Terms and Conditions

1. Introduction

These Terms and Conditions govern your use of the Chess Dopamine website and your purchase and use of our digital products.

By accessing the website or purchasing a product, you agree to these Terms. Gumroad's separate terms also apply to checkout, payment, tax handling, account features, and digital delivery provided through Gumroad.

2. Seller Information

Seller: Rafał Piątkowski

Brand: Chess Dopamine

Country: Poland

Email: contact@chessdopamine.com

3. Digital Products

We sell digital products, including PDF guides, checklists, worksheets, trackers, and related downloadable materials. No physical product is shipped unless a product page explicitly states otherwise.

The description, included files, price, and availability displayed on the relevant product or checkout page form part of the purchase terms.

4. Orders, Payments, and Taxes

Checkout and payment are handled by Gumroad. Gumroad acts as the merchant of record for sales processed through its service and may handle payment processing, receipts, applicable sales taxes, refunds, fraud checks, and related transaction administration.

Available payment methods, currencies, and final prices are shown during checkout. We do not directly store your complete payment-card details.

An order may be refused, suspended, or cancelled where reasonably necessary because of suspected fraud, abuse, legal restrictions, pricing errors, or technical problems.

5. Digital Delivery

After successful payment, access to the purchased digital files is normally provided through Gumroad. You are responsible for entering a valid email address and maintaining access to your Gumroad account or purchase receipt where applicable.

If you experience a genuine delivery problem, contact us at contact@chessdopamine.com.

6. Licence and Permitted Use

Unless a product page expressly states otherwise, you receive a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable licence to use the purchased product for your own private purposes.

You must not:

• Resell, sublicense, rent, or redistribute the product.
• Share the files or private download links with other people.
• Upload the product to public websites, file-sharing services, groups, or repositories.
• Copy or reproduce substantial parts for commercial distribution.
• Remove ownership notices or present the product as your own work.
• Modify, repackage, or use the product to create a competing product for sale.

7. Intellectual Property

The website and products, including their original text, selection, arrangement, branding, graphics, and design, are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws. Purchasing a product does not transfer ownership of intellectual-property rights.

Third-party names, platforms, trademarks, and services mentioned in the product remain the property of their respective owners. Chess Dopamine is not affiliated with or endorsed by Chess.com, Lichess, Gumroad, or any other third-party platform unless expressly stated.

8. Educational and Results Disclaimer

The website and products are provided for general educational and informational purposes. They are not personalised professional advice.

Individual results vary. We do not promise or guarantee any specific chess rating, Elo improvement, tournament result, performance improvement, habit change, emotional outcome, income, or other measurable result.

You remain responsible for deciding whether and how to use the information and for your own chess, health, and lifestyle decisions.

9. Mental Health Disclaimer

The website and products do not provide medical, psychological, psychiatric, therapeutic, or other mental-health advice and are not a substitute for assessment, diagnosis, treatment, or care from a qualified professional.

References to tilt, emotions, frustration, habits, focus, stress, or self-control describe common chess-performance experiences and do not diagnose or treat a mental-health condition.

If you are experiencing significant or persistent distress, symptoms that interfere with daily life, or concerns about your mental health, seek help from an appropriately qualified healthcare professional. In an emergency or if you may harm yourself or another person, contact local emergency services immediately.

10. Artificial Intelligence Disclosure

Artificial-intelligence tools were used extensively to assist with the creation of this website and product, including research support, ideation, drafting, rewriting, organisation, editing, and design assistance.

The final materials were selected, directed, reviewed, edited, and published by the seller. AI-assisted content may contain errors or omissions, and no representation is made that every statement is complete, current, or suitable for every person or situation.

The use of artificial intelligence does not create any guarantee of originality, accuracy, professional endorsement, or specific results.

11. Refund Policy

We voluntarily offer a 30-day money-back guarantee for this product unless the product page clearly states a different policy.

To request a refund, contact contact@chessdopamine.com within 30 calendar days of the original purchase date. Include:

• Your name.
• The email address used for the purchase.
• The product name or order information.
• A brief reason for the request.

Approved refunds are normally returned through the original payment method and may be administered by Gumroad. Processing times can depend on Gumroad, the payment provider, and your financial institution.

A refund may be refused where there is credible evidence of fraud, repeated or abusive refund requests, unauthorised redistribution, violation of the product licence, or another material violation of these Terms. Nothing in this section limits any mandatory consumer rights that cannot legally be excluded.

12. Consumer Rights and Digital Content

Mandatory consumer-protection rights applicable to you remain unaffected. Depending on your location and the checkout process, special rules may apply to digital content supplied immediately after purchase, including rules concerning consent to immediate performance and withdrawal rights.

Gumroad may display additional checkout terms or obtain confirmations required for the immediate supply of digital content.

13. Website Availability and Changes

We may update, suspend, or discontinue parts of the website or product offering. We do not guarantee that the website or download systems will always be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free.

Reasonable changes may be made to correct errors, improve clarity, maintain compatibility, or update the product. A purchase does not guarantee future updates unless expressly stated.

14. Prohibited Conduct

You must not misuse the website or products, attempt unauthorised access, interfere with security, distribute malicious code, commit fraud, infringe intellectual-property rights, or use the service in violation of applicable law.

15. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential loss arising from the use of, or inability to use, the website or products.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, our aggregate liability relating to a particular purchase will not exceed the amount you paid for that product.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited, including mandatory consumer rights.

16. Privacy

Our handling of personal data is described in our Privacy Policy. Gumroad separately controls or processes certain information under its own privacy policy.

17. Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of Poland, without depriving consumers of any mandatory protection provided by the law of their country of residence.

Before starting formal proceedings, please contact us so that we can attempt to resolve the issue. Any dispute will be handled by the courts having jurisdiction under applicable law.

18. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms when our products, services, business practices, or legal obligations change. The version applying to a purchase is generally the version available at the time of that purchase, subject to mandatory law.

19. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue to apply to the fullest extent permitted by law.

20. Contact

Questions, support requests, and refund requests may be sent to contact@chessdopamine.com.