content,
and pay any service fees associated with such access. In addition, you must use all equipment
necessary to make such connection to the World Wide Web, including a computer and modem
or other access device. Please print a copy of this document for your records. To retain an
electronic copy of this Agreement, you may save it into any word processing program.
2. Commercial Use of Service. If you are using the Service and/or accessing the Websites on
behalf of a company, entity, or organization (collectively, a “Subscribing Entity”), you represent
and warrant that:
a. You are an authorized representative of the Subscribing Entity, and that you have the
authority to bind the Subscribing Entity to this Terms of Service;
b. You have read and understand this Terms of Service; and
c. You agree to this Terms of Service on behalf of the Subscribing Entity.
Illegal and/or unauthorized uses of the Websites include, but are not limited to, browsing or
downloading illegal content, collecting usernames and/or email addresses of members by
electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email, unauthorized framing of
or linking to the Websites, sharing or disclosing your username or password to any third party or
permitting any third party to access your account, attempting to impersonate another user or
person, use of the Websites in any fraudulent or misleading manner, any automated use of the
system, such as scraping the Websites, automated scripts, spiders, robots, crawlers, data
mining tools or the like, interfering with, disrupting, or creating an undue burden on the Websites
or the networks or services connected to the Websites, and using the Websites in a manner
inconsistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations. Illegal and/or unauthorized use of
the Websites may be investigated, and appropriate legal action may be taken, including without
limitation, civil, criminal, and injunctive redress. Use of the Websites and Service is with the
permission of Chess Potential, which may be revoked at any time, for any reason, in Chess Potential’s
sole discretion.

Account Registration. To access certain features of the Site and use the Services, you may be required to register for an account. When registering an account, you agree to:- Provide accurate, current, and complete information as prompted by the registration form.- Maintain the security of your password and accept all risks of unauthorized access to your account.- Promptly update your account information to keep it accurate, current, and complete.- Accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password.

Payments and Billing

Fees and Charges. You agree to pay all fees or charges to your account in accordance with the fees, charges, and billing terms in effect at the time a fee or charge is due and payable. All payment terms are within our sole discretion and, unless otherwise agreed by us in writing, payment must be received by us before we provide lessons lessons. 

Payment Methods You may pay for the Services using the methods available for the particular Service and you agree to the terms and conditions applicable to each payment method you choose. Payment methods may include credit card, debit card, PayPal, or other third-party payment services. By providing a payment method, you expressly authorize us and our third-party payment processors to charge the applicable fees and charges to said payment method.

Subscription Services. If you subscribe to any of our Services, you may be charged automatically on a recurring basis according to the terms of your subscription. You can cancel your subscription in accordance with our cancellation policy.
3. Account Security. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the username
and password that you designate during the registration process, and you are fully responsible
for all activities that occur under your username and password. You agree to (a) immediately
notify Chess Potential of any unauthorized use of your username or password or any other breach of
security, and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. Chess Potential
will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this provision.
You should use particular caution when accessing your account from a public or shared
computer so that others are not able to view or record your password or other personal
information. If you share your computer with others, you may wish to consider disabling your
auto-login feature if you have it linked to your Chess Potential account.
4. Your Use of the Websites
a. You may not browse or download illegal content.
b. You must not copy or capture, or attempt to copy or capture, any content from the Websites
(the “Content”) or any part of the Websites, unless given express permission by Chess Potential.
c. You must not copy, republish, adapt, make available or otherwise communicate to the public,
display, perform, transfer, share, distribute or otherwise use or exploit any Content on or from
the Platform, except (i) where such Content is created by you (such content, “Your Content”), or
(ii) as permitted under these Terms of Service, and within the parameters set by the person or
entity that uploaded the Content (the “Uploader”) (for example, under the terms of Creative
Commons licenses selected by the Uploader).
d. You must not use any Content (other than Your Content) in any way that replicates any part of the Websites’ offering.
e. You must not employ scraping or similar techniques to aggregate, repurpose, republish or
otherwise make use of any Content.
