Official Terms of Service

These Terms of Service ("Terms" or "Agreement") form a binding legal contract that governs your Skillhouse Masters account, player portal access, and participation in any tournaments, matches, or events organized, managed, or hosted by Skillhouse Masters Inc. (the "Organizer", "we", or "us").

Article I: LEGAL DISCLOSURE & MANDATORY BINDING ARBITRATION

These events are independently organized tournaments powered by Chess.com's fair play technology. While utilizing Chess.com's proctoring and review systems where applicable, these events are not "Sanctioned" Chess.com Majors or Championships. Participants are bound concurrently by these Skillhouse Terms, the Chess.com User Agreement, and the 2026 Chess.com Competitive Events Policy.

All administrative, financial, and legal operations are managed solely by the Organizer. Participants agree that Chess.com bears no liability for prize distribution, platform availability, or tournament logistics.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY CLAIM, DISPUTE, OR CONTROVERSY OF WHATEVER NATURE ("CLAIM") ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS, THE PLATFORM, OR OUR SERVICES MUST BE RESOLVED BY FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCESS DESCRIBED IN ARTICLE XVIII BELOW. YOU ARE REQUIRING DISPUTES TO BE HANDLED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, THEREBY GIVING UP YOUR RIGHT TO LITIGATE DISPUTES IN COURT BEFORE A JUDGE OR JURY, OR TO PARTICIPATE AS A PARTY OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS, GROUP, OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.

All Skillhouse games are strictly Unrated. A player's official Chess.com public Elo rating will not be affected in any manner by participating in a Skillhouse Masters tournament.

Article II: ELIGIBILITY & GEOGRAPHIC RESTRICTIONS

You must be a natural person who is at least 18 years of age or older to create an account or participate. Higher age minimums apply where mandated by state law: you must be at least 19 years of age if located in Alabama or Nebraska, and at least 21 years of age if located in Massachusetts.

• Participation within the United States is strictly limited to legal residents who are physically located in the following states at the time of account access and gameplay: Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. All other U.S. states, territories, and possessions are strictly unauthorized, and access from them is prohibited.

• Participation under our player-funded tournament model is strictly open only to legal residents physically located in: the United Kingdom, Canada (including Quebec), Germany, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Poland, Norway, Finland, Hong Kong, Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Romania, Monaco, and Malta. All other countries and territories are completely ineligible.

To preserve an authentic amateur field, your registered Chess.com account must satisfy every gameplay restriction outlined in Section 2.5 at account creation and at each tournament entry. Furthermore, accounts must feature zero recorded Chess.com Fair Play violations within the trailing 365 days. The Organizer reserves the absolute right to decline, suspend, or revoke registration if a player's fair play history cannot be verified or if a historical violation is discovered retroactively.

The following specific performance ceilings are checked automatically at initial signup and verified again whenever joining any active tournament:

● Account Age: The linked Chess.com account must be at least six (6) months old, measured from its public creation date.

● Current Rapid Cap: The account's live Chess.com Rapid rating must not exceed 1600 at the moment of registration or tournament entry.

● Six-Month Rapid Peak: Within the rolling six (6) months prior to registration, the account must not have registered any post-game Rapid rating strictly above 1650. A peak of exactly 1650 is permitted; a rating of 1651 or higher results in immediate registration denial.

● Activity Minimum: The account must feature a lifetime history of at least fifty (50) completed, rated Rapid games (wins, losses, and draws combined) on the Chess.com platform.

● API Verification: The Organizer utilizes Chess.com's public API data to audit these criteria. Automated system checks are definitive and authoritative.

If a player satisfies all conditions at the time of registration, but their live Chess.com Rapid rating naturally rises and exceeds 1650 prior to the event date, the player is subject to the post-registration "Rating Spike" provisions detailed in Article VII.

Article III: ACCOUNT REGISTRATION & PORTAL INFRASTRUCTURE

When creating a Skillhouse account, you must provide an accurate email address, date of birth, gender, and your valid Chess.com username. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the strict confidentiality of your account credentials and password. You are solely accountable for all activities, entries, transactions, and behaviors that occur through your account, whether authorized by you or not. You must notify the Organizer immediately of any suspected security breaches or unauthorized account use.

