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Martin_Stahl
JMirabito9 wrote:

I found this mysterious account and its the oldest I've ever seen. Older than the founders... curious... Who is this?
https://www.chess.com/member/coup_d_etat

The site acquired the members of another site when it closed so that would be an account from that site.

Lord_Hammer

I saw a 2006 once but I cant remember the name

Patriots_12
batgirl wrote:

@Erik and @Jay joined May 7, 2007; @Piotr joined May 8, 2007. Those were the Big Three. @billwall joined sometime in May 2007, but since he closed his account the exact date isn't evident (I think it was the 24th though). @batgirl joined June 13, 2007. @Patzer24 joined June 26, 2007.

Most of the staff we know, e.g. @Kayt, @Brenda, @Jacyln, @Brotherjosh, @Alex, @sean, @jdcannon, @Amelia, joined much, much later- in the double-digits. Even @danielrensch, one of the oldest, didn't join until 12-20-2008.

I rarely run into someone who joined earlier than I, but they do exist. Most people move on. eventually.

I thought Daniel Rensch was one of the founders of chesscom

pam234

I joined May 2009.

RudranshTheKing

https://www.chess.com/member/chesscomeshe joined march 2007

https://www.chess.com/member/chesscomdefebruary 2007

Stormy-Boy-2007
Buddy, those two accounts are from 2017, not 2007.