(DISCLAIMER: I am not discriminating) I read a blog that Lichess said that they BAN Russians and Belarusians from competing from Lichess prize tournaments. But in the lichess.org/tournament/mar24lta, I see many Belarusian and Russian Chess player joining the prize tournament arena. Will they earn the prize money if he ranks top 5?
@ChessMasterGUYS I suspect Lichess don't have an automatic code to exclude players, based of their origin of country, or country of representation (It would be scary if they did)
Now these players are all verified, but this doesn't mean that Lichess monitors and flags their accounts as to where they are from automatically.
I assume all participants will undergo some type of manual approvement process before the tournament starts.
Now these players are all verified, but this doesn't mean that Lichess monitors and flags their accounts as to where they are from automatically.
I assume all participants will undergo some type of manual approvement process before the tournament starts.
@SergioGlorias said in #3:
> lichess.org/@/Lichess/blog/lichess-statement-on-the-war-in-ukraine/Yie1MhIA
Yes
> Lichess will not offer any official support for events held by the Chess Federations of Russia or Belarus, although it will not ban those federations from the site.
> Lichess may choose not to feature, broadcast, or cover entire events or parts of an event where a player or an official with a public and vocal jingoistic pro-war position is participating.
> All users are reminded that Lichess has the right to proactively remove access to certain services or features of our website from users who, at our sole discretion, violate our Terms of Service (ToS). This includes the glorification of terrorism, sharing extremist, bigoted, or racist views, and promotion of genocide / war crimes. This should have no impact on the vast majority of our users, from any nation, who follow the Community Guidelines within our ToS.
> Following international sanctions on various banks and the SWIFT network, we cannot guarantee being able to remit prize money to anyone with a Russian or Belarusian bank account, even if it uses foreign intermediaries. Contact us if this occurs, and we will do our best to remit any prize money so long as the user is eligible to receive it.
> Lichess will not block or ban anyone with a Russian or Belarusian IP address. Whilst Russia muzzles press freedoms and tries to shut itself off from the rest of the world, we believe chess to be inclusive, and that needlessly isolating people from the rest of the digital world will only foment echo chambers. In some small way, Lichess can help prevent this from occurring.
> lichess.org/@/Lichess/blog/lichess-statement-on-the-war-in-ukraine/Yie1MhIA
Yes
> Lichess will not offer any official support for events held by the Chess Federations of Russia or Belarus, although it will not ban those federations from the site.
> Lichess may choose not to feature, broadcast, or cover entire events or parts of an event where a player or an official with a public and vocal jingoistic pro-war position is participating.
> All users are reminded that Lichess has the right to proactively remove access to certain services or features of our website from users who, at our sole discretion, violate our Terms of Service (ToS). This includes the glorification of terrorism, sharing extremist, bigoted, or racist views, and promotion of genocide / war crimes. This should have no impact on the vast majority of our users, from any nation, who follow the Community Guidelines within our ToS.
> Following international sanctions on various banks and the SWIFT network, we cannot guarantee being able to remit prize money to anyone with a Russian or Belarusian bank account, even if it uses foreign intermediaries. Contact us if this occurs, and we will do our best to remit any prize money so long as the user is eligible to receive it.
> Lichess will not block or ban anyone with a Russian or Belarusian IP address. Whilst Russia muzzles press freedoms and tries to shut itself off from the rest of the world, we believe chess to be inclusive, and that needlessly isolating people from the rest of the digital world will only foment echo chambers. In some small way, Lichess can help prevent this from occurring.
If lichess gets political we would have to move to another platform! Or fork lichess itself.
As far as I know, if a chess tournament has restrictions, it becomes a closed tournament, while an open tournament has no limitations.
@ChessMasterGUYS said in #1:
> (DISCLAIMER: I am not discriminating) I read a blog that Lichess said that they BAN Russians and Belarusians from competing from Lichess prize tournaments.
Which blog post and which specific line?
> (DISCLAIMER: I am not discriminating) I read a blog that Lichess said that they BAN Russians and Belarusians from competing from Lichess prize tournaments.
Which blog post and which specific line?
