Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 05:52:25 01/17/05
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On January 17, 2005 at 05:32:43, Roman Hartmann wrote: >On January 16, 2005 at 21:37:06, Peter Skinner wrote: > >>As some of you know, about 1 yr ago I put out a review of all the most popular >>chess servers one can use. >> >>Well I just updated it, and it can be found at: >> >>http://www.crafty-chess.com >> >>It is offered in .doc and .pdf formats for all to read. >> >>I hope you enjoy it. >> >>Peter > >I can't agree with your conclusion in your review. While I do agree that FICS is >a real nice server the main problem seems to be the lack of players and not the >lack of titled players. Often I have to wait for minutes to get a game on FICS >while I can get a game almost instantly on playchess. If FICS only would have >more players it would be a great chess server. The main problem with FICS is the level of cheating on the server. I know of many players that only play on ICC now because of it. The second is the way the admins treat people. I can name a few admins from there that shouldn't be allowed to walk and chew gum at the same time only for the fact when they fall over they might hurt someone else. >The chessbase interface is also -despite the bugs it might have- one of the >nicest interfaces IMO (Babaschess and Blitzin are nice too). There are usually >not that many Admins on playchess around as on icc, true, but there are usually >enough helpfull and knowlegdable people around to answer most of the questions. I agree the voice + video chat in the interface is nice. And I stated that. Unfortunately my main two knocks for Playchess were the admins, and the ability to use only one interface. I mainly use Winboard to connect to most servers. I love it, it uses little resources, you can customize it, and you can easily add engines to it. One person here called Winboard the DOS of chess interfaces. If that is a fact, then DOS might just be the best thing out there. :) Peter
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