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The Computer Chess Club (CCC, TC, TalkChess) is a moderated computer chess forum, established since 1997.
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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 - Programming and Technical Discussions
- Computer Chess Club Archives hosted by Sean T Mintz 2 3
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 members7.
The Founders
- Moritz Berger
- Thorsten Czub
- Dirk Frickenschmidt
- Bob Hyatt
- Enrique Irazoqui
- Andreas Mader
- Bruce Moreland
- Peter Schreiner
- Ed Schröder
- Chris Whittington
Second Founders
Moderators
Three moderators were periodically elected, first by the founders 10 , since May 1998 by member voting from a pool of nominees 11.
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Moderators |
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1997 |
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[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=37918 CCC Moderators Elected |
] by Steven Schwartz, CCC, December 30, 1998 |
Harald Faber |
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KarinsDad |
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KarinsDad |
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[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=124751 CCC Elections: Results are in |
!] by Steven Schwartz, CCC, August 16, 2000 |
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Dan Andersson |
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Volker Pittlik |
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Roger Brown |
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Roger Brown |
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Roger Brown |
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- computer-chess club by Robert Hyatt, rgcc, October 10, 1997↩︎
- Re: Past CCC Moderators by Ed Schröder, CCC, March 09, 2012↩︎
- Moderator Voting Results Now Available... by Steven Schwartz, CCC, June 01, 1998↩︎
- CCC Moderator Voting Results Now Available... by Steven Schwartz, CCC, June 24, 1999↩︎
- I resign the Post as Moderator by Fernando Villegas, July 22, 1999↩︎
- CCC Moderator Election Results! by Steven Schwartz, CCC, February 08, 2000↩︎
- Elections are now over and the winners are.... by Steven Schwartz, CCC, March 28, 2001↩︎
- Moderator Elections over. Results... by Steven Schwartz, CCC, September 28, 2001↩︎
- Elections Over. And the New Moderators Are... by Steven Schwartz, CCC, April 17, 2002↩︎
- CCC Moderator Election Results.... by Steven Schwartz, CCC, May 07, 2003↩︎
- CCC Moderator Elections Have Ended. The Winners are.... by Steven Schwartz, CCC, March 12, 2004↩︎
- I'm back.... Elections and stuff by Steven Schwartz, CCC, February 21, 2005↩︎
- CCC and CTF Elections are over. And the winners are...... by Steven Schwartz, CCC, September 29, 2005↩︎
- ** CCC Moderator Election--Member Voting ** by TCAdmin, CCC, August 27, 2007↩︎
- ** CCC Moderator Election--Member Voting ** by TCAdmin, CCC, November 02, 2007↩︎
- ** CCC Moderator Election--Results ** by TCAdmin, CCC, May 22, 2008↩︎
- ** Moderator Election - Official Poll ** by TCAdmin, CCC, November 23, 2008↩︎
- ** Moderator Election - Official Poll ** by TCAdmin, CCC, June 15, 2009↩︎
- ** CCC Moderator Election--Member Voting ** by TCAdmin, CCC, January 17, 2010↩︎
- Re: Congratulations to the new moderators by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, January 24, 2010↩︎
- Goodbye Talkchess by Jeremy Bernstein, CCC, June 09, 2010↩︎
- ** CCC Moderator Election - Results ** by TCAdmin, CCC, July 11, 2010↩︎
- ** CCC Moderator Election Poll ** by TCAdmin, CCC, January 11, 2011↩︎
- ** CCC Moderator Election Poll ** by TCAdmin, CCC, July 24, 2011↩︎
- *** CCC Moderator Election - Member Voting *** by TCAdmin, CCC, Februray 06, 2012↩︎
- *** CCC Moderator Election - Member Voting *** by TCAdmin, CCC, August 01, 2012↩︎
- *** CCC Moderator Election - Member Voting *** by Sam Hull, CCC, March 11, 2013↩︎
- ** CCC Moderator Election--Member Voting ** by Sam Hull, CCC, March 31, 2014↩︎
- ** Moderator Election - Final Results ** by Sam Hull, CCC, June 23, 2016↩︎
- ** Moderator Election Results ** by Sam Hull, CCC, October 25, 2020↩︎
- https://talkchess.com/viewtopic.php?p=960552#p960552 Re: Charter and other information: Please read before posting] by Ed Schröder, CCC, October 25, 2020↩︎
- https://talkchess.com/viewtopic.php?t=84562 Questions for the candidate moderators Ed Schröder, CCC, January 03, 2025↩︎
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
- Crowd funding initiative to get our hands on the talkchess domain name by Rebel, CCC, June 07, 2023
- *** TALKCHESS SERVER TO BE SHUT DOWN *** by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, February 19, 2024
2024 ...
- Re: New forum by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, Friday Mar 01, 2024
External Links
References
talkchess not accessible from France by Vivien Clauzon, Hiarcs Forum, May 19, 2020↩︎
CCC old archives utility by Ed Schroder, CCC, September 05, 2013↩︎
Re: It got hijacked by the bores by Andreas Mader, rgcc, September 5, 1997↩︎
Chess Sets from America's Largest Chess Store, Chess Pieces, Boards, & More↩︎
Computer Chess Club Archives hosted by Sean T Mintz↩︎
domain ownership by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, March 02, 2024↩︎
club] by Robert Hyatt, rgcc, October 10, 1997↩︎
domain ownership by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, March 02, 2024↩︎
Re: From a funny German to Dirk Frickenschmidt (Germany) by Chris Whittington, rgcc, September 28 1998↩︎
Moderator Nominees, The Vote, My Personal Thoughts... by Steven Schwartz, CCC, May 15, 1998↩︎