Could chess5.com site be restored for a while?

[Frank Dixon]

I am wondering if the chess5.com site, now taken down, could be put back up for a while. I have a lot of games stored there, which I would like to retrieve. I had operated on the assumption that the site would always exist.

[Kerry Liles]

Here is some domain registration information - perhaps your request should be sent to someone mentioned in here (although the site might be permanently defunct; no idea who ran the place?)
You may want to visit this page to submit your request to "the owner" - https://csl-registrar.com/?mode=whoi...com&type=owner





whois chess5.com
# whois.joker.com: chess5.com

Domain Name: chess5.com
Registry Domain ID: 291429122_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.joker.com
Registrar URL: https://joker.com
Updated Date: 2019-11-21T10:06:06Z
Creation Date: 2005-12-19T23:08:26Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2021-12-19T23:08:26Z
Registrar: CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH d/b/a joker.com
Registrar IANA ID: 113
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@joker.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +49.21186767447
Reseller: Zitcom A/S
Reseller: :: Webhotels :: Domains :: Dedicated Servers ::
Reseller: hostmaster@zitcom.dk
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Registrant Organization: Eydun Lamhauge
Registrant State/Province: Faroe Islands
Registrant Country: FI
Registrant Email: https://csl-registrar.com/contact/chess5.com/owner
Admin Email: https://csl-registrar.com/contact/chess5.com/admin
Tech Email: https://csl-registrar.com/contact/chess5.com/tech
Name Server: ns1.curanet.dk
Name Server: ns2.curanet.dk
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2020-07-31T22:42:36Z <<<

For more information on Whois status codes, please visit https://icann.org/epp

[Kerry Liles]

You could also consult the Internet WayBack Machine - a lot of website content is archived, but it is a bit of hit and miss:

http://wayback.com

[ hmmm - I just tried there and there doesn't seem to be anything at all for chess5.com ] Sorry.

[Neil Frarey]

Twice we offered to purchase chess5 with all its components intact and keep it going as is. In 2017 Eyðun said he wasn't all that interested in selling and wanted to keep the site up and running. Here in 2020 we haven't heard back ...sigh.

You could always send Eyðun Lamhauge, the owner of chess5, your request...

eydunl at gmail dot com