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The Computer Chess Club (CCC, TC, TalkChess) is a moderated computer chess forum, established since 1997.

Discrimination

From May 19, 2020 at latest to February 29, 2024, the forum was blocked for several IP-ranges outside the US [1] for DDoS protection. See Appeal by Pawel Koziol.

CCC Links

CCC - General Topics
CCC - Programming and Technical Discussions
CCC - Tournaments and Matches
CCC September/October 1997

CCC History

CCC was established in October 1997 by the group of "founders", basically to get rid from flaming in rgcc [4]. The forum was used its own code developed by Steven Schwartz. Testing of the forum software already occurred in September. CCC has been hosted by IcdChess, ChessUSA [5] and firstly located at http://www.icdchess.com. Due to the limit of the server, old contents were frequently removed, saved as backups, and stored in other servers, mostly in the FTP server of Robert Hyatt. In 2006 the forum was changed to use phpBB code (a freeware forum), upgraded the server, and moved to a new domain at http://www.talkchess.com. However, all old contents could not be converted and the forum was continued with a totally new, empty database. Sean T Mintz had published old contents as an archive one [6]. Since February 29, 2024 the forum is in its third incarnation, lead by a second "founders group" and supported by the community members[7].

The Founders

[8]

Second Founders

[9]

Moderators

Three moderators were periodically elected, first by the founders [10] , since May 1998 by member voting from a pool of nominees [11].

Announcement Moderators
1997 [12] [13] Dirk Frickenschmidt Robert Hyatt Enrique Irazoqui
June 01, 1998 [14] Amir Ban Bruce Moreland Don Dailey
December 30, 1998 [15] Peter McKenzie Harald Faber Will Singleton
June 24, 1999 [16] Bruce Moreland Fernando Villegas KarinsDad
July 22, 1999 [17] Bruce Moreland KarinsDad Dann Corbit
February 08, 2000 [18] Dave Gomboc Tom Kerrigan Andrew Williams
August 16, 2000 [19] Robert Hyatt Đorđe Vidanović Dann Corbit
March 28, 2001 [20] Robert Hyatt Bruce Moreland Dann Corbit
September 28, 2001 [21] Ed Schröder John Merlino Uri Blass
April 17, 2002 [22] Christophe Théron Robert Hyatt Dann Corbit
May 07, 2003 [23] Dan Andersson Tony Hedlund Michael Byrne
March 12, 2004 [24] Michael Byrne Richard Pijl Russell Reagan
February 21, 2005 [25] John Merlino Dann Corbit Michael Byrne
September 29, 2005 [26] Robert Hyatt Graham Banks Peter Skinner
August 27, 2007 [27] Graham Banks Albert Silver Thorsten Czub
November 02, 2007 [28] Graham Banks Ryan Benitez Albert Silver
May 22, 2008 [29] Chris Whittington Thorsten Czub Swaminathan Natarajan
November 23, 2008 [30] Steve Blincoe Zach Wegner Volker Pittlik
June 15, 2009 [31] Dann Corbit Steve Blincoe Robert Hyatt
January 17, 2010 [32] [33] Graham Banks Swaminathan Natarajan Jeremy Bernstein [34]
July 11, 2010 [35] Steve Blincoe Robert Hyatt Fernando Villegas
January 11, 2011 [36] Fernando Villegas Robert Hyatt Roger Brown
July 24, 2011 [37] Fernando Villegas Robert Hyatt Roger Brown
Februray 12, 2012 [38] Julien Marcel Miguel A. Ballicora Don Dailey
August 08, 2012 [39] Julien Marcel Adam Hair Miguel A. Ballicora
March 18, 2013 [40] Julien Marcel Adam Hair Miguel A. Ballicora
April 07, 2014 [41] Roger Brown Fabien Letouzey John Merlino
July 01, 2016 [42] Robert Hyatt Harm Geert Muller Harvey Williamson
November 10, 2020 [43] Harm Geert Muller Harvey Williamson Dann Corbit

Forum Posts

1997

1998

1999

2000 ...

2010 ...

2020 ...

2024 ...

