ICC Help: transfer

The ICC has two servers, the main server chessclub.com, and the backup server queen.chessclub.com. If you have an account on the main server, you automatically get an account on the backup server as well. Your two accounts will have the same password, the same ratings (usually), and the same expiration date, but may have separate finger notes, history list, and game library.

If you play a rated game on the backup server, the result will not affect your rating on the main server. The games themselves are not transferred between servers, nor will they appear in your history list on the other server. Games adjourned on one server must be finished on the same server. Messages and other player data such as finger notes are not transferred between servers. Password changes are transferred.

Registrations, first-logins for new accounts, and extensions can only be done at the main server. Once a new account is created and used for the first time at the main server, it is copied to the other server. You can use both servers at the same time if you want to, but if one is full it might help if you exit and just use the other one. Chekel commands are best done on the main server.

Each server is designed to operate smoothly even when the other one is down or unreachable. In such a case, the delay before game results from one server are processed by the other will make ratings appear to change somewhat unpredictably.