Answers.Body: <p>Tim Harding, one of the writers for ChessCafe.com, <a href="http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=6245&amp;sid=16a86ce9a01d69bf680a253b15091d54&amp;start=30#p164200" rel="noreferrer">reports that he hasn't been paid for the last two articles he wrote</a>. The conclusion has to be that it isn't coming back. </p>
  
  <p>The internet is free and people are very reluctant to pay for content, even content as good as that which was provided by ChessCafe.com.</p>
  
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Body: <p>The latest ChessCafe.com article - <a href="https://chesscafe.com/the-skittles-room/on-hiatus/">https://chesscafe.com/the-skittles-room/on-hiatus/</a> - has this to say:</p>
  
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    <p>We would like to thank those who have supported ChessCafe with a
    purchase of product and subsequent membership. However, subscriptions
    have fallen just shy of what is needed to maintain our stable of great
    columnists. Therefore, we are taking a three-month hiatus from posting
    new content</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I suspect "just shy" is a euphemism.</p>
  
  <p>Does anybody have better information on when / whether ChessCafe.com is going to come back to life?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: RIP chesscafe.com. People generally don't pay for articles like that. There're a dozen free and a few other paid chess e-magazines.
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Tags: <websites>
Title: ChessCafe.com RIP?
ThreadText: # ChessCafe.com RIP?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-06-05)
  
  The latest ChessCafe.com article - <https://chesscafe.com/the-skittles-room/on-hiatus/> - has this to say:
  
  > We would like to thank those who have supported ChessCafe with a
  > purchase of product and subsequent membership. However, subscriptions
  > have fallen just shy of what is needed to maintain our stable of great
  > columnists. Therefore, we are taking a three-month hiatus from posting
  > new content
  
  I suspect "just shy" is a euphemism.
  
  Does anybody have better information on when / whether ChessCafe.com is going to come back to life?
  
  **Tags:** websites
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: RIP chesscafe.com. People generally don't pay for articles like that. There're a dozen free and a few other paid chess e-magazines.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2015-09-22. Score: 5 | Accepted answer
  
  Tim Harding, one of the writers for ChessCafe.com, [reports that he hasn't been paid for the last two articles he wrote](http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6245&sid=16a86ce9a01d69bf680a253b15091d54&start=30#p164200). The conclusion has to be that it isn't coming back.
  
  The internet is free and people are very reluctant to pay for content, even content as good as that which was provided by ChessCafe.com.
  
  
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