ICC Software for Windows

When you play on the ICC, you need to run software (called a client or interface) on your computer to connect, display a chess board, chat, and let you make moves using the mouse.

Download BlitzIn

BlitzIn is the best and most popular way to use ICC. And it's free! English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, and Icelandic versions are available.

Alternative Windows clients can also be used:

Icarus from Random Software is a new ICC interface for Windows. Icarus has many nice graphics and sound features.

WinBoard, developed by Tim Mann (milwaukee on ICC), is a free interface with firewall support and a chess engine protocol.

Chess Assistant from Convekta Ltd. will work as a graphical interface to ICC. You can use its chess engine and database capabilities between games, or if you're on ICC's computer list you can use them during games.

On Windows it is also possible to use Java Interfaces such as Jin.