<Big Pawn> What is the CC number? I'm hoping it means Correspondence Chess number because then I don't have one.>

Credit Card.

And by the way, I think this is a load of horsesh-it that <Sneaky squeaky> is Daniel's mom.

I think it comes back everyday. It's typical <Daniel> coding - he has it do an auto on/off each day during game time, but forget to auto-shutdown the thing once the tournament is over.

Anyways, I've grown to almost like it, and will miss it when it's finally fixed.

* * * * *

<<Penguincw:> Everything you post on the site is already out there for the public and all to see.>

I agree. Her posts are the corniest load of phonus bolonus I have heard in a long time. Pssshauwgh. She just got back (age ~70) from the North Woods of Alaska? Her husband was named Neal Cassady? Her son was named by him as Demetrios, yet California birth records show the name Daniel Freeman? She can't get a death certificate after more than 2 weeks? That means that: (1) nobody is dead, or (2) identity of the dead person cannot be established, or (3) identity of the person requesting the certificate cannot be established.

Let's see if your account was just created today, shall we?

Member since Aug-08-18 · Last seen Aug-08-18>

And, in case it matters:

<sneaky sqeeky
Member since Aug-06-18 · Last seen Aug-08-18
no bio>

So she is more believable than me because <Annie K.> has been taken in (or taken over)? But the fantastic tale that <sneaky sqeeky> actually tells arouses no suspicion?

<Phony Benoni> I have also increasingly noticed hiccups like this. For example the ability of the intros for game collections to represent Russian alphabet names has degraded over the past week.

The code for this site will continue to degrade until someone with actual authority and knowledge and permission logs into this site and starts to administer it.

I have serious doubts this will happen before it crashes for good.

That's why I spend hours every day archiving historical material with the Wayback machine, and keeping the bookmarks well organized in folders and sub folders.

I suggest all others do the same while you still can, if there's anything you'd care to keep from here- especially work you may have done.

Work you may have spent thousands of hours on over the last decade.

I loved <Daniel> but I knew him just well enough to know he had made no provision for what has just happened.

In addition, there is simply no good reason that <Sargon> has not signed in with an update- even if that update had minimal or no new information.

If he actually gives a flying crap about this project, he should start behaving like he does.

A simple update that just said "I am still here and I still care and I am trying to sort this out" would suffice.

Work you may have spent thousands of hours on over the last decade.>

<JFQ>,

A website has two main parts, the domain name and the files that actually make the website. The domain name chessgames.com was registered at Network Solutions. When the domain registration expires, it will be dropped onto the open market and picked up immediately. Domainers look for aged domains like this with lots of backlinks and domain authority to use for marketing purposes and SEO.

If this domain is scooped up, another domain name can always be purchased for $10 and the site would still be live. But, someone may want to contact the registrar and inform them of the owner's death, as well as the special, historical nature of this website, and arrange a transfer of ownership supervised by the registrar after due diligence.

Now the other part of the website, the files, that's another story. They exist on a server somewhere. That's where they are "hosted".

Name Server: MAIL2.2020TECH.COM
Name Server: NS2.2020TECH.COM

There are perhaps millions of pages on this site, and each page is located on a file on that server, at that hosting company. Daniel had backups on spare servers at his place of residence, and I know this because he said so during a hurricane one time.

That hosting company needs to be contacted and informed of the special situation going on here.

As far as accessing the website, you would need to have the login url and credentials, or you could just access it through PHP MY ADMIN at the hosting site through the back end. No worries there.

The problem is, the registrar and hosting company need to make sure you are not trying to scam them. So that means they need to visit the site and try to send Daniel emails and so forth.

I've started archiving all kibitzing from all player pages. It will probably take few days. I will upload it somewhere once it finishes.

Archiving all game pages will take forever from my machine due to internet latency but if someone wants to provide a fast access machine I can write code to fetch all kibitzing from that too.

* * * * *

<JFQ> I have to agree even though we don't exactly owe <Sargon> anything, and he doesn't really owe us anything, since he always appeared to be more of a "hired hand" than a true member of the <CG> community (of course I didn't work with him at all like <Tab> did).

But he did say he was going to try to fill <Daniel>'s shoes, and no matter how the story works out - a "simple update" would be very easy to do, as you say.

He hasn't even logged in since Jul-30-2018.

But what about <Annie K> and <Stonehenge>, both of who I think were in contact with <Sargon> in the immediate aftermath (certainly <Stonehenge>).

A few words would be helpful, from whomever works behind the curtain

<https://alittleknowledgeisadangerou...>

It would be nice if <Sargon>'s forum were open - then we could do it there.

Hopefully he is not locked out.

<I will be <attempting> to fill Dan's <large> shoes by assuming administration of the site and database for the time being.

I hope to write an outline of a bio of him on my blog. I would love to ask <sqeeky> if she has any baby pictures of him (it would be lovely to have one of both of them).

Of course I'll cover his dual name scheme. <Sqeeky> mentioned that he adopted <Daniel Freeman> upon graduating from <Georgia Tech>. I found him there under the name <Demetrius> (note that the record you cited with Demetriu (sans s) has correction adding the "s" (iirc)).

The question I have is if he legally changed his name for a period, only to change it back.

I sometimes rush too, so let's make an allowance, but think about what you're saying...

We're aware of the magnitude of the task, and certainty would be, and are being, patient. The problem is the complete radio silence...

OK, let's grant that <Sargon> is likely locked out as admin on the site - and that there's no clarity on legal matters, partially awaiting a completed death certificate (toxicology results can take 2-3 weeks easily).

But <Sargon> could log in and provide some comment, and maybe even check in on the community. His announcement puts him under that much responsibility, at a minimum. He still hasn't logged in since the 30th:

User: sargon

(Consider, he could reply to <Tab>'s complaint about correction slips - with the "labor dispute" post. So, he's not incapable of updates)

In some sense we are like the Costa Concordia, the hull breached, the captain having abandoned ship, leaving the rest of us to fend for ourselves.