Effective Date: 17 July 2026

MyChess.Events is an independent global platform for discovering, comparing, and promoting over-the-board chess tournaments.

This Privacy Policy explains how MyChess.Events collects, uses, stores, and protects personal information when you browse the website, create an account, contact us, submit a tournament, send a registration request, or otherwise interact with the platform.

For the purposes of applicable data protection laws, MyChess.Events is operated by Suren Ohanyan in Yerevan, Armenia.

Privacy-related inquiries may be sent to:

info@mychess.events

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information You Provide Directly

Depending on how you use MyChess.Events, we may collect information including:

• Full name
• Email address
• Telephone number
• Country or location
• Account and login information
• Chess-related information voluntarily provided by you
• Tournament registration details
• Tournament and organizer submission details
• Contact-form messages
• Relevant page URLs
• Uploaded regulations, images, documents, or other files
• Any other information you choose to include in a submission or communication

Please do not submit information that is unnecessary for the relevant request.

1.2 Tournament Registration Requests

Some tournament pages allow players to send registration requests through MyChess.Events.

Information submitted through these forms may include:

• Player name and surname
• Email address
• Telephone number
• Federation, club, rating, identification number, or other tournament-related details
• Tournament selection and requested section
• Other information required by the relevant organizer

Registration information may be forwarded to the organizer responsible for the selected tournament and may also be retained by MyChess.Events for administration, record-keeping, support, security, and communication purposes.

Submitting a registration request through MyChess.Events does not guarantee acceptance into a tournament. Final confirmation remains the responsibility of the tournament organizer.

1.3 Tournament and Organizer Submissions

When an organizer or representative submits a tournament, requests an update, or contacts us about an organizer profile, we may collect:

• Organizer or organization name
• Contact-person details
• Email addresses and telephone numbers
• Website and social-media links
• Tournament information
• Venue and location information
• Regulations and supporting documents
• Other information necessary to review and publish the submission

Some organizer contact information may be published on the website when it is submitted for publication, is publicly available from official sources, or is otherwise appropriate for helping players contact the relevant organizer.

1.4 Account Information

If account functionality is available, we may collect and process:

• Username
• Name
• Email address
• Encrypted password
• Account activity
• Saved preferences or bookmarks
• Technical and security information associated with the account

Passwords are stored in encrypted or hashed form and are not available to us as readable text.

1.5 Information Collected Automatically

When you access the website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, including:

• IP address
• Browser type and version
• Device and operating-system information
• Approximate geographic location
• Pages viewed
• Date and time of access
• Referring page or website
• Interaction and navigation data
• Cookie identifiers
• Security and diagnostic logs

This information may be collected through server logs, cookies, analytics services, security tools, and similar technologies.

2. Publicly Available Information

MyChess.Events researches and structures information relating to chess tournaments and organizers.

This may include information obtained from:

• Official organizer websites
• Chess federation websites
• Official tournament regulations
• Registration platforms
• Pairing and results services
• Official social-media pages
• Other authoritative public sources

Such information may include organizer names, professional contact information, event details, venue information, official links, and publicly announced tournament data.

Organizers and authorized representatives may request corrections or updates through the Contact page.

3. How We Use Information

We may use personal information to:

• Operate and maintain the website
• Process and forward tournament registration requests
• Review and publish tournament submissions
• Create and update organizer profiles
• Respond to inquiries and support requests
• Communicate with players and organizers
• Deliver transactional and administrative emails
• Prevent fraud, spam, abuse, and unauthorized access
• Protect website security
• Investigate technical problems
• Improve website usability and performance
• Analyze traffic and audience engagement
• Display and measure advertising
• Maintain legal, accounting, and administrative records
• Comply with legal obligations
• Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims

We do not sell personal information.

4. Legal Bases for Processing

Where applicable law requires a legal basis, we process personal information on one or more of the following grounds:

Consent

For example, when you:

• Accept optional cookies
• Submit certain forms
• Request communications
• Voluntarily provide information for publication

You may withdraw consent where applicable, although this will not affect processing already carried out lawfully.

Performance of a Request or Service

Processing may be necessary to:

• Send a registration request to an organizer
• Review a submitted tournament
• Create or maintain an account
• Respond to your inquiry
• Provide requested website functionality

Legitimate Interests

We may process information where reasonably necessary for legitimate interests such as:

• Operating an international chess tournament platform
• Maintaining accurate tournament and organizer information
• Securing and improving the website
• Preventing spam, abuse, and fraud
• Communicating with organizers and users
• Understanding website performance

We consider the impact on individual rights before relying on legitimate interests.

Legal Obligations

We may process information when required to comply with applicable laws, regulations, court orders, or lawful governmental requests.

5. Email Communications

MyChess.Events sends transactional and administrative emails relating to:

• Tournament registration requests
• Tournament submissions
• Contact requests
• Organizer communications
• Account activity
• Important website or service notices

Email delivery may be handled through third-party email or SMTP service providers, including services such as Brevo.

These providers may process sender and recipient details, message content, delivery status, IP addresses, and technical metadata for the purpose of delivering and securing emails.

