Community Guidelines

Petteia — The Mother of Chess · Code of Conduct

Version 1.0 · Last updated: 27 August 2026

Our aim

Petteia should be a welcoming place to play, learn, and talk about a beautiful game. These guidelines apply everywhere on the Platform — games, chat, forums, usernames, profiles, and messages to staff. By using Petteia you agree to follow them.

Be respectful

• Treat others with courtesy. No harassment, bullying, threats, or personal attacks.
• No hate speech or discrimination based on race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or similar characteristics.
• No sexual content, and absolutely nothing that sexualises minors. This results in an immediate permanent ban and, where required, a report to the authorities.

Play fair

• No cheating: do not use chess engines, bots, or outside assistance in rated games.
• No rating manipulation: no sandbagging, deliberate losing, win-trading, or multiple accounts to affect ratings, leaderboards, or tournaments.
• No deliberate stalling, disconnecting to avoid a loss, or abusing the timer.

Keep it clean and lawful

• No spam, scams, phishing, or advertising.
• No sharing of others' private information ("doxxing").
• No illegal content or activity, and no attempts to hack, disrupt, or overload the Platform.
• Choose a username and profile that follow these same rules.

Chat & forum

• Stay on-topic in forums and use clear, civil language.
• Disagree with ideas, not with people. Heated but respectful debate is fine; abuse is not.
• Report content that breaks these rules using the in-app tools rather than retaliating.

How we enforce

Depending on severity and history, we may remove content, issue a warning, mute or restrict access, suspend an account, or ban permanently. Serious violations (such as threats or content harming minors) can lead to an immediate permanent ban without prior warning.

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