# Anyone know what's happened to the Chess Variants website?

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**Created:** [December 27, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-whats-happened-to-the-chess-variants-website/478809 "2008-12-27T03:33:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-whats-happened-to-the-chess-variants-website/478809/1 "2008-12-27T03:33:58Z")

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[http://www.chessvariants.com/index/whatsnew.php](http://www.chessvariants.com/index/whatsnew.php)

They went down to change servers on the 22nd, saying they’d be back in a few hours. But they’re not back up yet.

Anyone here heard anything around the chess-related internet about what’s happened to the site?

-Kris