f. You must not employ the use of bots, botnets, scripts, apps, plugins, extensions or other
automated means to register accounts, log-in, post comments, or otherwise to act on your
behalf, particularly where such activity occurs in a multiple or repetitive fashion. You must not
offer or promote the availability of any such techniques or services to any other users of the
Websites.
g. You must not alter or remove, or attempt to alter or remove, any trademark, copyright or other
proprietary or legal notices contained in, or appearing on, the Websites or any Content
appearing on the Websites (other than Your Content).
h. You must not, and must not permit any third party to, copy or adapt the object code of the
Websites, or reverse engineer, reverse assemble, decompile, modify or attempt to discover any
source or object code of any part of the Websites, or circumvent or attempt to circumvent or
copy any copy protection mechanism or access any rights management information pertaining
to Content other than Your Content.
i. You must not use the Websites to upload, post, store, transmit, display, copy, distribute,
promote, make available or otherwise communicate to the public:
● any Content that is offensive, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, racist, sexually
explicit, ethnically or culturally offensive, indecent, that promotes violence, terrorism, or illegal
acts, incites hatred on grounds of race, gender, religion or sexual orientation, or is otherwise
objectionable in Chess Potential’s sole and reasonable discretion;
● any information, Content or other material that violates, plagiarizes, misappropriates or
infringes the rights of third parties including, without limitation, copyright, trademark rights, rights
of privacy or publicity, confidential information or any other right; or
● any Content that violates, breaches or is contrary to any law, rule, regulation, court order
or is otherwise is illegal or unlawful in Chess Potential’s sole and reasonable opinion;
● any material of any kind that contains any virus, Trojan horse, spyware, adware,
malware, bot, time bomb, worm, or other harmful or malicious component, which will or might
overburden, impair or disrupt the Websites or servers or networks forming part of, or connected
to, the Websites, or which does or might restrict or inhibit any other user's use and enjoyment of
the Websites; or
● any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional messages, spam or any other
form of solicitation.
j. You must not commit or engage in, or encourage, induce, solicit or promote, any conduct that
would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law or
regulation.
k. You must not rent, sell or lease access to the Websites, or any Content on the Websites,
although this will not prevent you from including links from Your Content to any legitimate online
download store from where any item of Your Content may be purchased.
l. You must not deliberately impersonate any person or entity or otherwise misrepresent your
affiliation with a person or entity, for example, by registering an account in the name of another
person or company, or sending messages or making comments using the name of another
person.
m. You must not stalk, exploit, threaten, abuse or otherwise harass another user, or any Chess Potential employee. If we feel that your behavior towards any of our employees is at any time
threatening or offensive, we reserve the right to immediately terminate your membership and
you will not be entitled to any refund of  fees.
n. You must not sell or transfer, or offer to sell or transfer, any Chess Potential account to any third
party without the prior written approval of Chess Potential.
o. You must not collect or attempt to collect personal data, or any other kind of information
about other users, including without limitation, through spidering or any form of scraping.
p. You must not violate, circumvent or attempt to violate or circumvent any data security
measures employed by Chess Potential or any Uploader; access or attempt to access data or
materials which are not intended for your use; log into, or attempt to log into, a server or account
which you are not authorized to access; attempt to scan or test the vulnerability of Chess Potential’s
servers, system or network or attempt to breach Chess Potential’s data security or authentication
procedures; attempt to interfere with the Websites or the Services by any means including,
without limitation, hacking Chess Potential’s servers or systems, submitting a virus, overloading,
mail-bombing or crashing. Without limitation to any other rights or remedies of Chess Potential under
these Terms of Service, Chess Potential reserves the right to investigate any situation that appears
to involve any of the above, and may report such matters to, and cooperate with, appropriate
law enforcement authorities in prosecuting any users who have participated in any such
violations.
You agree to comply with the above conditions, and acknowledge and agree that Chess Potential
has the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your account or take such other action as we
see fit if you breach any of the above conditions or any of the other terms of these Terms of
Service. This may include taking court action and/or reporting offending users to the relevant
authorities.
