Have you checked chesskid.com? I think it would be better for your kid
An account for my <13 kid
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Sep 25, 2011
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KrisRhodes wrote:
In the terms of service, it says "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."
It's not clear to me from this whether I am allowed to set up an entirely new account for my kid, or instead whether I am only permitted to let my kid use my own already existing account.
It says I "must create an account" but I don't know if this can refer to a new account, or instead whether it refers to the account I've already created.
It means you create a seperate account for your child on here and monitor them while they are online. They don't share your account. Those ratings are yours.
ChessKid.com is for kids who are aged 13 and younger who join there with a parent/guardian and or coach.
If you have any questions, please let me know :)
chesskid has great features, but few players (meaning hard to get live games).
Sep 25, 2011
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I just made an account for him on chesskid.com, and there's only 19 people online right now. It sends him to computer players instead--but he's rated well below 500, and the computer opponents are always >900.
Are there many people rated below 500 here at chess.com?
Sep 25, 2011
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Quite a few are under 500. The start rate on there is 600.
If he goes into live chess there and creates a challenge, if it isn't accepted within 15 seconds, the computer will pick up his challenge to ensure he still gets a game.
Each of the computers on their have been given usernames to make it more kid friendly.
Have him try out the tactics trainer on there, its aimed at learners and much different to the one on here.
I'm online on there at the moment, I have a few games with the kids there. My username on there is the same as it is on here.
Sep 25, 2011
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kohai wrote:
Quite a few are under 500. The start rate on there is 600.
If he goes into live chess there and creates a challenge, if it isn't accepted within 15 seconds, the computer will pick up his challenge to ensure he still gets a game.
Each of the computers on their have been given usernames to make it more kid friendly.
Have him try out the tactics trainer on there, its aimed at learners and much different to the one on here.
I'm online on there at the moment, I have a few games with the kids there. My username on there is the same as it is on here.
Thanks, Kohai.
What I was wondering, because it's hard to get a live game over there, and because the computer players over there are rated much higher than my kid, is this:
Are there many people rated less than 500 here on chess.com?
Sep 25, 2011
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One of my opponents is 371, the other is 462
For safety reasons, there isn't a list of players (kids) showing on the ChessKid.com site
Sep 25, 2011
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kohai wrote:
One of my opponents is 371, the other is 462
For safety reasons, there isn't a list of players (kids) showing on the ChessKid.com site
Heh, Kohai, I think you're missing the fact that I'm asking about players on chess.com, not on chesskids.com. :D
Anyway, no matter, as I've foud the information I was looking for at the link mentioned in my previous post.
In the terms of service, it says "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."
It's not clear to me from this whether I am allowed to set up an entirely new account for my kid, or instead whether I am only permitted to let my kid use my own already existing account.
It says I "must create an account" but I don't know if this can refer to a new account, or instead whether it refers to the account I've already created.