Legal Notice

Information pursuant to Sec. 5 TMG (Germany) / Sec. 5 ECG (Austria)

Guenther Goerg
Adlitzgrabenstr. 5/2/5
2680 Kurort Semmering
Austria

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Contact

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Note on operation

ChessLounge is a private, non-commercial project. The website is operated without commercial intent and is supported by voluntary donations. There is no commercial register entry and no VAT identification number.

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Copyright

The ChessLounge application, including the ChessLounge chess engine, was developed by Guenther Goerg and is protected by copyright. © 2026 Guenther Goerg. All rights reserved.

The chess logic is based on chess.js (MIT license).

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License Notice – Chess Pieces

The ChessLounge Staunton 1 and ChessLounge Staunton 2 piece sets are original artwork and are copyrighted, © 2026 Guenther Goerg. The remaining piece sets use several freely available SVG graphic sets:

• cburnett by Colin M.L. Burnett – GPLv2 or later
• merida by Armando Hernández Marroquín – GPLv2 or later
• cardinal, gioco, governor, maestro, staunty by sadsnake1 – Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0

Source and full license overview: lichess.org (lila repository, COPYING.md). As ChessLounge is operated as a non-commercial, donation-supported project (see "Note on operation" above), the usage terms of these licenses are met.

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