From what I understand here (lichess.org/@/Lichess/blog/lichess-statement-on-the-war-in-ukraine/Yie1MhIA), there is no mention of banning Russian or Belorussian chess players. What they are actually doing is the following. Quote:
"Following FIDE's extraordinary meeting of their council, Lichess will also not show any Russian or Belarusian flags or play their anthems in official broadcasts and media from official FIDE events.
Further to this, following action and sanctions against Russia, including from our home nation of France, Lichess has come to the following conclusions:
From today (Wednesday 9th March 2022), users with a public and vocal jingoistic pro-war position will no longer be eligible to receive prize money from official Lichess events.
Lichess will not offer any official support for events held by the Chess Federations of Russia or Belarus, although it will not ban those federations from the site.
Lichess may choose not to feature, broadcast, or cover entire events or parts of an event where a player or an official with a public and vocal jingoistic pro-war position is participating.
All users are reminded that Lichess has the right to proactively remove access to certain services or features of our website from users who, at our sole discretion, violate our Terms of Service (ToS). This includes the glorification of terrorism, sharing extremist, bigoted, or racist views, and promotion of genocide / war crimes. This should have no impact on the vast majority of our users, from any nation, who follow the Community Guidelines within our ToS.
Following international sanctions on various banks and the SWIFT network, we cannot guarantee being able to remit prize money to anyone with a Russian or Belarusian bank account, even if it uses foreign intermediaries. Contact us if this occurs, and we will do our best to remit any prize money so long as the user is eligible to receive it.
Lichess will not block or ban anyone with a Russian or Belarusian IP address. Whilst Russia muzzles press freedoms and tries to shut itself off from the rest of the world, we believe chess to be inclusive, and that needlessly isolating people from the rest of the digital world will only foment echo chambers. In some small way, Lichess can help prevent this from occurring.
Lichess will not remove Russian or Belarusian flags from user profiles. Russia and Belarus exist as countries, and removing their flag does not change that. There are also many Russians and Belarusians who disagree with the war and are protesting it, whose bravery we respect, but by nationality still identify as Russian and Belarusian.
Lichess is actively monitoring this developing situation, including regularly reviewing international sanctions. It is particularly fluid and the above conclusions may change based on new information, government advice, or laws."
"Following FIDE's extraordinary meeting of their council, Lichess will also not show any Russian or Belarusian flags or play their anthems in official broadcasts and media from official FIDE events.
Further to this, following action and sanctions against Russia, including from our home nation of France, Lichess has come to the following conclusions:
From today (Wednesday 9th March 2022), users with a public and vocal jingoistic pro-war position will no longer be eligible to receive prize money from official Lichess events.
Lichess will not offer any official support for events held by the Chess Federations of Russia or Belarus, although it will not ban those federations from the site.
Lichess may choose not to feature, broadcast, or cover entire events or parts of an event where a player or an official with a public and vocal jingoistic pro-war position is participating.
All users are reminded that Lichess has the right to proactively remove access to certain services or features of our website from users who, at our sole discretion, violate our Terms of Service (ToS). This includes the glorification of terrorism, sharing extremist, bigoted, or racist views, and promotion of genocide / war crimes. This should have no impact on the vast majority of our users, from any nation, who follow the Community Guidelines within our ToS.
Following international sanctions on various banks and the SWIFT network, we cannot guarantee being able to remit prize money to anyone with a Russian or Belarusian bank account, even if it uses foreign intermediaries. Contact us if this occurs, and we will do our best to remit any prize money so long as the user is eligible to receive it.
Lichess will not block or ban anyone with a Russian or Belarusian IP address. Whilst Russia muzzles press freedoms and tries to shut itself off from the rest of the world, we believe chess to be inclusive, and that needlessly isolating people from the rest of the digital world will only foment echo chambers. In some small way, Lichess can help prevent this from occurring.
Lichess will not remove Russian or Belarusian flags from user profiles. Russia and Belarus exist as countries, and removing their flag does not change that. There are also many Russians and Belarusians who disagree with the war and are protesting it, whose bravery we respect, but by nationality still identify as Russian and Belarusian.
Lichess is actively monitoring this developing situation, including regularly reviewing international sanctions. It is particularly fluid and the above conclusions may change based on new information, government advice, or laws."
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