We do not send marketing emails without an appropriate legal basis or consent where required.

6. Cookies and Similar Technologies

MyChess.Events uses cookies and similar technologies for:

• Essential website functionality
• Security and fraud prevention
• Remembering user and consent preferences
• Analytics and performance measurement
• Advertising
• Embedded and third-party functionality

Where required, non-essential cookies are activated only after consent.

You can manage preferences through the cookie-consent interface or browser settings.

More information is available in the Cookie Policy.

7. Analytics

We may use Google Analytics or similar analytics services to understand how visitors use the website.

Depending on configuration and consent, analytics information may include:

• Pages viewed
• Sessions and engagement
• Approximate location
• Browser and device information
• Traffic source
• Interaction events

Google Analytics processes information on behalf of website operators and provides controls relating to collection, retention, and deletion.

8. Advertising

MyChess.Events may use Google AdSense and other advertising services.

Advertising partners may use cookies or similar technologies to:

• Display personalized or non-personalized advertisements
• Limit how often advertisements are shown
• Measure advertising performance
• Detect invalid traffic, fraud, and abuse
• Improve advertising relevance

Google explains that advertising cookies may be used for relevance, frequency control, measurement, and fraud prevention.

Advertising consent and personalization options may depend on your location and selected cookie preferences.

9. Affiliate and Third-Party Booking Services

The website may contain links, widgets, or offers from third-party travel, accommodation, transport, and booking providers, including affiliate services.

When you click or use these services, the third party may collect information under its own privacy policy.

MyChess.Events does not control:

• Third-party booking systems
• Payments made to third parties
• Their cookies or tracking technologies
• Their data-retention practices
• Their cancellation or refund policies

Some links may generate a commission for MyChess.Events without increasing the price paid by the user.

10. Sharing of Information

We may share information with:

Tournament Organizers

Registration information may be forwarded to the organizer responsible for the selected tournament.

Service Providers

These may include:

• Website hosting providers
• Email-delivery providers
• Cloud and backup providers
• Security and anti-spam providers
• Analytics providers
• Advertising providers
• Technical contractors

They may process information only to provide the relevant services or under their own lawful privacy terms.

Legal and Regulatory Authorities

Information may be disclosed when required by law or reasonably necessary to:

• Comply with a lawful request
• Protect rights, safety, or property
• Investigate fraud or misuse
• Enforce website terms
• Defend legal claims

Business or Structural Changes

If the platform or its assets are transferred, reorganized, or incorporated into another legal structure, relevant information may be transferred subject to appropriate protections.

11. International Data Transfers

MyChess.Events is operated from Armenia and serves an international audience.

Service providers and tournament organizers may be located in Armenia, the European Economic Area, the United States, or other countries.

As a result, personal information may be transferred to or processed in countries with different data-protection laws.

Where legally required, we seek to use appropriate safeguards for such transfers.

12. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy.

Typical retention considerations include:

• Contact requests: for the period needed to respond and maintain relevant records
• Registration requests: for tournament administration, support, dispute handling, and reasonable record-keeping
• Tournament submissions: for as long as the event or organizer record remains relevant
• Account information: while the account remains active and for a reasonable period afterward
• Email and security logs: according to operational and security requirements
• Consent records: for as long as necessary to demonstrate consent
• Legal or accounting records: for periods required by law

Information may be retained longer when necessary to resolve disputes, prevent abuse, comply with legal obligations, or defend legal claims.

13. Data Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures intended to protect personal information, including:

• Access controls
• Secure account authentication
• Encryption where appropriate
• Spam and abuse prevention
• Website and server security tools
• Backups and monitoring
• Restricted administrative access

However, no online system or method of electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

14. Children and Minors

Chess tournaments may involve children and junior players.

A parent, legal guardian, coach, club representative, or other authorized adult should submit personal information on behalf of a minor where required by applicable law or tournament rules.

Please do not submit unnecessary sensitive information about a minor.

If you believe that a child’s personal information has been submitted without appropriate authorization, contact us at info@mychess.events.

15. Your Rights

Depending on applicable law, you may have the right to:

• Request access to your personal information
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of information
• Restrict certain processing
• Object to certain processing
• Withdraw consent
• Request data portability where applicable
• Lodge a complaint with a competent data-protection authority
• Request information about how your data is processed

European data-protection rules recognize rights including access, correction, erasure, restriction, portability, objection, and protection from certain solely automated decisions.

To exercise a privacy right, contact:

info@mychess.events

We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.

You may also contact the Personal Data Protection Agency of the Republic of Armenia regarding matters within its competence.

16. External Links

The website contains links to independent third-party websites.

MyChess.Events is not responsible for their:

• Content
• Security
• Privacy practices
• Cookies
• Services
• Transactions

Review the privacy terms of a third party before providing information or making a payment.

17. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect:

• New website functionality
• Changes in services
• Legal or regulatory developments
• Changes in third-party providers
• Security or operational improvements

The updated Policy will be published on this page with a revised effective date.

18. Contact

For privacy questions, requests, or complaints, contact:

MyChess.Events
Operated by Suren Ohanyan
Yerevan, Armenia
Email: info@mychess.events