People sometimes ask me: How did you get the Chess.com domain name? (And they WANT to ask: How much did it cost?)
Read MoreThe Chess.com domain name was registered in 1994. I don’t know by whom or for what purpose, but not long after it was rolled into Aficionado, Inc. - the creators of the original Chess Mentor software. Over the next decade they made chess software with some success, but not enough to pay their bills or return the money to their small group of investors...