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The '''Computer Chess Club''' (CCC, TalkchessTC, TalkChess) is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum#Moderators moderated] computer chess [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum forum], established since 1997.

Since From May 19, 2020at latest to February 29, 2024, the forum is was [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address_blocking blocked] for several [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address IP-ranges] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geo-blocking outside the US] <ref>[http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9998 talkchess not accessible from France] by [[Vivien Clauzon]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], May 19, 2020</ref>. Appeal by [[Pawel Koziol]] <ref>for [https://prodeoen.actieforumwikipedia.comorg/wiki/t118Denial-my-statement-fromof-service_attack DDoS] protection. See [http://www.pkoziol.cal24.pl/rodent-homepage My statement from Rodent homepage/talkchess.htm Appeal] by [[Pawel Koziol]], [[Computer Chess Forums|ProDeo Forum]], December 05, 2020</ref>:* 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

* [httphttps://www.talkchess.com/forum/index.php Computer Chess Club (CCC)]: [httphttps://wwwtalkchess.com/viewforum.php?f=2 CCC - General Topics]: [https://talkchess.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=7 CCC - Programming and Technical Discussions]: [httphttps://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=6 CCC - Tournaments and Matches]

CCC was established in October 1997 by the group of "founders", basically to get rid from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaming_%28Internet%29 flaming] in [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]] <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/msg/f128c68d914ffe39 Re: It got hijacked by the bores] by [[Andreas Mader]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], September 5, 1997</ref>. 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]] <ref>[http://www.chessusa.com/ Chess Sets from America's Largest Chess Store, Chess Pieces, Boards, & More]</ref> 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 <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/ Computer Chess Club Archives] hosted by [http://www.stmintz.com/ Sean T Mintz]</ref>. Since February 29, 2024 the forum is in its third incarnation, lead by a second "founders group" and supported by the community members<ref>[https://talkchess.com/viewtopic.php?p=959283#p959283 domain ownership] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], CCC, March 02, 2024</ref>.

* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=67407 Real names] by [[Martin Sedlak]], [[CCC]], May 10, 2018