At the risk of asking a dumb question, why can't he open his own acct? If he's going to use a PC he should be able to do so. If he can't use a PC how is he going to do anything here?
In case I'm missing something (as usual) contact the staff directly by clicking on Help & Support at the bottom of the page. I'm pretty sure they don't read a fraction of the posts at this forum
He he you missed something nimzo : he c an open his own, but the IP will be the same, and that's what counts. Cheaters probably open accounts "for their son", and tamper with their ratings. I am wondering whether there could be a way that the chess.com server could check if two accounts from the same IP adress play each other, and if they don't, they could exist without a problem.
Yes I could contact Help and support but wished to have feedback about members' experience with that before I officially asked chess.com staff.
You and your son can both have an account here using the same ip thats not a problem, all we ask is that you don't share accounts, play from eachothers accounts or play rated games against eachother.
You don't mention his age, if he's under the age of 13 you may want to consider chesskid.com where its safe for kids and set up so the parent can monitor the childs play, learning, friends and activity.
Nimzo, wrong again ! :)) Kohai was right there, listening
Dear Kohai, thanks, he is 13 since last August and does not want to be in kidchess... We will not share accounts, but may I watch his games and advise a little, that is the question. My wish is to see him play more, and help him build up confidence. Of course, I wouldn't help him win at all costs, that would be counterproductive. I would set up his challenges so he would play under 1 000 at first, and then see what happens. Is that OK ?
OK Kohai, many thanks for your help :)
Why Sahas ? He's not good enough to play against you :)
On January 1rst 2013, I would like to open an account for my son, a "skillful beginner" at chess, but I know multiple accounts are a breach of rules at chess.com.
There is obviously no intent to cheat at all, just a wish to see him play more seriously and against other players than myself.
In advance, thank you for your suggestions
(In Help and Support, this is the rule :
No, not only do we strongly discourage the use of multiple accounts; we also consider it a form of cheating.
While there are no really good reasons to have more than one account, there are several rather bad reasons for doing so: