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There are a number of monetary transactions that you can undertake on the Playchess server. For instance you may pay for the privilege of playing in a simultaneous exhibition, or for a private lesson by a grandmaster
Ducats are the currency of the Playchess server. You can purchase ducats in the ChessBase Shop, or you can earn them from other visitors. It is even possible to win ducats in tournaments or other events on the server.
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"Ducat" is pronounced "Duck-at" or "Duck-it", to rhyme approximately with bucket. Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Old Italian ducato coin with the doge's portrait on it, from duca doge, from Late Greek douk-, doux leader, from Latin duc-, dux. Date: 14th century. |
An important precondition for monetary transactions with ducats is that you are properly registered with name, email and serial number. After that you have the following functions.
Fill up account – You can buy ducats in the ChessBase Shop.
View account – This shows you how much credit you have and how much you have earned so far.
Pay selected player – This offers payment, in ducats, to the player selected in the list.
Right click in the player list - Offer payment
This offers money to the player. This option is only available if it is a player who is able to receive money. Offering money does not make the payment immediately. The other person must first accept the payment, and then you are asked if you really want to make the payment.
Some things to note
A ducat is worth about 8.6 cents, 11.6 ducats are equal to one Euro (approximately one dollar). The conversion contains the VAT required by German law. You can buy ducats from the ChessBase shop at this rate.
Registered trainers can do contracts with ChessBase to convert ducats back into Euro.
