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. ICC Dasher and BlitzIn are the most popular clients. Download either one:

Download ICC Dasher

Download BlitzIn

ICC Dasher and BlitzIn are the best and most popular ways to use ICC. And they're free! ICC Dasher currently only supports English, whereas English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, and Icelandic versions of BlitzIn are available.

Alternative Windows clients can also be used:

Jin Java Client by Alexander Maryanovsky is a full-featured Java application interface for ICC.

Icarus from Random Software is a 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.

On Windows it is also possible to use Web-based Interfaces such as Jin.