5. Representations and Warranties. You hereby represent and warrant to [Site name] as
follows:
a. Your Content, and each and every part thereof, is an original work by you, or you have
obtained all rights, licenses, consents and permissions necessary in order to use, and (if and
where relevant) to authorize Chess Potential to use, Your Content pursuant to these Terms of
Service, including, without limitation, the right to upload, reproduce, store, transmit, distribute,
share, publicly display, publicly perform, make available and otherwise communicate to the
public Your Content, and each and every part thereof, on, through or via the Websites, any and
all Services and any third party services.
b. Your Content and the availability thereof on the Platform does not and will not infringe or
violate the rights of any third party, including, without limitation, any intellectual property rights,
performers' rights, rights of privacy or publicity, or rights in confidential information.
c. You have obtained any and all necessary consents, permissions and/or releases from any
and all persons appearing in Your Content in order to include their name, voice, performance or
likeness in Your Content and to publish the same on the Websites and via any third party
services.
d. Your Content, including any comments that you may post on the Websites, is not and will not
be unlawful, offensive, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, racist, sexually explicit,
ethnically or culturally offensive, indecent, will not promote violence, terrorism, or illegal acts, or
incite hatred on grounds of race, gender, religion or sexual orientation.
e. Your Content does not and will not create any liability on the part of Chess Potential, its
subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, and assigns, and their respective employees, agents,
directors, officers and/or shareholders.
Chess Potential reserves the right to remove Your Content, suspend or terminate your access to the
Platform and/or pursue all legal remedies if we believe that any of Your Content breaches any of
the foregoing representations or warranties, or otherwise infringes another person's rights or
violates any law, rule or regulation.
6. Term. This Agreement will remain in full force and effect while you use the Websites and/or
Service. You may terminate your membership and/or subscription at any time by contacting us
at support@chesspotential.com. If you resign or cancel your membership and/or subscription to Chess Potential,
to help Chess Potential analyze and improve the Service, you may be asked to provide a reason for
your resignation/cancellation. Chess Potential may terminate your membership and/or subscription
for any reason by sending notice to you at the email address you provide in your application for
membership, or such other email address as you may later provide to Chess Potential. If Chess Potential
terminates your membership in the Service because you have breached this Agreement, you
will not be entitled to any refund of unused subscription fees. All decisions regarding the
termination of accounts shall be made in the sole discretion of Chess Potential. Chess Potential is not
required to provide you notice prior to terminating your membership and/or subscription. Chess Potential is not required, and may be prohibited, from disclosing a reason for the termination of
your account. Even after your membership or subscription is terminated, this Agreement will
remain in effect. All terms that by their nature may survive termination of this Agreement shall
be deemed to survive such termination.
7. Modifications to Service. Chess Potential reserves the right at any time to modify or discontinue,
temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree
that Chess Potential shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension
or discontinuance of the Service.
8. Blocking of IP Addresses. In order to protect the integrity of the Services, Chess Potential
reserves the right at any time in its sole discretion to block Members from certain IP addresses
from accessing the Websites.
9. Content.
a. Proprietary Rights. Chess Potential retains all proprietary rights in the Websites and the Service.
The Websites contains the copyrighted material, trademarks, and other proprietary information
of Chess Potential, and its licensors. Except where we have given you express written permission,
you may not copy, modify, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any such
proprietary information. Most content on Chess Potential is proprietary unless it comes from the public domain, which we do not specify. Except where otherwise
specified in this Agreement, all Content is copyrighted material of Chess Potential and for Chess Potential’s Members' use only. Distribution of Content to others is strictly prohibited. You agree
that Chess Potential would be irreparably harmed by any violation or threatened violation of this
section and that, therefore, Chess Potential shall be entitled to an injunction prohibiting you from any
violation or threatened violation of this section, without posting bond, in addition to any other
right or remedy it may have.
