Steve Pribut's Chess Pages


Updated: December 15, 2001.


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Live chess (ICC and FICS)

ENJOY YOURSELF: Play Chess Online Right Now!

There are several areas you may telnet to play chess in real-time. Without using special software you will start with an ASCII board. After connecting type 'help interfaces' for information about graphic interfaces. The rec.games.chess.misc FAQ also has a listing.


Servers are available at:


AFICS: fics.onenet.net 5000 (164.58.253.13 5000) Main US server
EICS: eics.freechess.org 5000 (130.225.18.157 5000) Main EURO server

Other national sites:

(193.233.109.3)
RICS: www.freechess.ru 5000 Russia
BICS: crocus.warwick.ac.uk 5000 (137.205.192.13 5000) Britain
CrICS: fly.cc.fer.hr 7890 (161.53.70.130 7890) Croatia
DICS: dics.dds.nl 5000 (194.109.20.8  5000) Holland
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
cygnus.csa.iisc.ernet.in 5000 (144.16.67.53 5000) India
MaxICS: callisto.si.usherb.ca 5000 Canada
MICS: wisdom.weizmann.ac.il 5000 (132.76.80.77 5000) Mid-east
MEWIS: chess.mds.mdh.se 5555 (130.238.251.208 5555) Wild-only
SICS: chess.mds.mdh.se 5000 (130.238.251.208 5000) Sweden
UCHICS: cipres.cec.uchile.cl 5000 (146.83.5.130 5000) Chile
chess.aaum.pt 5000 (193.136.16.217 5000) Portugal
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 US 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
WMUics yakko.cs.wmich.edu 5000 Kalamazoo, MI, US

chess.pitt.edu Pittsburgh, PA, USA (136.142.81.40 5000)
chess.unix-ag.uni-kl.de German server (131.246.89.3 5000)
chess.mds.mdh.se 5000Swedish fics

chess.net 5000Chess Net Server
To access servers without using this web page,
type telnet (server name) 5000.
(e.g. telnet chess.lm.com 5000)


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