# chesshub.org.za: Palo census record

Palo, a census of the South African web by Dirišwago. Record: https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/chesshub.org.za.md
As of the analysis on 3 November 2026, 04:30 SAST. Data licence: CC BY 4.0; credit "Palo, Dirišwago (palo.dirishwago.co.za)".

## Summary

chesshub.org.za is in the census. Status: active when Palo last checked it, on 2 November 2026 (the homepage answered with a page, directly or after redirects). 4 sites in the census link to it, and it links to 12 sites (10 of them in the analysed graph).

Website: https://chesshub.org.za/

## Recorded about the site

Text in quotation marks is what the site declares about itself, quoted as data.

- Title: "South African Chess Hub"
- Description: "Welcome to the South African Chess Hub, the FREE online chess community where you will \[…\]"
- Language: en
- Open Graph metadata: no
- Homepage size: 262 KB, 58 links
- First seen: before 12 October 2026 (not recorded earlier)
- Listed by: Common Crawl (crawl CC-MAIN-2026-39); Common Crawl (crawl CC-MAIN-2026-43); a link from a crawled .za site; the list kept by Palo's earlier worker until October 2026 (from Common Crawl CC-MAIN-2025-18 or certificate transparency logs)

## Position in the link graph

The graph holds the active and blocked sites in the census and the links between them: 325,535 sites. Rank 1 is the highest.

- Links in (in-degree): 4 sites in the graph link to it
- Links out (out-degree): it links to 10 sites in the graph
- PageRank rank: 44,769 of 325,535
- PageRank rank without footer-only links: 25,984 of 325,535
- PageRank rank between registered names: 22,033 of 325,535
- Betweenness rank: 7,731 of 325,535
- Sites reachable by following links: about 61,349 (estimated)
- Community: one of 1,004 sites in its Louvain community

Definitions: in-degree and out-degree count links from and to other sites in the graph. PageRank weighs links by the rank of the sites they come from; every link counts the same, whatever its purpose. Without footer-only links, it leaves out links only ever seen in a page footer. Between registered names, it leaves out links between sites under one registered name, such as x.co.za and shop.x.co.za. Betweenness measures how often a site lies on the shortest paths between others. An island has no links to or from other sites in the graph; an unrecognised site links out but has no links in. A Louvain community is a group of sites more densely linked to each other than to the rest.

## Links in: 4 sites

Sites in the census whose crawled pages link to chesshub.org.za, by PageRank rank (unranked last). "Seen in" is where on the linking pages the link appears.

| Site | Status | PageRank rank | Seen in |
|---|---|---|---|
| [jhbmetrochess.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/jhbmetrochess.co.za.md) | active | 37,617 | body |
| [gautengchess.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/gautengchess.co.za.md) | active | 47,223 | body |
| [mzansichess.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/mzansichess.co.za.md) | active | 91,255 | body |
| [jnwchess.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/jnwchess.co.za.md) | active | 102,836 | body |

## Links out: 12 sites

Sites in the census that chesshub.org.za's crawled pages link to, by PageRank rank (unranked last). "Seen in" is where on the linking pages the link appears.

| Site | Status | PageRank rank | Seen in |
|---|---|---|---|
| [ratings.chessa.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/ratings.chessa.co.za.md) | active | 9,923 | body |
| [jhbmetrochess.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/jhbmetrochess.co.za.md) | active | 37,617 | body |
| [thewanderersclub.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/thewanderersclub.co.za.md) | active | 42,082 | body |
| [sedibengchess.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/sedibengchess.co.za.md) | active | 60,240 | body |
| [chessworks.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/chessworks.co.za.md) | active | 76,007 | not recorded |
| [mzansichess.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/mzansichess.co.za.md) | active | 91,255 | body |
| [chesswp.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/chesswp.co.za.md) | active | 97,120 | body |
| [rookwear.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/rookwear.co.za.md) | active | 116,078 | body |
| [swartlandskaakakademie.org.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/swartlandskaakakademie.org.za.md) | active | 116,079 | body |
| [zugzwang.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/zugzwang.co.za.md) | active | 116,080 | not recorded |
| [chesshaven.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/chesshaven.co.za.md) | dead | – | body |
| [midrandchess.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/midrandchess.co.za.md) | dead | – | body |

## Links leaving .za: 17 domains

Domains outside .za that its crawled pages link to:

- 2700chess.com (body)
- africanchesslounge.org (body)
- chess.com (body)
- chesskid.com (body)
- facebook.com (body, header)
- google.com (body)
- gracethemes.com (footer)
- learn.wordpress.org (nav)
- lichess.org (body)
- maps.app.goo.gl (body)
- outlook.live.com (body)
- outlook.office.com (body)
- twitch.tv (body)
- twitter.com (header)
- wa.me (body)
- wordpress.org (body, nav, footer)
- wp-events-plugin.com (body)

## Related

- Other sites in its zone (org.za): https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/census/sites.md?zone=org.za
- Search the census: https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/census/search.md?q={words}

## About these figures

- Only links between .za sites in the census are in the graph; links from outside .za, social media and search engines are not observed.
- Links added by scripts after a page loads may be missed, and pages Palo has not crawled are not seen.
- Census-wide figures, definitions and limitations: https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/api/summary
- What the census holds and how to use it: https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/llms.txt
- This record for people: https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/chesshub.org.za