Chess Course License Agreement
Juniors to Masters Chess Academy Inc. (“the Academy”)
Last Updated: September 2026
Thank you for purchasing this chess training course. By purchasing, accessing, or using the course, you agree to the following terms.
1. Personal Use License
Your purchase provides you with a limited, personal, non-transferable license to access and use the course for your own chess education.
The license is for one individual student only. You may not sell, transfer, lend, give, or otherwise provide your course access or account to another person.
2. Course Access Period
Course access is provided for the period specified at the time of purchase, currently three (3) months unless otherwise stated.
When the access period expires, access to the course materials may be discontinued. Continued access, if offered, may require a new purchase.
The Academy does not promise lifetime access to course materials.
3. Course Materials and Prohibition on Sharing
All course videos, instructional materials, PGN files, puzzles, exercises, training positions, written materials, and other materials provided as part of the course are provided for your personal educational use.
You may not:
- Share, forward, copy, distribute, publish, sell, or give the course materials to other people.
- Share your login credentials or allow another person to use your account.
- Upload course videos or materials to another website, social-media platform, file-sharing service, or online group.
- Record, reproduce, or redistribute course videos or other protected course content.
- Use the course materials to provide coaching, instruction, or commercial services to other people without written permission from the Academy.
- Provide, share, or otherwise make the course or any portion of the course available to friends, family members, colleagues, students, or any other third party, whether for payment or without charge.
4. Intellectual Property
The course and its materials are protected by applicable copyright and other intellectual-property laws.
Your purchase gives you a limited right to use the course for personal educational purposes. It does not transfer ownership of the course materials or intellectual-property rights to you.
5. Chess Training and Results
The course is an educational and training product.
The Academy, its Masters, Grandmasters, coaches, and instructors make no guarantee that participation in the course will result in:
- An increase in chess rating;
- Improved tournament results;
- Winning more games;
- Becoming a stronger player by any particular amount;
- Achieving a particular playing level or title;
- Becoming a Chess Master, Grandmaster, or any other title holder.
Chess improvement depends on many factors, including the student's effort, previous experience, practice, study habits, playing activity, and many factors outside the Academy's control.
6. Master and Coach Feedback
Where personalized feedback is included with a course, the Academy will make reasonable efforts to provide feedback during the applicable feedback period.
Feedback may be provided by a Grandmaster, Master, or another member of the Academy's coaching team, depending on availability.
The Academy does not guarantee that a particular Grandmaster or individual coach will personally review every submission.
The Academy also does not guarantee a particular response time, amount of feedback, or outcome from the feedback.
7. Student Responsibilities
Students are responsible for:
- Completing their own training and homework;
- Providing accurate information when submitting assignments;
- Maintaining the security of their account and login information;
- Following the instructions provided with the course;
- Using third-party services such as Lichess according to those services' own terms and policies.
8. Suspension or Revocation of Access
The Academy may suspend or terminate access to the course if it reasonably believes that a student has:
- Shared or redistributed course materials;
- Shared their account with another person;
- Attempted to circumvent course-access restrictions;
- Used the materials for unauthorized commercial purposes;
- Violated these terms; or
- Obtained a refund or otherwise reversed the payment for the course.
If access is terminated because of a violation of these terms, the student may not be entitled to a refund.
9. Changes to the Academy and Course
The Academy may modify, replace, or discontinue course materials, instructors, technology, features, or services from time to time.
The Academy does not guarantee that a particular instructor, Grandmaster, website, software system, or third-party service will remain available indefinitely.
10. Third-Party Services
The course may use third-party services such as Lichess, video-hosting services, Google services, or other technology providers.
The Academy is not responsible for changes, interruptions, or policies of third-party services that are outside the Academy's reasonable control.
11. Disclaimer
The course and its materials are provided for educational purposes.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Academy makes no warranties or guarantees regarding the accuracy, completeness, availability, or suitability of the course for any particular student or purpose.
12. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Academy and its owners, instructors, Masters, Grandmasters, employees, contractors, and affiliates will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or other damages arising from or relating to the use of, or inability to use, the course or its materials.
Where liability cannot legally be excluded, it will be limited to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.
13. Governing Law
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Any provision of this Agreement that is found to be unenforceable will be modified or removed only to the extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will continue in effect.
Nothing in this Agreement is intended to exclude or limit any consumer rights or other rights that cannot legally be excluded or limited.
14. Acceptance
By purchasing, accessing, or using the course, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to this License Agreement.
If you do not agree to these terms, you should not purchase or use the course.
Juniors to Masters Chess Academy Inc.
British Columbia, Canada