Account creation does not reserve a slot in any competition. Roster positions must be secured for each tournament individually through the player portal once join windows are officially opened.

• Roster allocations are designated by the system as: Not Joined, Waitlisted (queued first-in-first-out), KYC Required, Payment Required, Confirmed (fully registered and eligible), Comped (complimentary entry), Withdrawn, or Disqualified. Only confirmed or comped entrants may actively participate or claim prizes.

When a confirmed roster slot is vacated, the oldest waitlisted profile is promoted and notified. Promoted players must successfully pass identity verification and execute payment within twenty-four (24) hours from the timestamp of promotion (measured in UTC). Failure to complete both requirements within this window results in automatic removal from the roster and promotion of the next waitlisted user.

You may withdraw from a tournament roster through the player portal at any time prior to the close of registration. Withdrawing automatically frees your spot and triggers waitlist promotion protocols.

Article IV: MAIN TOURNAMENT STRUCTURAL POLICIES

The Main Tournament refers specifically to the flagship Skillhouse Amateur Chess Open event. Club configurations, platform links, and scheduling matrixes are published natively within the portal.

The Main Tournament field is hard-capped at two thousand (2,000) total player slots. This consists of exactly one thousand nine hundred fourteen (1,914) paid public entries and eighty-six (86) reserved complimentary entries. Roster attempts exceeding this cap are funneled to the automated waitlist.

The public entry fee is one hundred fifteen dollars ($115.00) USD per player. This total fee is non-refundable and comprises:

● Prize Pool Contribution: Capital allocated directly to back the $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool.

● Administrative Fee: Operational overhead costs, including Chess.com platform integration, anti-cheating proctoring software licenses, identity verification, accelerated fair play review, and organizational profit.

The Main Tournament features a fixed, guaranteed cash prize pool of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) USD. The category breakdown across performance divisions is maintained at skillhousemasters.com/prizes. The Organizer guarantees the $50,000 total pool; individual category sub-allocations may be revised before the event date, provided the aggregate cash pool baseline remains exactly $50,000 USD.

The eighty-six (86) non-paid slots are manually assigned by administrative action. Up to eighty (80) slots are allocated to top-performing winners from the Ascend Satellites (forty per satellite). Up to six (6) slots are reserved for official marketing giveaways via partnered channels (e.g., Nemsko Chess / Flex Friday promotions). All promotional entries bypass payment gates but remain subject to identity, tax, and proctoring protocols.

Article V: ASCEND SERIES I (SATELLITE TOURNAMENT)

Ascend Series I operates as a non-cash qualifying satellite capped at two hundred (200) active players. The entry fee is twenty-five dollars ($25.00) USD. Roster positions beyond capacity are queued via the standard waitlist protocol.

To ensure fair community access, a single user account may register for Ascend Series I or Ascend Series II, but is strictly blocked from entering both. Players may voluntarily switch between the two satellites via the portal, provided the targeted event has active capacity.

No cash prizes are awarded during satellite play. Ascend Series I awards exactly forty (40) complimentary entries to the Main Tournament, distributed as follows: the top twenty (20) open placements, the top ten (10) Tier B players, and the top ten (10) Tier C players. Winners are finalized only after Chess.com performs its post-event fair play audit, and they receive a comped Main registration status.

Article VI: ASCEND SERIES II (SATELLITE TOURNAMENT)

Ascend Series II operates as a non-cash qualifying satellite capped at two hundred (200) active players. The entry fee is twenty-five dollars ($25.00) USD. Roster positions beyond capacity are queued via the standard waitlist protocol.

Prize distribution matches the forty (40) complimentary Main Tournament entries outlined in Section 5.3. Across both satellite competitions, a strict systemic ceiling of eighty (80) total complimentary slots will be awarded; the platform will reject any attempt to generate an eighty-first satellite winner entry.

