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sargentbono YaBB Newbies Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 21 Joined: 10/04/08	Re: Chessville.com is gone Reply #2 - 02/19/13 at 16:03:09	Post Tools	Print Post
	I am missing Chessville site. They correctly pointed out the " while Masters, IMs, and GMs may have the fancy titles, high ratings, fame, and the greatest respect of the chess world at large, it is the “chess proletariat” which overwhelmingly comprises the largest percentage of the chess information consumer demographic. That is why Chessville has been created by and for the aspiring chess amateur." RIP


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sharpplay Junior Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 72 Joined: 03/24/08	Re: Chessville.com is gone Reply #1 - 02/10/13 at 18:21:51	Post Tools	Print Post
	I agree that the articles on the site were unusual and interesting. You can still access them using the wayback machine, pulling up a snapshot of the site from as recently as a couple of weeks ago.


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GeneM Senior Member Offline Tournament winner gets two fun filled knights! Posts: 303 Location: near Seattle WA USA Joined: 01/12/08	Chessville.com is gone 02/09/13 at 22:43:10	Post Tools	Print Post
	Chessville.com suddenly went unchanged for several months a couple years ago, when the man behind it, David Surratt, fell ill. Surratt eventually resumed Chessville.com, but the long disruption caused visitors' habit of visiting to wane. Some months later Surratt seemed to fall ill again (?). The website was eventually taken over by someone else, who made a good effort to keep it going. But after perhaps 12-18 months, today I see these latest efforts were ultimately limited in their success. Chessville.com domain name is available for sale. This availability is very recent, as I visited Chessville.com about two weeks ago. Even Bing and Google have not yet recognized that the website is no longer there to link to. I do not have the perfect adjective to describe them, but Chessville.com had a range of article types that would rarely be seen on the other major chess websites. I appreciated that variety.

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