Cozmaaa wrote:
Am I allowed to create a secundary account to play?
well...
Are you allowed to smurf on chess.com?
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Nov 5, 2020
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hvenki wrote:
41-Obrez wrote:
@number_1_player not sus at all
nah, he's just that good
discrimination
You can ask support to make one. 
Just don't tell chess.com staff.....
Nov 5, 2020
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MISTER_McCHESS wrote:
there are so many of these on cc it's unbelievable
I bet Minecraft has more smurfs
Nov 5, 2020
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Cozmaaa wrote:
Am I allowed to create a secundary account to play?
https://support.chess.com/article/596-can-i-have-multiple-accounts
Nov 5, 2020
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#14
Anyone is allowed to have 2 accounts at the one time, they just need approval from a staff member. Titled players are immediately allowed a second account which will be socially disabled, and streamers like Hikaru and Levy are allowed to make many accounts for speedruns etc. For regular members, chess.com allows it in some circumstances but not all. An example would be if you are a strong player, but not yet titled then there is a chance chess.com will approve a second account for you to hide your opening preparation etc.
But even if a user does create more than one account, absolutely nothing will be done about it, chess.com isn't always looking in to make sure that there are no alts and even if they did, there is no feasible way for chess.com to prove that both accounts were owned by the same guy. So it's basically a non-existent rule which isn't being enforced.
Nov 5, 2020
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Steven-ODonoghue wrote:
Anyone is allowed to have 2 accounts at the one time, they just need approval from a staff member. Titled players are immediately allowed a second account which will be socially disabled, and streamers like Hikaru and Levy are allowed to make many accounts for speedruns etc. For regular members, chess.com allows it in some circumstances but not all. An example would be if you are a strong player, but not yet titled then there is a chance chess.com will approve a second account for you to hide your opening preparation etc.
But even if a user does create more than one account, absolutely nothing will be done about it, chess.com isn't always looking in to make sure that there are no alts and even if they did, there is no feasible way for chess.com to prove that both accounts were owned by the same guy. So it's basically a non-existent rule which isn't being enforced.
Not true.
Titled players are generally allowed a second account so they can play anonymously without revealing their opening preparation to future OTB opponents; if I understand correctly, this second account is generally supposed to be muted and used only for playing.
Streamers do not have an automatic exemption from the multiaccounting rules. If you have a good reason for a second account you can contact support, and specific permission has been granted in a few cases, but it needs to be a good reason; "I want a second account" does not count; don't waste the time of the support team if that's all you have.
The normal rule is one account per person. https://support.chess.com/article/596-can-i-have-multiple-accounts
And the rule against multiaccounting is enforced. We don't automatically check every single account for IP matches (and IP matches on their own don't prove multiaccounting), but if we notice that someone is multiaccounting, we will take action.
Nov 5, 2020
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MGleason wrote:
Steven-ODonoghue wrote:
Anyone is allowed to have 2 accounts at the one time, they just need approval from a staff member. Titled players are immediately allowed a second account which will be socially disabled, and streamers like Hikaru and Levy are allowed to make many accounts for speedruns etc. For regular members, chess.com allows it in some circumstances but not all. An example would be if you are a strong player, but not yet titled then there is a chance chess.com will approve a second account for you to hide your opening preparation etc.
But even if a user does create more than one account, absolutely nothing will be done about it, chess.com isn't always looking in to make sure that there are no alts and even if they did, there is no feasible way for chess.com to prove that both accounts were owned by the same guy. So it's basically a non-existent rule which isn't being enforced.
Not true.
Titled players are generally allowed a second account so they can play anonymously without revealing their opening preparation to future OTB opponents; if I understand correctly, this second account is generally supposed to be muted and used only for playing. Yes, thats what I said.
Streamers do not have an automatic exemption from the multiaccounting rules. If you have a good reason for a second account you can contact support, and specific permission has been granted in a few cases, but it needs to be a good reason; "I want a second account" does not count; don't waste the time of the support team if that's all you have.
The normal rule is one account per person. https://support.chess.com/article/596-can-i-have-multiple-accounts
And the rule against multiaccounting is enforced. We don't automatically check every single account for IP matches (and IP matches on their own don't prove multiaccounting), but if we notice that someone is multiaccounting, we will take action. How and why? One of the biggest trolls on this site is still going strong with at least 3, if not more accounts and I know many more members that are as well. If not IP, how do you prove that they are owned by the same person? There just isn't a way, unless the account is a 4 day old obvious troll account or the person admits it himself
Nov 5, 2020
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#17
There are various pieces of evidence that are used, including IP checks, behaviour, and other stuff that doesn't need to be made public.
If you believe someone has multiple accounts, you can report them and staff will investigate.
BTW, there have been times when people have convinced themselves that two accounts were the same person when staff actually knew the identity of the people behind those accounts and they were different people. So not everything that is thought by the community to be multiaccounting necessarily is.
Am I allowed to create a secundary account to play?