Article VII: REFUNDS, DISQUALIFICATIONS, & THE "RATING SPIKE" ADJUSTMENT

Except as explicitly outlined in Section 7.2, all player transactions, entry fees, and administrative payments are final, fully earned upon receipt, and completely non-refundable once payment is confirmed. Promoted waitlist entrants who fail to complete payment within the designated timeline forfeit their roster position without recourse.

If a player successfully meets all eligibility criteria at signup but their public Chess.com Rapid rating naturally rises and crosses the amateur ceiling of 1650 after confirmation, the following tiered remedies apply based on timing:

● More than 14 Days Prior to Event Start: The player will be disqualified from the amateur tournament field and issued a standard refund, minus fixed identity-verification costs, payment processing gateway fees, and any applicable international currency conversion expenses.

● Within 14 Days of Event Start: The player will be disqualified from the tournament field immediately due to roster locking, and no refund or financial remittance will be issued.

If a user initiates a payment chargeback or transaction dispute through their banking institution against any legitimate Skillhouse fee, the account will be immediately slapped with permanent suspension and tournament disqualification. Skillhouse retains the right to pursue civil collections to recover the original entry fees, administrative costs, and associated legal expenses incurred while resolving the chargeback fraud.

The Organizer reserves the right to disqualify any entrant for eligibility violations, integrity concerns, or a breach of these Terms. Disqualified players are not eligible for prizes or refunds except where explicitly provided under Section 7.2.

Article VIII: IDENTITY VERIFICATION & DATA MANAGEMENT (KYC)

The Organizer utilizes third-party identity verification systems operated by Didit (or its designated successors). To complete registration or unlock prize eligibility, players must successfully pass automated verification checks, which require uploading a valid government-issued photo identity document and participating in biometric facial matching.

Identity verification is tied permanently to the core Skillhouse account profile rather than individual tournament entries. Verification completed during a satellite tournament satisfies the requirement for the Main Tournament, removing any need for repetitive checks.

Players receiving a complimentary Main Entry (via satellite victory or promotional giveaway) bypass the payment gateway but must satisfy all outstanding identity verification requirements to compete.

By using the platform, you provide your explicit, unambiguous consent for the collection, algorithmic processing, and storage of your biometric identifiers and government identity profiles for the sole purposes of checking tournament integrity, preventing multi-account fraud, and ensuring regulatory compliance. Your declared date of birth and gender must match your government records; providing false demographic details to manipulate specialized prize brackets constitutes a material breach and voids all prize claims.

Article IX: UNIVERSAL COMPULSORY PROCTORING & SURVEILLANCE

Every player acknowledges and agrees that they are subject to mandatory anti-cheating proctoring and digital surveillance protocols in ANY and ALL events, matches, or tournaments hosted, managed, or organized by Skillhouse. Roster placement is strictly contingent on complete, ongoing compliance with these surveillance protocols.

Participants must install and execute the official Chess.com Proctor executable software application on their personal computing device. Ensuring complete hardware and operating system compatibility is the player's sole responsibility.

Throughout the entire duration of active event play, users must maintain two independent, uninterrupted live video feeds:

● Primary Feed: A front-facing integrated webcam capturing a clear, centered, well-lit view of the player's face, eyes, and immediate line of sight.

● Secondary Feed: A mobile device or external camera authenticated via the Proctor QR code, positioned at a 30-to-45-degree angle behind the player, clearly displaying the monitor screen, physical keyboard, desk space, and both hands.

Participants provide irrevocable consent to the continuous, real-time recording, streaming, and data logging of their device screen, ambient room audio, and video feeds by the Chess.com Proctor network. Disabling the proctor application, closing a video feed, or experiencing extended telemetry dropouts at any point during active competition results in immediate forfeiture of the match and tournament without appeal.

Article X: ANTI-CHEATING POLICIES & ACCELERATED REVIEW

Following the conclusion of Swiss or matching tournament rounds, all player game files, accuracy metrics, and metadata are automatically processed through an accelerated algorithmic review engine to flag statistical anomalies.

In addition to automated filters, any participant in position to receive a cash prize must pass an exhaustive manual forensic audit conducted by the Chess.com Fair Play Team prior to the finalization of the tournament leaderboard.

