As of right now I cannot log into the live chess server.  I first lost connection to the server while in the middle of a rated game and I haven't been able to connect since.  I am on a T1 line and I can connect to the rest of the internet.  Just thought you'd like to know.

At least 2 of us suffering the same thing

Same here. Problems on their end I guess. 

Working on it now. Sorry, should be up soon.

Soon = done, its back up now.

any chance of recovering games that were happening when it crashed?

Everything seems to be working now.  It looks like there is no record of my game that was in progress, but oh well...  Thanks for the help. 

If the server restarts or worse case scenario crashes like that, any games in progress are auto aborted. The games aren't saved, it doesn't affect ratings, like the game never took place.

We are investigating what caused this as it certainly wasn't expected or planned :(

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS MANY TIMES I THINK THAT THE COMPUTER IS NECESARY TO MAINTAIN  YOUR SKILLS ,UNFORTUNATE THAT IT IS NOT WORKING.