We may provide links to third party websites, and some of the content appearing on Chess Potential
may be supplied by third parties. Chess Potential has no responsibility for these third party websites
nor for their content, which is subject to and governed by the Terms of Service and/or privacy
policies, if any, of the applicable third party content providers.
b. Ownership of Your Content; Licenses.
You agree that any content you upload to the Websites and/or the Service (“Your Content”)
shall become the property of Chess Potential. 
However, with respect to Your Content, Chess Potential grants you a worldwide, royalty-free and
non-exclusive license(s) to use, distribute, reproduce, and publicly display such content, except
with regard to commercial or for-profit use account.
Any Content other than Your Content is the property of the relevant Uploader, and is or may be
subject to copyright, trademark rights or other intellectual property or proprietary rights. Such
Content may not be downloaded, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, re-uploaded,
republished, displayed, sold, licensed, made available or otherwise communicated to the public
or exploited for any purposes except via the features of the Websites from time to time and
within the parameters set by the Uploader on the Service or with the express written consent of
the Uploader. Where you repost another user's Content, or include another user's Content in a
set, you acquire no ownership rights whatsoever in that Content. Subject to the rights expressly
granted in this section, all rights in Content are reserved to the relevant Uploader.
10. Restrictions on Use of Materials. You acknowledge that Chess Potential contains images,
text, and other content (collectively, "Intellectual Property") that is protected by copyrights,
patents, trademarks, trade secrets and/or other proprietary rights, and that these rights are valid
and protected in all forms, media and technologies existing now or hereafter developed. All
Intellectual Property is copyrighted under the United States copyright laws (and, if applicable,
similar foreign laws), and [Site name]. All trademarks appearing on this
Websites are trademarks of their respective owners. You may not modify, publish, transmit,
distribute, perform, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works of, or in any way
exploit, any of the Intellectual Property, in whole or in part. When Intellectual Property is
downloaded to your computer, you do not obtain any ownership interest in such Intellectual
Property. Modification of the Intellectual Property or use of the Intellectual Property for any other
purpose, including, but not limited to, use of any Intellectual Property in printed form or on any
other website or networked computer environment is strictly prohibited unless you receive our
prior written consent.
11. Copyright Policy. Chess Potential prohibits the submission or posting of any information that
infringes or violates the copyright rights and/or other intellectual property rights (including rights
of privacy and publicity) of any person or entity.
Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2) or for any other claim of copyright
infringement, you hereby agree that notifications of claimed copyright infringement be sent by
certified mail to our registered agent's office:

REPUBLIC REGISTERED AGENT LLC
1150 Nw 72nd Ave Tower I, Ste 455
Miami FL 33126
If you believe that your intellectual property right (or such a right that you are responsible for
enforcing) is infringed by any content on the Site, please write to Chess Potential at the address
shown above, giving a written statement that contains:
a. identification of the copyrighted work and/or intellectual property right claimed to have been
infringed;
b. identification of the allegedly infringing material on the Site that is requested to be removed;
c. your name, address, and daytime telephone number, and an e-mail address if available;
d. a statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the copyrighted work and/or
exercise of the intellectual property right is not authorized by the owner, its agent, or the law;
e. a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury,
that the signatory is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the right that is allegedly
infringed; and
f. the signature of the intellectual property right owner or someone authorized on the owner's
behalf to assert infringement of the right.
Chess Potential will process any notice of alleged infringement which it receives and will take
appropriate action as required by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) 17 U.S.C.
512(c)(3) or other applicable copyright law. U.S. law provides significant penalties for submitting
such a statement falsely. Under appropriate circumstances, persons who repeatedly submit
infringing or unlawful material will be prohibited from posting further submissions.
12. Liability for Content. You hereby acknowledge and agree that Chess Potential (i) stores
Content and other information at the direction, request and with the authorization of its users, (ii)
acts merely as a passive conduit and/or host for the uploading, storage and distribution of such
Content, and (iii) plays no active role and gives no assistance in the presentation or use of the
Content. You are solely responsible for all of Your Content that you upload, post or distribute to,
on or through the Websites, and to the extent permissible by law, Chess Potential excludes all
liability with respect to all Content (including Your Content) and the activities of its users with
respect thereto.
