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A chess game on FICS using the Jin interface. The Free Internet Chess Server (FICS) is a volunteer-run online chess platform. When the original American Internet Chess Server (ICS) was commercialized and rebranded as the Internet Chess Club (ICC) in 1995, a group of users and developers came together to fork the code and host an alternative committed to free access, and a rivalry between the ...
Lichess (/ ˈ l iː tʃ ɛ s /; LEE-ches) [3] [4] is a free and open-source Internet chess server run by a non-profit organization of the same name. Users of the site can play online chess anonymously and optionally register an account to play rated games.
This is a list of notable internet chess servers. [1] [2] Active. Chess.com; Chessmaster Live; FIDE Online Arena; Free Internet Chess Server; Internet Chess Club ...
As network technology improved, public, widespread use of a centralised server for live play became a possibility. Michael Moore, of the University of Utah, and Richard Nash recognized the potential of an internet chess server and created its first incarnation, hosted at lark.utah.edu and accessible through telnet. [1]
The result of the acquisition and merger was the formation of World Chess Live, a new Internet chess server that merged features of both services. [7] World Chess Live merged into, and become part of, the Internet Chess Club on 19 March 2012. [8] For some years, the Spanish on-line chess portal JaqueMate.org had technological support provided ...
Chess.com is an internet chess server and social networking website. [3] One of the largest chess platforms in the world, [4] the site has a freemium model in which some features are available for free, and others are available for accounts with subscriptions.
Play free chess online against the computer or challenge another player to a multiplayer board game. With rated play, chat, tutorials, and opponents of all levels!
Premoving is a feature exclusive to online chess. It is offered by many chess websites, including the Internet Chess Club, the Free Internet Chess Server, Chess.com, and Lichess. Chess.com allows players to make multiple premoves at once. The Internet Chess Club allows one to block players who use premoves.