Today we brought the site down for a long time (so sorry - took 5x longer than expected :( ) so we could do some major optimizations. What did we do?

95% of what we did was massive database re-architecture updates to improve queries on forums and other high-traffic pages. This should help Chess.com be faster, and most importantly, make Live Chess smoother. 

We also fixes a bunch of misc small stuff like links, mispellings, etc.

Sorry for being down for so long! It was really stressful for all of us  :)

We have added 2 hours to everyone's game clocks. 

Enjoy!

Erik

that took a long time but do whatever you need to erik

hehe. thanks!

i feel...stronger...somehow, more...powerful. my fingers are so...tingly...

We all know you're doing the best for the site Erik! Thanks for making it better!

Keep up the good work Erik and Staff!!

Keep up the GREAT WORK ERIK and the STAFF!!!!

justice_avocado wrote: i feel...stronger...somehow, more...powerful. my fingers are so...tingly...

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 You're having a heart attack.

'Topics I Have Posted In' is now only showing topics I've started.

almost the same thing . All my posts under 'all the topics I have posted in'  have now disappeared. Nothing there.

I'm also noticing that when I leave comments, it reflects that in the main list of topics, but the righthand side list doesn't. If that makes sense.

Erik, you are great!  Thanks for the great site.  Keep up the good work.

silentfilmstar13 wrote: 'Topics I Have Posted In' is now only showing topics I've started.

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 Yeah, but you post in so many topics, do you REALLY want a list of all those?? ;-)

I just made two new posts and those do not show up on topics I have posted in either so it is a continuing error not just an accidental deletion from the recent upgrade. Probably for the best. I post too much too. So probably best to just make a post and then never respond in the that subect again as I wont know where to look for it.  lol.

erik wrote:

Today we brought the site down for a long time (so sorry - took 5x longer than expected :( ) so we could do some major optimizations. What did we do?

95% of what we did was massive database re-architecture updates to improve queries on forums and other high-traffic pages. This should help Chess.com be faster, and most importantly, make Live Chess smoother. 

We also fixes a bunch of misc small stuff like links, mispellings, etc.

Sorry for being down for so long! It was really stressful for all of us  :)

We have added 2 hours to everyone's game clocks. 

Enjoy!

Erik

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Which spellchecker did you use ?

There are some posts missing from our Chess History Group?

I believe, we always go to the next level.

And Erik has started it all !

Great job,  Erik.  

Thanks a million !

RommyB

I LOVE this site!!!

ADK