You hereby acknowledge and agree that Chess Potential cannot and does not review the Content
created or uploaded by its users, and neither Chess Potential nor its subsidiaries, affiliates,
successors, assigns, employees, agents, directors, officers and shareholders has any
obligation, and does not undertake or assume any duty, to monitor the Websites for Content
that is inappropriate, that does or might infringe any third party rights, or has otherwise been
uploaded in breach of these Terms of Service or applicable law.
Chess Potential and its subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, assigns, employees, agents, directors,
officers and shareholders hereby exclude, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all
liability which may arise from any Content uploaded to the Websites by users, including, but not
limited to, any claims for infringement of intellectual property rights, rights of privacy or publicity
rights, any claims relating to publication of defamatory, pornographic, obscene or offensive
material, or any claims relating to the completeness, accuracy, currency or reliability of any
information provided by users of the Websites. By using the Websites, you irrevocably waive the
right to assert any claim with respect to any of the foregoing against Chess Potential or any of its
subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, assigns, employees, agents, directors, officers or
shareholders.
13. Repeat Infringers. Chess Potential will suspend or terminate your access to the Websites if
Chess Potential determines, in its sole and reasonable discretion, that you have repeatedly
breached these Terms of Service.
If we receive a valid notification from a third party in accordance with our reporting processes or
applicable law that any of Your Content infringes the copyright or other rights of such third party,
or if we believe that your behavior is inappropriate and violates our Terms of Service, we will
send you a written warning to this effect. Any user that receives more than two of these
warnings is liable to have their access to the Websites terminated forthwith.
We will also suspend or terminate your account without warning if ordered to do so by a court,
and/or in other appropriate circumstances, as determined by Chess Potential at its sole discretion.
Please note that we do not offer refunds to Members whose accounts are terminated as a result
of repeated infringement of these Terms of Service.
14. Limitation of Liability. In no event shall Chess Potential be liable for any damages whatsoever,
whether direct, indirect, general, special, compensatory, consequential, and/or incidental,
arising out of or relating to the Websites or Service, or use thereof. Nothing contained in this
Websites or in any written or oral communications from Chess Potential or its employees or agents
shall be construed to make any promise, covenant, or guaranty, all of which are explicitly
disclaimed hereby, contrary to the statements and disclaimers contained in this paragraph.
The content and functionality on the Websites and the services provided by employees of the
Websites are offered "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including,
without limitation, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and
non-infringement. Chess Potential makes no warranties, express or implied, as to the ownership,
accuracy, completeness or adequacy of the Websites’ content or that the functionality of the
Websites will be uninterrupted or error-free or free from virus or third party attack. You hereby
acknowledge that your use of the Websites and the Service is at your sole risk. UNDER NO
CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL Chess Potential, ITS OFFICERS, OWNERS, EMPLOYEES OR
AGENTS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE HEIRS, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS BE LIABLE FOR
ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES THAT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RESULT
FROM USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITES OR SERVICE OR THE
INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION FOR VIRUSES
ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FROM THE WEBSITES, EVEN IF Chess Potential HAS
BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR LOSSES AND
REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY.
TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU AGREE THAT IN NO EVENT WILL
Chess Potential HAVE ANY LIABILITY, CONTINGENT OR OTHERWISE, FOR ANY INDIRECT,
SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES IN ANY WAY
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE AGREEMENT, WEBSITES OR THE SERVICE,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS; LOST DATA; LOSS OF GOODWILL;
COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK, OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT;
WORK STOPPAGE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION; ILLEGAL, IMMORAL OR
FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY; PERSONAL INJURY; PROPERTY DAMAGE; OR ANY OTHER.

15. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Florida, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. You agree that any legal action or proceeding between you and the Company will be brought exclusively in a federal or state court of competent jurisdiction sitting in Florida.

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