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

=Discrimination= Since May 19, 2020, the forum is blocked for several IP-ranges outside the US. Appeal by Pawel Koziol :
 * Please consider writing to the admins of the discriminatory site of Talkchess about the issue. Please ask them politely when and how they are going to fix this issue. Or please do away with the politeness and remind them that they participate in something utterly immoral. The choice is yours. Please do that often.
 * Please consider not posting there, because your content will be inaccessible in some parts of the world.
 * If you care for spreading information about computer chess, please look for other venue. Talkchess no longer guarantees that.
 * For Your own good, please backup any stuff you posted there, because you can lose access to it on a whim.
 * If you happen to posses technical ability, resources and spare time, please consider backing up technical information from Talkchess. Replacing links at Chessprogramming Wiki with actual quotes might be a good way to start. Reposting it somewhere else will work too.
 * All of the above is especially important if Your work is in any way connected with open source. The discriminatory site of Talkchess goes totally against that spirit

=CCC Links=
 * Computer Chess Club (CCC)
 * CCC - Programming and Technical Discussions
 * CCC - Tournaments and Matches


 * Computer Chess Club Archives hosted by Sean T Mintz
 * 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. Testing of the forum software already occurred in September. CCC is hosted by IcdChess, ChessUSA, at that time owned by Steven Schwartz.

The Founders

 * Moritz Berger
 * Thorsten Czub
 * Dirk Frickenschmidt
 * Bob Hyatt
 * Enrique Irazoqui
 * Andreas Mader
 * Bruce Moreland
 * Peter Schreiner
 * Ed Schröder
 * Chris Whittington

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

=Forum Posts=

1997

 * Re: It got hijacked by the bores by Andreas Mader, rgcc, September 5, 1997
 * a new place to discuss (!) by Rolf Tueschen, rgcc, October 8, 1997
 * computer-chess club by Robert Hyatt, rgcc, October 10, 1997
 * Computer-Chess Club by Steven Schwartz, rgcc, October 17, 1997

1998

 * Rebuttal to Chris Whittington by Ed Schröder, rgcc, March 17, 1998
 * Double standards on CCC? by Ed Schröder, CCC, April 05, 1998
 * Computer-Chess Club (CCC) Our 6 Month Anniversary! by Computer-Chess Club, rgcc, April 06 1998
 * Anonymous posting by Bruce Moreland, CCC, April 20, 1998
 * Important Message from CCC Founder Group!, CCC, May 01, 1998
 * Moderator Nominees, The Vote, My Personal Thoughts... by Steven Schwartz, CCC, May 15, 1998
 * Talk Chess Computers - Join CCC (Free) by Computer-Chess Club, rgcm, June 5, 1998
 * Formal Appeal to CCC Moderators by Chris Whittington, rgcc, August 16, 1998
 * Moderation policy by Don Beal, CCC, September 21, 1998
 * Moderator questions by Bruce Moreland, CCC, December 12, 1998

1999

 * final post by Robert Hyatt, rgcc, March 25, 1999

2000 ...

 * Hans Gerber is suspended--thanks for your understanding by Tom Kerrigan, CCC, June 29, 2000
 * Explaination of the TCadmin account by Quentin Turner, CCC, November 02, 2007

2010 ...

 * A Question for Our Sponsor..IPPO Links OK or Not? by Steve B, CCC, June 24, 2010 » Ippolit
 * CCC old archives utility by Ed Schroder, CCC, September 05, 2013
 * This forum is 10 years old by James Constance, CCC, March 11, 2016
 * To MODERATORS: Please STOP moving genuine tournaments! by Dr. Torsten Schoop, CCC, May 23, 2016 » Tournaments and Matches
 * Thank You Your Move Chess & Games by Mark Lefler, CCC, March 16, 2018 » ChessUSA
 * Real names by Martin Sedlak, CCC, May 10, 2018

2020 ...

 * talkchess not accessible from France by Vivien Clauzon, Hiarcs Forum, May 19, 2020
 * Talkchess forum is inaccessible from India by P. Kumar, OpenChess Forum, May 21, 2020
 * Polish users cut off from TalkChess by Dann Corbit, CCC, July 06, 2020
 * My statement from Rodent homepage by Pawel Koziol, ProDeo Forum, December 05, 2020
 * Task force TalkChess access by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, September 06, 2021
 * On the ownership of TakChess by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, September 12, 2021

=External Links=
 * Talkchess | Facebook

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