Author: Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com)
Date: 15:51:16 01/24/98
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On January 24, 1998 at 13:39:08, Amber cooper wrote:
>Is there any where on the Net that I can play with an opponent,for free?
Sure. You can play on FICS for free. You can also play
on ICS as a guest (30 minutes at a time - http://www.chessclub.com).
Here's a list of ways to play chess on the Net that
Komputer Korner posted a while back:
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Subject: Komputer Korner's Different Ways to play chess interactively in
Cybersp
ace Version 18
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 12:39:52 -0400
Komputer Korner's
Different ways to play chess interactively in cyberspace Version 18
1) Telnet sites
Some of these sites were supplied by J.P. Gores
Chess servers using a version of FICS
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Main sites maintained by this group of admins:
AICS: chess.onenet.net 5000 (164.58.253.13 5000) Main US
server
fics.onenet.net 5000
EICS: eics.daimi.aau.dk 5000 (130.225.18.157 5000) Main EURO
server
Other national sites:
BICS: crocus.warwick.ac.uk 5000 (137.205.192.13 5000) British
CrICS: fly.cc.fer.hr 7890 (161.53.70.130 7890) Croatian
DICS: dics.dds.nl 5000 (194.109.20.8 5000) Dutch
FrICS: chess.eerie.fr 5000 (146.19.2.4 5000) France
GICS: chess.unix-ag.uni-kl.de 5000 (131.246.89.4 5000) Germany
MaxICS: callisto.si.usherb.ca 5000 Canada
MICS: wisdom.weizmann.ac.il 5000 (132.76.80.77 5000) Mid-east
server
MEWIS: chess.mds.mdh.se 5555 (130.238.251.208 5555) Wild-only
server
UCHICS: cipres.cec.uchile.cl 5000 (146.83.5.130 5000) Chile
ZICS: ics.interdomain.net.au 5000 (203.17.167.4 5000) Australia
mezquite.iico.uaslp.mx 5000 (148.224.6.99 5000) Mexico
fics.infcom.it 5000 Italy
cygnus.csa.iisc.ernet.in 5000 (144.16.67.53 5000) India
Alternative sites:
getnet.com 4000 (204.157.9.29 4000) Phoenix, AZ,
US
gsi.gsini.net 5000 (206.20.43.1 5000) Rockaway,
NJ, US
rogue.coe.ohio-state.edu 5000 (128.146.144.12 5000) Columbus,
OH, US
Internet Chess Club (commercial chess server):
chessclub.com 5000 (208.196.3.66 5000) Pittsburgh,
PA, US
2) Email web sites
http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/britain/
http://www.newgalaxy.com/cyberchess/
3) Sites where the URL refreshes after every move like
http://pi1.informatik.uni-mannheim.de/HomePages/trampler/WCS/wcs.html
http://www.caissa.com/
4) Proprietary but free downloadable software sites
that don't require a browser at Chessmaster Network
at http://www.chessmasternetwork.com/
or ROBOMAN software at
http://www.chess.net/
5) Java sites like Chess Live at http://oasi.shiny.it/chess/
and GM Technologies http://www.grandmaster.bc.ca/
and ChessD http://www.chessed.com/
6) CM5000 modem to modem
7) IRC chess via the IRC chess Channel send an email to
arndt@peaknet.net for a shareware program for it
8) Direct telnet from one player to the other
ftp://ftp.winsite.com/pub/pc/win3/winsock/wschesb1.zip
9) Power Chess through http://www.sierra.com
10) Play against a computer sites like
http://figaro.ae.katowice.pl/~mily/chess.html
11) Proprietary but free downloadable interface software sites
that require Internet Explorer 3.0 like The Internet Gaming Zone
at http://igz2.microsoft.com/
12) Direct TCP-IP connection via Corel Chess and also
Internet Chess at http://www.iceinternet.com/wilsonk/chess.htm
13) NO PPP or DOS only- ZIICS interface available at
ftp://ftp.lm.com/pub/icc/interface/DOS/
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Komputer Korner
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