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Subject: Re: Chess Servers

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 08:15:24 11/19/02

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One comparison I found online:

http://members.aol.com/rjpawlak/articles/online_chess_comparison.html


BTW, still other play-chess-online sites I know of include KasparovChess, Fide,
ChessWorld.net, and the Chessmaster site.  I don't know if Excite still has one.
 And I'm sure there are many more.  (Just found InstantChess.com -- not too
bad.)




On November 19, 2002 at 10:43:17, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On November 19, 2002 at 00:33:03, Chris Lee wrote:
>
>>On November 18, 2002 at 17:06:10, Roy Eassa wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>Can anyone point me to, or offer comments on, the relative strengths and
>>>>weaknesses of the various live chess servers available on the Internet. I am
>>>>thinking aobut ICC, FICS, USCL, Chess.Net, I am sure there are others. Has
>>>>someone discussed them in terms of features, support, technical considerations,
>>>>etc.?
>>>
>>>
>>>This google search yields a lot of interesting stuff:
>>>
>>>http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=icc+fics+%22chess.net%22
>>
>>Thanks. I have searched around some for this kind of comparison, but was
>>wondering if there was anything at a slightly more organized level of discourse,
>>aka Pawluk's Chess Reviews, etc. I'll keep digging! It seems pretty clear that
>>every chess server boasts its share of local eccentrics :)
>
>
>Over a year ago, I did a brief survey and maybe wrote some notes on paper.  I
>don't know if there's a comprehensive and up-to-date comparison on the web.
>Perhaps you could write one when you've completed your research?
>
>BTW, there are MANY other places online where people play chess.  Off the top of
>my head, I can think of Yahoo, Pogo, Playchess.com, WorldChessNetwork, zone.com,
>and Playsite.  Most if not all are free.



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