Chess Is Booming! And Our Servers Are Struggling.

Dear chess community, On December 31, we had seven million active members on in a single day for the first time. On January 20, we had ten million active members. Traffic on has nearly doubled since the beginning of December, and our servers are struggling, especially during peak

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