it happened a few mins ago
Chess.com has been overloaded
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Aug 6, 2023
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#103
I have experienced this issue several times and it always happened in the evenings; seemingly the evening is the best time to play on chess.com
Aug 10, 2023
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#104
I have experienced this issue various times, although it most frequently happened when I was online in the evenings. Seems like the evenings are the best times for people to play chess.
I love chess..BUT THIS SITE continues to freeze up,(1 minute to catch-up)+ tired of losing on time freeze ups.Record volume,sure us "free" players DON'T F/N Count. I GET NO Response about my problems... THIS mickey mouse group DOESN'T care l. That's why l WILL NEVER pay for the privilege of the lack of service. HOW ABOUT YOU??
IT JUST HAPPENED AGAIN
It's caused by people posting in forum threads about the site being down, bogging down the site.
It's a causality loop people.
Jan 2, 2024
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#109
Same for me this morning. I think everybody is playing chess for a New Years resolution.
Jan 2, 2024
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#111
theswooze wrote:
where is @martin_stahl when we need him?
Posting in more recent topics 
Jan 2, 2024
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#113
The problems from earlier were resolved as was the short blip a couple of hours later.
The gif on the 502 page is just wild
Jaybird127 wrote:
It's caused by people posting in forum threads about the site being down, bogging down the site.
It's a causality loop people.
Well that's some pretty bad servers then.
My last few games are missing
Mar 4, 2025
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#117
The_Blue_Pawn wrote:
Jaybird127 wrote:
It's caused by people posting in forum threads about the site being down, bogging down the site.
It's a causality loop people.
Well that's some pretty bad servers then.
That's not the reason. When there's back-end issues constant reloads and forum posts about it probably don't help though.
Mar 4, 2025
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#118
GrayHitsBombs wrote:
The gif on the 502 page is just wild
The same as the servers
Mar 4, 2025
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#119
chessr20051704 wrote:
My last few games are missing
They'll show up when everything catches up
It's my understanding the site really isn't made for so many users at once. They need many millions more to fix it. Maybe this is also why lots of things on the site cost money now, and they are trying to find interesting ways to hook people in. A few years ago, it was just a normal site, and everything was free -- but it was way smaller, too. This was back in 2018-2019, I mean.
Too many people got into Chess 2020-2023 is the problem. They are now struggling to handle it. My guess is, some of them will quit by 2026-2027, and the site will run a bit smoother. But it does seem to be only ever gaining players and accounts!
Yeah, seems to have been a couple of blips. Staff are aware