Any player found to have utilized engine assistance, bot networks, external assistance, or physical collusion is financially liable to Skillhouse Masters Inc. for all resulting damages. This includes covering the costs of advanced forensic data analysis, legal fees, and compensating the organization for reputational harm and commercial disruption.

Article XI: CASH PRIZE REDEMPTION, TAXES, & DISBURSEMENT CONDITIONS

No prize allocations will be released or paid out during the immediate post-event window. All cash prizes remain strictly pending until the Chess.com Fair Play Team completes its deep manual audits, a process requiring a minimum holding window of 72 hours or longer depending on review volumes.

Prior to the approval of any prize distribution, winners must submit complete and valid tax documentation to our finance office (IRS Form W-9 for U.S. residents, or IRS Form W-8BEN for international residents).

Appearing on a temporary leaderboard or placing in an event does not confer any property right or entitlement to a cash payment. To qualify for a prize disbursement, a player must fulfill all the following requirements at the time of payout:

● Maintain a platform status of Confirmed or Comped, with zero active disqualifications or unresolved integrity investigations.

● Have competed exclusively under the identical Chess.com username linked to their Skillhouse account profile.

● Successfully clear Didit identity verification checks.

● Maintain full compliance with the dual-camera proctoring protocol throughout the entire event.

● Receive clean, unconditional forensic clearance from the Chess.com Fair Play Team.

● Submit valid, complete tax forms within the designated deadline.

Article XII: CODE OF CONDUCT & PLATFORM ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY

You are personally and legally responsible for your behavior, chat interactions, and communications across the Skillhouse platform and linked tournament hubs. You must conduct yourself in a respectful, lawful manner. The Organizer reserves the right to issue warnings, temporary bans, or permanent account terminations for any behavior that violates these standards.

The following actions and behaviors are strictly prohibited on the platform:

● Profanity and Harassment: Using abusive, profane, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, violent, or threatening language, or using asterisks or masking characters to disguise forbidden words.

● Impersonation and Deception: Impersonating another player, an administrator, or coordinating scams to obtain user credentials or account profiles.

● Commercial Exploitation: Attempting to utilize platform communications, tournaments, or user directories for commercial advertising, marketing business ventures, or generating profit outside authorized channels.

● System Disruption: Attempting to inject macros, automated scripts, advanced formatting codes, viruses, worms, Trojan horses, or harmful programming commands into platform message boxes or database infrastructures.

● IP Infringement: Transmitting or uploading copyrighted or trademarked materials in messages, filings, or postings without explicit authorization.

You are strictly prohibited from utilizing Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), proxy servers, tor routing networks, or any other software or hardware tools designed to mask, alter, forge, or manipulate your true physical geographic location. You may not provide false or misleading address data, nor may you access the platform on behalf of individuals located within Prohibited Jurisdictions.

Article XIII: ADMINISTRATIVE SANCTIONS & CORPORATE FINES

If the Organizer determines, in its sole discretion, that you have violated the location fraud policies (including VPN utilization), engaged in targeted community harassment, or manipulated matching results, you will be subject to immediate contract sanctions. The Organizer holds the express contractual right to levy an administrative fine of up to $1,000 USD per violation directly against you.

Upon the occurrence of any material conduct breach, any tournament entry fees, pending prizes, or account balances held by the organization are instantly and completely forfeited. These funds will be retained by Skillhouse to offset the administrative costs of investigating the abuse and maintaining platform security.

Article XIV: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & DIGITAL ASSET OWNERSHIP

All content, branding, digital code, design layouts, trade dress, symbols, logos, and the overarching "look and feel" of the Skillhouse Masters portal, software applications, and tournament interfaces are the exclusive proprietary property of Skillhouse Masters Inc.. Your use of the platform confers a limited, personal, non-exclusive, revocable license to access services for recreational purposes; no ownership rights are transferred.

To the extent that the platform enables the generation, assignment, or use of digital profiles, customized avatars, virtual trophies, achievement badges, or internal rank indicators (collectively "Digital Assets"), all such items are owned exclusively by the Organizer. You hereby assign all right, title, and interest in platform-generated Digital Assets to Skillhouse in perpetuity. Any attempt to sell, trade, or commercially transfer an account or its digital assets will result in immediate termination.

