can you have two accounts on chess.com

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Avatar of CP6033

I was wondering this because I want to see what my rating would be if I played blinfolded. I would appreciate if chess.com told me if this is alright. I tried already but you can't have two accounts on the same email adress

Avatar of JMB2010

No, 2 accounts would be considered cheating. But there is a setting where you could play blindfold in live chess.

Avatar of jaclyn

Members are only allowed one account.

http://support.chess.com/Knowledgebase/Article/View/15/0/can-i-have-multiple-accounts

Avatar of gsdfgfs
ChessPlayer6033 wrote:

I was wondering this because I want to see what my rating would be if I played blinfolded. I would appreciate if chess.com told me if this is alright. I tried already but you can't have two accounts on the same email adress

Could always do a blindfold account on a different site like ICC so that you can keep them seperate.

Avatar of -waller-

Yes, I've also thought that chess.com should have a separate "blindfold rating" available. A possible idea might be to play unrated and just see who you can beat - this is what I've done.

Avatar of CP6033

What about having it set up so that you can have two sets of rating. Non blindfolded and blindfolded. could chess.com make this type of option available?

Avatar of CP6033

I am wondering if this is a good idea, i want my blinfolded rating if possible

Avatar of TheGrobe

A blindfold feature would be great -- with the board actually blanked out and a separate rating pool.  Surely this would be quite easy to do.

Avatar of CP6033

yeah! could you have it so that it would tell you your opponents move, and then maybe you would type your move in? It could be easy to cheat but why would you?

Avatar of DrFrank124c
TheGrobe wrote:

A blindfold feature would be great -- with the board actually blanked out and a separate rating pool.  Surely this would be quite easy to do.

all kidding aside, this is a good idea! i'd like 2 give this a try!

Avatar of -waller-

Well, the point is, the blindfold feature is already a feature in Live Chess. Blanked out board and all! However, if you play a 10 minute game of blindfold, it affects your Live blitz rating, which is absurd!

Avatar of ManlyLadyLumps

I typically just play unrated games when playing blindfolded, it's hard sometimes because many people don't want to play people 300-400 rating points higher than themselves, and losing to someone who can't see the pieces is quite a kick in the ego

Avatar of Irontiger

Problem with a blindfold rating system is the number of players. Past some fashion effects, I doubt many (starting by me) will consistently play blindfold.

Avatar of Avalon102020

and if you are ready with the new blindfold rating system, please create a rating for people who just consumed a beer, wine or champaign. Would be a good thing to have an own rating category for erdinger wheat beer (it's fantastic but for some strange reason everybody beats me if I just had one)

Avatar of CP6033
ManlyLadyLumps wrote:

I typically just play unrated games when playing blindfolded, it's hard sometimes because many people don't want to play people 300-400 rating points higher than themselves, and losing to someone who can't see the pieces is quite a kick in the ego

my point exactly~

Avatar of Brewexa21

Could I create two accounts? One for Playing, and one for managing a club?

Avatar of StumpyBlitzer

Seems this is answered above, only 1 account unless support have said your ok with 2 account 

Avatar of crazyTom88

I thought the new policy is to allow two accounts but you can't use the second one until you submit a form and get approval. See link here: https://support.chess.com/article/596-can-i-have-multiple-accounts

Avatar of GMSmartTacticButFail

I have two accounts, but I rarely use the other one. This is my main.

Avatar of GMSmartTacticButFail

Answering your question, you can have two accounts, but as long as you don't:

  • Play the accounts against each other, even in unrated games
  • Play in the same vote chess game with both accounts
  • Play in the same 4 player chess, or other variant game with both accounts
  • Play in the same tournament with both accounts
  • Comment with both accounts in the same forum thread or discussion
  • Use the account as a 'speed run' account

Please read this article: https://support.chess.com/article/596-can-i-have-multiple-accounts