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Free Internet Chess Server

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The Free Internet Chess Server (FICS) is a volunteer-run Internet chess server. [1]

26 relations: Algebraic notation (chess), Atomic chess, Bughouse chess, Chess960, Client (computing), Crazyhouse, Glicko rating system, Grandmaster (chess), Graphical user interface, HTML5, Internet Chess Club, Internet chess server, JavaScript, Lag, Linux, List of chess variants, List of Internet chess servers, Losing Chess, MacOS, Microsoft Windows, Nonprofit organization, PyChess, Tata Steel Chess Tournament, Telnet, WebSocket, XBoard.

Algebraic notation (chess)

Algebraic notation (or AN) is a method for recording and describing the moves in a game of chess.

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Atomic chess

Atomic chess is a chess variant.

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Bughouse chess

Bughouse chess (also known as Exchange chess, Siamese chess, Tandem chess, Transfer chess, Double bughouse, Cross chess, Swap chess or simply bughouse or bug) is a popular chess variant played on two chessboards by four players in teams of two.

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Chess960

Chess960, also called Fischer Random Chess (originally Fischerandom), is a variant of chess invented and advocated by former world chess champion Bobby Fischer, announced publicly on June 19, 1996, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Client (computing)

A client is a piece of computer hardware or software that accesses a service made available by a server.

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Crazyhouse

Crazyhouse (also known as drop chess, mad chess, reinforcement chess, turnabout chess and schizo-chess) is a chess variant similar to bughouse chess, but with only two players.

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Glicko rating system

The Glicko rating system and Glicko-2 rating system are methods for assessing a player's strength in games of skill, such as chess and Go.

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Grandmaster (chess)

The title Grandmaster (GM) is awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE.

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Graphical user interface

The graphical user interface (GUI), is a type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation, instead of text-based user interfaces, typed command labels or text navigation.

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HTML5

HTML5 is a markup language used for structuring and presenting content on the World Wide Web.

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Internet Chess Club

The Internet Chess Club (ICC) is a commercial Internet chess server devoted to the play and discussion of chess and chess variants.

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Internet chess server

An Internet chess server (ICS) is an external server that provides the facility to play, discuss, and view the board game of chess over the Internet.

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JavaScript

JavaScript, often abbreviated as JS, is a high-level, interpreted programming language.

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Lag

In online gaming, lag is a noticeable delay between the action of players and the reaction of the server in a video game.

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Linux

Linux is a family of free and open-source software operating systems built around the Linux kernel.

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List of chess variants

A chess variant (or unorthodox chess) is a game "related to, derived from, or inspired by chess".

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List of Internet chess servers

This is a list of notable internet chess servers.

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Losing Chess

Losing Chess (also known as Antichess, the Losing Game, Giveaway Chess, Suicide Chess, Killer Chess, Must-Kill, Take-All Chess, Capture Chess or Losums) is one of the most popular chess variants.

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MacOS

macOS (previously and later) is a series of graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Apple Inc. since 2001.

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Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a group of several graphical operating system families, all of which are developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft.

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Nonprofit organization

A non-profit organization (NPO), also known as a non-business entity or non-profit institution, is dedicated to furthering a particular social cause or advocating for a shared point of view.

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PyChess

PyChess is a free software chess client developed for GNU.

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Tata Steel Chess Tournament

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament is an annual chess tournament held in January in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands.

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Telnet

Telnet is a protocol used on the Internet or local area network to provide a bidirectional interactive text-oriented communication facility using a virtual terminal connection.

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WebSocket

WebSocket is a computer communications protocol, providing full-duplex communication channels over a single TCP connection.

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XBoard

XBoard is a graphical chessboard for the X Window System.

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Redirects here:

Freechess, Freechess.org, Raptor Chess Interface.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Internet_Chess_Server

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