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

CCC Links

• Computer Chess Club (CCC)
  CCC - Programming and Technical Discussions
  CCC - Tournaments and Matches
• Computer Chess Club Archives hosted by Sean T Mintz ^{[1] [2]}
  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 ^[3] . Testing of the forum software already occurred in September. CCC is hosted by IcdChess, ChessUSA, at that time owned by Steven Schwartz ^{[4] [5]} .

The Founders

^[6]

• 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 ^[7] , since May 1998 by member voting from a pool of nominees ^[8] .

Announcement		Moderators
1997	[9] [10]	Dirk Frickenschmidt	Robert Hyatt	Enrique Irazoqui
June 01, 1998	[11]	Amir Ban	Bruce Moreland	Don Dailey
December 30, 1998	[12]	Peter McKenzie	Harald Faber	Will Singleton
June 24, 1999	[13]	Bruce Moreland	Fernando Villegas	KarinsDad
July 22, 1999	[14]	Bruce Moreland	KarinsDad	Dann Corbit
February 08, 2000	[15]	Dave Gomboc	Tom Kerrigan	Andrew Williams
August 16, 2000	[16]	Robert Hyatt	Đorđe Vidanović	Dann Corbit
March 28, 2001	[17]	Robert Hyatt	Bruce Moreland	Dann Corbit
September 28, 2001	[18]	Ed Schröder	John Merlino	Uri Blass
April 17, 2002	[19]	Christophe Théron	Robert Hyatt	Dann Corbit
May 07, 2003	[20]	Dan Andersson	Tony Hedlund	Michael Byrne
March 12, 2004	[21]	Michael Byrne	Richard Pijl	Russell Reagan
February 21, 2005	[22]	John Merlino	Dann Corbit	Michael Byrne
September 29, 2005	[23]	Robert Hyatt	Graham Banks	Peter Skinner
August 27, 2007	[24]	Graham Banks	Albert Silver	Thorsten Czub
November 02, 2007	[25]	Graham Banks	Ryan Benitez	Albert Silver
May 22, 2008	[26]	Chris Whittington	Thorsten Czub	Swaminathan Natarajan
November 23, 2008	[27]	Steve Blincoe	Zach Wegner	Volker Pittlik
June 15, 2009	[28]	Dann Corbit	Steve Blincoe	Robert Hyatt
January 17, 2010	[29] [30]	Graham Banks	Swaminathan Natarajan	Jeremy Bernstein [31]
July 11, 2010	[32]	Steve Blincoe	Robert Hyatt	Fernando Villegas
January 11, 2011	[33]	Fernando Villegas	Robert Hyatt	Roger Brown
July 24, 2011	[34]	Fernando Villegas	Robert Hyatt	Roger Brown
Februray 12, 2012	[35]	Julien Marcel	Miguel A. Ballicora	Don Dailey
August 08, 2012	[36]	Julien Marcel	Adam Hair	Miguel A. Ballicora
March 18, 2013	[37]	Julien Marcel	Adam Hair	Miguel A. Ballicora
April 07, 2014	[38]	Roger Brown	Fabien Letouzey	John Merlino
July 01, 2016	[39]	Robert Hyatt	Harm Geert Muller	Harvey Williamson

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
• Thank You Your Move Chess & Games by Mark Lefler, CCC, March 16, 2018 » ChessUSA

External Links

• CCC old archives utility by Ed Schröder
• Talkchess | Facebook

References

1. ^ CCC old archives utility by Ed Schroder, CCC, September 05, 2013
2. ^ CCC old archives utility by Ed Schröder
3. ^ Re: It got hijacked by the bores by Andreas Mader, rgcc, September 5, 1997
4. ^ Chess USA - Staff
5. ^ Chess Sets from America's Largest Chess Store, Chess Pieces, Boards, & More
6. ^ computer-chess club by Robert Hyatt, rgcc, October 10, 1997
7. ^ Re: From a funny German to Dirk Frickenschmidt (Germany) by Chris Whittington, rgcc, September 28 1998
8. ^ Moderator Nominees, The Vote, My Personal Thoughts... by Steven Schwartz, CCC, May 15, 1998
9. ^ computer-chess club by Robert Hyatt, rgcc, October 10, 1997
10. ^ Re: Past CCC Moderators by Ed Schröder, CCC, March 09, 2012
11. ^ Moderator Voting Results Now Available... by Steven Schwartz, CCC, June 01, 1998
12. ^ CCC Moderators Elected!! by Steven Schwartz, CCC, December 30, 1998
13. ^ CCC Moderator Voting Results Now Available... by Steven Schwartz, CCC, June 24, 1999
14. ^ I resign the Post as Moderator by Fernando Villegas, July 22, 1999
15. ^ CCC Moderator Election Results! by Steven Schwartz, CCC, February 08, 2000
16. ^ CCC Elections: Results are in!!! by Steven Schwartz, CCC, August 16, 2000
17. ^ Elections are now over and the winners are.... by Steven Schwartz, CCC, March 28, 2001
18. ^ CCC Moderator Elections over. Results... by Steven Schwartz, CCC, September 28, 2001
19. ^ Elections Over. And the New Moderators Are... by Steven Schwartz, CCC, April 17, 2002
20. ^ CCC Moderator Election Results.... by Steven Schwartz, CCC, May 07, 2003
21. ^ CCC Moderator Elections Have Ended. The Winners are.... by Steven Schwartz, CCC, March 12, 2004
22. ^ I'm back.... Elections and stuff by Steven Schwartz, CCC, February 21, 2005
23. ^ CCC and CTF Elections are over. And the winners are...... by Steven Schwartz, CCC, September 29, 2005
24. ^ ** CCC Moderator Election--Member Voting ** by TCAdmin, CCC, August 27, 2007
25. ^ ** CCC Moderator Election--Member Voting ** by TCAdmin, CCC, November 02, 2007
26. ^ ** CCC Moderator Election--Results ** by TCAdmin, CCC, May 22, 2008
27. ^ ** Moderator Election - Official Poll ** by TCAdmin, CCC, November 23, 2008
28. ^ ** Moderator Election - Official Poll ** by TCAdmin, CCC, June 15, 2009
29. ^ ** CCC Moderator Election--Member Voting ** by TCAdmin, CCC, January 17, 2010
30. ^ Re: Congratulations to the new moderators by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, January 24, 2010
31. ^ Goodbye Talkchess by Jeremy Bernstein, CCC, June 09, 2010
32. ^ ** CCC Moderator Election - Results ** by TCAdmin, CCC, July 11, 2010
33. ^ ** CCC Moderator Election Poll ** by TCAdmin, CCC, January 11, 2011
34. ^ ** CCC Moderator Election Poll ** by TCAdmin, CCC, July 24, 2011
35. ^ *** CCC Moderator Election - Member Voting *** by TCAdmin, CCC, Februray 06, 2012
36. ^ *** CCC Moderator Election - Member Voting *** by TCAdmin, CCC, August 01, 2012
37. ^ *** CCC Moderator Election - Member Voting *** by Sam Hull, CCC, March 11, 2013
38. ^ ** CCC Moderator Election--Member Voting ** by Sam Hull, CCC, March 31, 2014
39. ^ ** Moderator Election - Final Results ** by Sam Hull, CCC, June 23, 2016

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