External Links

References

  1. talkchess not accessible from France by Vivien Clauzon, Hiarcs Forum, May 19, 2020
  2. CCC old archives utility by Ed Schroder, CCC, September 05, 2013
  3. CCC old archives utility by Ed Schröder
  4. Re: It got hijacked by the bores by Andreas Mader, rgcc, September 5, 1997
  5. Chess Sets from America's Largest Chess Store, Chess Pieces, Boards, & More
  6. Computer Chess Club Archives hosted by Sean T Mintz
  7. domain ownership by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, March 02, 2024
  8. club] by Robert Hyatt, rgcc, October 10, 1997
  9. domain ownership by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, March 02, 2024
  10. Re: From a funny German to Dirk Frickenschmidt (Germany) by Chris Whittington, rgcc, September 28 1998
  11. Moderator Nominees, The Vote, My Personal Thoughts... by Steven Schwartz, CCC, May 15, 1998
  12. computer-chess club by Robert Hyatt, rgcc, October 10, 1997
  13. Re: Past CCC Moderators by Ed Schröder, CCC, March 09, 2012
  14. Moderator Voting Results Now Available... by Steven Schwartz, CCC, June 01, 1998
  15. CCC Moderators Elected!! by Steven Schwartz, CCC, December 30, 1998
  16. CCC Moderator Voting Results Now Available... by Steven Schwartz, CCC, June 24, 1999
  17. I resign the Post as Moderator by Fernando Villegas, July 22, 1999
  18. CCC Moderator Election Results! by Steven Schwartz, CCC, February 08, 2000
  19. CCC Elections: Results are in!!! by Steven Schwartz, CCC, August 16, 2000
  20. Elections are now over and the winners are.... by Steven Schwartz, CCC, March 28, 2001
  21. Moderator Elections over. Results... by Steven Schwartz, CCC, September 28, 2001
  22. Elections Over. And the New Moderators Are... by Steven Schwartz, CCC, April 17, 2002
  23. CCC Moderator Election Results.... by Steven Schwartz, CCC, May 07, 2003
  24. CCC Moderator Elections Have Ended. The Winners are.... by Steven Schwartz, CCC, March 12, 2004
  25. I'm back.... Elections and stuff by Steven Schwartz, CCC, February 21, 2005
  26. CCC and CTF Elections are over. And the winners are...... by Steven Schwartz, CCC, September 29, 2005
  27. ** CCC Moderator Election--Member Voting ** by TCAdmin, CCC, August 27, 2007
  28. ** CCC Moderator Election--Member Voting ** by TCAdmin, CCC, November 02, 2007
  29. ** CCC Moderator Election--Results ** by TCAdmin, CCC, May 22, 2008
  30. ** Moderator Election - Official Poll ** by TCAdmin, CCC, November 23, 2008
  31. ** Moderator Election - Official Poll ** by TCAdmin, CCC, June 15, 2009
  32. ** CCC Moderator Election--Member Voting ** by TCAdmin, CCC, January 17, 2010
  33. Re: Congratulations to the new moderators by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, January 24, 2010
  34. Goodbye Talkchess by Jeremy Bernstein, CCC, June 09, 2010
  35. ** CCC Moderator Election - Results ** by TCAdmin, CCC, July 11, 2010
  36. ** CCC Moderator Election Poll ** by TCAdmin, CCC, January 11, 2011
  37. ** CCC Moderator Election Poll ** by TCAdmin, CCC, July 24, 2011
  38. *** CCC Moderator Election - Member Voting *** by TCAdmin, CCC, Februray 06, 2012
  39. *** CCC Moderator Election - Member Voting *** by TCAdmin, CCC, August 01, 2012
  40. *** CCC Moderator Election - Member Voting *** by Sam Hull, CCC, March 11, 2013
  41. ** CCC Moderator Election--Member Voting ** by Sam Hull, CCC, March 31, 2014
  42. ** Moderator Election - Final Results ** by Sam Hull, CCC, June 23, 2016
  43. ** Moderator Election Results ** by Sam Hull, CCC, October 25, 2020

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