chess.com has finally exploded

chess.com has finally exploded after creaking along for several years.

Constant error messages, crashes, and all manner dysfunctions have occurred with more frequency and intensity.

Today, I could not even reach the site.

I have never encountered ANY bugs or crashes at Lichess.

Please give your comments about the situation at chess.com here.

Just tried to login @chess.com and got this message:

"Database Overloaded

We are sorry, but our database is currently maxed out due to the unprecedented growth of chess over the last few weeks. We have doubled in traffic in a very short time and are working hard to add more capacity.

Please be patient as our database recovers. You will be able to return to Chess.com in approximately: "

@KNIGHT_c4 said in #2:

Just tried to login @chess.com and got this message:

"Database Overloaded

We are sorry, but our database is currently maxed out due to the unprecedented growth of chess over the last few weeks. We have doubled in traffic in a very short time and are working hard to add more capacity.

Please be patient as our database recovers. You will be able to return to Chess.com in approximately: "

I got this message a few minutes ago as well and have also noticed deteriorating performance over the past few weeks. It often takes a minute or more to load their tournament listing page (sometimes it never loads and you get the "ERROR" page with the image of a guy trying to fix a computer).

There have been glitches here as well but overall this site seems to be performing pretty well.

I TRIED TO SIGN IN AND ITS OT WORKING EEEEEEEEE

what happens when people get too greedy for money.

@KenulL_76 said in #7:

what happens when people get too greedy for money.
they go to lichess

Suggestion: Let CC take care of their issues. Flooded forums is part of their problem.

They're the victim of their own success.