Chinese databse in my GUI

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Chinese databse in my GUI

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https://mega.nz/file/KfhVEbpb#Q54uVFUHo ... TKWedIy3gA
My GUI shows scores from chinese site:
https://www.chessdb.cn/queryc_en/
Completely written by different chat-bots:
GPT-4, Claude-3.5-Sonnet, Gemini 2.0
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Re: Chinese databse in my GUI

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What happens? Chinese database doesn't work anymore :|
What now? What can we do?
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Re: Chinese databse in my GUI

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darmar wrote: Tue Jan 07, 2025 12:24 pmWhat happens? Chinese database doesn't work anymore :|

My guess: it was a big database with lots of people accessing it, and hence cost a lot of money to maintain. The person whose budget it came from either had their budget reduced or found a better use for the money.
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Re: Chinese databse in my GUI

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darmar wrote: Tue Jan 07, 2025 12:24 pm What happens? Chinese database doesn't work anymore :|
What now? What can we do?
The U.S government decided it was a threat to national security perhaps :roll: They do a lot these days in the name of National Security.
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Re: Chinese databse in my GUI

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It will be online in a few days, according to noobpwnftw.
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Re: Chinese databse in my GUI

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Oh no, what will all the correspondence players do? I guess they have to buy a few plastic chess sets for analysis and do it the old fashioned way.

US blocking Chinese database would not be shocking. The place where I work installed a new firewall or something from a US company, and now many sites, including Chessbase India, are blocked for no apparent reason. In the past Stefan Poll's site was also blocked in my country. When you tried to access it, it would take you to a government/police website with warnings in red letters.
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Re: Chinese databse in my GUI

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I mean, the guy who runs the site clearly explained why it was down (ICP licence renewal), but hey, speculate away if you so desire.
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Re: Chinese databse in my GUI

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tmokonen wrote: Wed Jan 08, 2025 8:36 am I mean, the guy who runs the site clearly explained why it was down (ICP licence renewal), but hey, speculate away if you so desire.
Sure, my post was mostly a bit of light humour, but also having a bit of a dig at the U.S. justifying pretty much anything in the name of National Security whenever China comes into it.
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Re: Chinese databse in my GUI

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Modern Times wrote: Wed Jan 08, 2025 9:00 am
tmokonen wrote: Wed Jan 08, 2025 8:36 am I mean, the guy who runs the site clearly explained why it was down (ICP licence renewal), but hey, speculate away if you so desire.
Sure, my post was mostly a bit of light humour, but also having a bit of a dig at the U.S. justifying pretty much anything in the name of National Security whenever China comes into it.
Gotcha. Stupid me overlooked the /s part of it.
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Re: Chinese databse in my GUI

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Chinese base is working again.
My GUI is fully functioned :D