If the platform allows you to submit or customize public content, such as a profile bio, comment, or picture, you grant Skillhouse a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free license to use and display that content. To protect the platform as it adds new features, copyright owners who believe their intellectual property has been infringed may submit a formal take-down request to our designated agent at legalsupport@skillhousemasters.com in compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Article XV: BROADCASTING & RIGHTS OF PUBLICITY

Because Skillhouse Masters events are actively streamed, filmed, recorded, and publicly broadcasted, your entry into any tournament constitutes your agreement to a comprehensive media release. You hereby grant to the Organizer and its media partners an absolute, irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free license to capture, print, publish, broadcast, stream, and use your legal name, submitted username, picture, voice, video likeness, match performance records, and biographical statements across any and all media networks now known or developed in the future, for marketing, promotional, and commercial broadcasting operations without compensation.

Article XVI: LIMITATION OF LIABILITY & DOCUMENT SURVIVAL

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE) SHALL SKILLHOUSE MASTERS INC., ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, OR GOODWILL. THE MAXIMUM AGGREGATE FINANCIAL LIABILITY OF THE ORGANIZER TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED TO THESE TERMS SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF: (A) TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($25.00) USD, OR (B) THE EXACT TOTAL AMOUNT OF TOURNAMENT ENTRY FEES YOU ACTUALLY PAID TO THE ORGANIZER FOR THE SPECIFIC EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.

Nothing within these Terms shall operate to limit or exclude the Organizer's liability for death or personal physical injury directly and proximately caused by the Organizer's proven gross negligence or willful misconduct.

Your legal obligations, representations, and warranties, along with the provisions of Article XIII (Fines), Article XIV (IP), Article XVI (Liability Limits), and Article XVIII (Arbitration), shall fully survive any voluntary cancellation, deactivation, or forced termination of your account.

Article XVII: LIVE BRACKET OPERATIONS & TECHNICAL DISRUPTION GUARDRAILS

All live tournament brackets consist of multiple rounds of head-to-head matches dependent on real-time internet data transmissions. Participants acknowledge and agree that internet latency, local connection dropouts, or device lag may negatively impact gameplay scoring. The Organizer is completely insulated from liability for any match score alterations, time forfeits, or bracket placements resulting from a participant's technical connectivity issues.

In the absolute event of an enterprise server crash, critical software malfunction, platform-wide bug, or technical anomaly, the Organizer reserves the sole, exclusive discretion to void, rescore, or completely reset and replay any affected match round or bracket tier.

While bracket software attempts to pair players dynamically based on performance ceilings, the Organizer explicitly disclaims any guarantee of skill parity, connection speed equity, or specific match outcomes. All matchmaking assignments, randomized "byes," or pass-through bracket selections are final, authoritative, and completely unappealable.

If a participant fails to actively appear, connect their dual-camera proctoring stream, or submit an authoritative game score within the designated round window, the match is designated an automatic forfeit. The non-appearing player's entry fee is forfeited, their match status is categorized as "Aborted," and their paired opponent will automatically advance through the bracket structure.

Leaderboards and prize distributions are considered strictly provisional until the final bracket concludes and the full forensic audit is signed off. The Organizer reserves the right to withhold, delay, or permanently strip prizes from any account suspected of match-fixing, bracket exploitation, or intentional score manipulation.

Article XVIII: DISPUTE RESOLUTION, AAA ARBITRATION, & ASYMMETRIC FEE SHIFTING

These Terms, your platform interaction, and all disputes arising out of your relationship with Skillhouse shall be governed by, construed, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Wyoming, without regard to choice of law principles. Any dispute or legal interaction not subject to binding arbitration must be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in the State of Wyoming, and you consent to personal jurisdiction therein.

