Don’t worry - we know that everyone needs to take a break :) Chess.com gives all members the ability to pause their Online Chess games using Vacation time.
To put yourself on vacation just go to your settings page and click on the VACATION button then "save preferences" and your games will be postponed.Note: You must have played the moves in all your games before going on vacation (meaning it must be your opponent's move in all of your games to turn vacation on).
Premium Members get auto-vacation protection, so if they don't make it to a computer in time, their account will automatically be set on vacation.
The number of vacation days give to members is described below:
STARTING VACATION
All new Chess.com accounts start out with 7 days of vacation time.
ACCRUAL
All members then accrue an additional 2 vacation days per month added on (1 on the 1st, 1 on the 15th).
BUMP
Premium Members are given a Vacation BUMP when they subscribe (and when they renew). The following time is added for each subscription period:
Free: none
Gold Monthly: 1 day per month
Gold Annual: 14 days per year
Platinum Monthly: 2 days per month
Platinum Annual: 28 days per year
Diamond Monthly: 2 days per month
Diamond Annual: 28 days per year
CAP
Vacation time is capped so that you can't keep accumulating vacation time forever. It is capped as follows:
Free Members: 30 days
Silver/Gold Members: 60 days
Platinum/Diamond: 90 days
In a nutshell, you earn your vacation by actively spending time on Chess.com. You can also become premium to enable more vacation or raise your vacation cap.
Enjoy!
(NOTE: The previous vacation system gave 40 days across the board to everyone every Jan 1. We have removed that system. However, people who signed up before August 1 will not have their vacation lowered below 30 days.)
