Hi everyone

My daughter plays chess and she is 6. I helped her to create an acoount here, but there was not her year of birth, just 1995 and earlier.

So what should she write in this field?

Thanks

Olga

she cant have an account you need to be at least 13 by law

That law applies only in the US, where it was introduced for child protection reasons.

Given this site is based in the US, it has adopted US legal requirements as the norm hence the difference arising.

Not sure there is a way around this

Thanks to everyone. Actually she agreed to be here 7 years older :))

with your consent she \he can have one ,but stay always at her side or his side so that you can monitor the site, hope it helps a little

"Registration

In consideration of your use of the Service, you represent that you are of legal age to form a binding contract. You also agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Service's registration form and (b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or if Chess.com has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Chess.com has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Service. Chess.com is concerned about the safety and privacy of all its users, particularly children. For this reason, parents or guardians of children under the age of 13 who wish to allow their children access to the Service must create an account that is maintained by a legal guardian of at least 18 years old and monitor the child's usage. By allowing a child access to your account, you also give your child permission to access all areas of the Service. Please remember that the Service is designed to appeal to a broad audience. Accordingly, as the legal guardian, it is your responsibility to determine whether any of the Service areas and/or Content are appropriate for your child.  Falsely representing the age of a child for the purposes of fraudulently creating an account is punishable under US law by a $10,000 fine and up to three years imprisonment."

Noone ever reads the Terms and Conditions.

That's awesome! :D

I hope my son can play by age six.  Best to you, best to her, but I agree, make sure you are by her side when she's online imo.

 Beelzebub666, Thanks for the rules, but I'm ready to present true info, I just can't in this case :) So she is not allowed to play chess on-line?

 BorgQueen, thank you! Just a couple of years, when I asked her how the knight goes, she answered "clip-clop" :) Play with your son just as if it is fun. Good luck

Yes, sure, I'm always with her while she is on-line. One of the reason is that she doesn't speak English, so it is difficult for her to navigate the site.

Well, you could make an account in your name, and then simply let her log in under it for now until she is of U.S. Legal age.

Priviet Marketer, Kak de  la? :)

Well, I think Bruiser419 has a good point. You could let her play from your account..but I dont know if that is alright according to the site. Best thing to do would be to pm Erik and inquire abt it. :)

Just make acc on her name, and in description write that she is 6 yo. I love when kids play chess, my grandfather teached me how to play when i was 7.

"clip clop" lol!!!  :D

An experienced adult chess player should be able to guide in their offspring or prodigies correctly into online chess if they know internet chess well. You can create an interface for FICS that is designed for children if you know what you're doing. All the censorship settings are possible.

(Ha, I should charge money for the interface but maybe I'll help for free if someone messages me.)

As far as chess.com is concerned; its the only family friendly social networking chess site in existence. You can let them play here with guidance with a high unlikely hood of problems.

Furthermore if a child is intelligent enough to play chess then imo they can handle 13+ chess sites.

I don't have kids but I help raise my nephew and there's no point growing them in cotton wool imo.

Okay, thank you all

I created account for her, but always near her while she's playing. Actually it is easy, since she doesn't know how to browse web.

Thanks