Before initiating any formal legal action or arbitration demand, you and the Organizer agree to attempt to resolve the matter informally. You must submit a formal written "Notice of Dispute" detailing your legal name, contact information, facts of the claim, and specific remedy requested via tracked U.S. Mail to: Skillhouse Masters Inc., Attn: Legal Department, 30 N Gould St Ste R, Sheridan, WY 82801. The parties shall engage in a good-faith resolution effort for sixty (60) days from the receipt date. Formal arbitration may only be requested after this 60-day window expires.

If an issue cannot be resolved through informal negotiations, the dispute shall be resolved exclusively through individual binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Commercial Arbitration Rules. The arbitration will be handled by a single neutral arbitrator, executed in the English language, and conducted telephonically or via remote electronic means to minimize expenses. The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) governs the interpretation and enforcement of this section.

EACH PARTY SHALL INITIALLY BEAR ITS OWN ATTORNEYS' FEES, COUNSEL COSTS, AND DISBURSEMENTS ARISING OUT OF AN ARBITRATION PROCEEDING, AND THE PARTICIPANT SHALL PAY AN EQUAL SHARE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES AND ARBITRATOR COSTS OF THE AAA. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL A PARTICIPANT BE ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT, AN AWARD, OR SHIFTING OF THEIR ATTORNEYS' FEES, LEGAL EXPENSES, EXPERT WITNESS FEES, OR FORUM FEES FROM THE ORGANIZER, EVEN IF THE PARTICIPANT PREVAILS ON THE MERITS OR IS AWARDED A DAMAGES JUDGMENT BY THE ARBITRATOR.

CONVERSELY, IF SKILLHOUSE MASTERS INC. IS THE PREVAILING PARTY IN THE ARBITRATION PROCEEDING, THE ARBITRATOR SHALL AUTHORIZE THE ORGANIZER TO RECOVER FROM THE PARTICIPANT ALL OF ITS REASONABLE OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS' FEES, ADMINISTRATIVE FORUM COSTS, ARBITRATOR REIMBURSEMENTS, AND ALL ASSOCIATED LITIGATION DISBURSEMENTS INCURRED DURING THE ARBITRATION.

To ensure efficient dispute management, if twenty-five (25) or more similar arbitration demands against Skillhouse are submitted by or with the coordination of the same law firm, group, or organization, the AAA Mass Arbitration Supplementary Rules shall automatically apply. The AAA Process Administrator shall batch individual demands into coordinated groups of no more than fifty (50) claims per batch. Each batch shall be resolved before a single arbitrator under a single consolidated fee schedule. This batching framework must proceed sequentially; no individual arbitration demands falling within a mass filing may be advanced, evaluated, or arbitrated until preceding batches are finalized.

Article XIX: MISCELLANEOUS CORPORATE BOILERPLATE

These Terms represent the complete, absolute integration of the agreement between you and Skillhouse Masters Inc. regarding tournament operations, fully superseding any prior verbal arrangements, promotional claims, email chains, or marketing copy.

The Organizer retains the unrestricted right to assign, delegate, or transfer this contract, in whole or in part, along with all associated platform data and digital assets, to any corporate entity without notice to you, including during corporate mergers, acquisitions, sales of assets, or restructuring events. You are strictly blocked from assigning your rights or transferring your account profile to any other person.

Any failure by the Organizer to strictly enforce a specific performance provision or rule within these Terms does not constitute a waiver or relinquishment of its right to enforce that provision or any other clause in the future.

The provisions of these Terms are fully severable. If any particular paragraph, fine specification, or fee-shifting sub-clause is ruled invalid, illegal, or completely unenforceable by an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction, that specific provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid. The invalidity of that narrow sub-provision shall have absolutely zero impact on the validity, enforcement, and binding nature of all remaining terms.

By registering an account and submitting your email address, you grant explicit consent for the Organizer to deliver legally required updates, tournament notifications, policy adjustments, and transactional updates electronically to your inbox. Electronic notices are deemed received immediately upon transmission by our email servers. If you wish to revoke consent for electronic communications, you must delete your account and withdraw from active rosters.

• Participant Acknowledgment: By clicking "I Accept," creating an account profile, executing payment, or entering any Skillhouse Masters tournament, you confirm that you have read these Terms in their entirety, understand your obligations, and agree to be legally bound by this Wyoming contract.