Author: Georg v. Zimmermann
Date: 00:32:58 06/13/00
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On June 12, 2000 at 17:08:56, Pete R. wrote: >On June 12, 2000 at 15:51:05, Frank Wolf wrote: > >> I know this has been discussed before at CCC, but I've found the answers >>more based on personal tast than reasoned logic. I love over the board chess, >>but I live in a location that has little OTB activity. Assuming cost is not a >>factor, where is the best place to play serious chess on the internet and why? > >Well, I don't think you will get much other than personal opinion based on >experience, but I'll give it a shot. I personally use ICC. It has an excellent >client, and every feature you could want. You can observe GMs and IMs playing >at any time, which is always fun, you can play in simuls, tournaments, get >online lessons from IMs or whatever. I have heard that FICS is good, but have >not tried it. For me, I want things like the ability to censor people who are >offensive. FICS has that feature. Even though ICC costs some (paltry) money and FICS is free, free is >not worth it if I have to deal with obnoxious people who spoil the experience by >behaving in a way they would not have the courage to in person. Anyone familiar >with FICS can feel free to weigh in on this issue, but I'm guessing that these >free services are anarchies. In that waying paying is good, because cheating or >being too offensive carries the risk of being thrown out and losing real money. >This I think must provide for a reasonably civil environment, but perhaps there >are free services that provide such filters.
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