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authorMarkus Uhlin <markus@nifty-networks.net>2023-12-07 21:31:49 +0100
committerMarkus Uhlin <markus@nifty-networks.net>2023-12-07 21:31:49 +0100
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+addresses
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+ The Internet Chess Servers are services providing you a means for playing
+chess with a wide range of players, both human and machine, from around the
+world. The following lists give both the server names and telnet IP numbers
+for the sites for chess servers.
+
+Chess servers using a version of FICS
+-------------------------------------
+
+Main sites:
+
+ AICS: ics.onenet.net 5000 (164.58.253.10 5000) Main US server
+ EICS: eics.daimi.aau.dk 5000 (130.225.18.157 5000) Main EURO server
+ DICS: dds.dds.nl 5000 (194.109.20.24 5000) Dutch server
+ BICS: holly.csv.warwick.ac.uk 5000 (137.205.192.12 5000) British server
+ GICS: chess.unix-ag.uni-kl.de 5000 (131.246.89.3 5000) German server
+ HEICS: violin.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il 5000 Wild-only server
+ MICS: wisdom.weizmann.ac.il 5000 (132.76.80.77 5000) Mid-east server
+ OICS: w0.infosys.tuwien.ac.at (128.130.172.40 5000) Austrian server
+ SICS: chess.mds.mdh.se 5000 (130.238.251.208 5000) Swedish server
+UCHICS: cipres.cec.uchile.cl 5000 (146.83.5.130 5000) Chilean server
+ ZICS: ics.interdomain.net.au 5000 (203.17.167.4 5000) Australian
+
+Alternative sites:
+
+ chess.pitt.edu 5000 (136.142.81.40 5000) Pittsburgh, PA, US
+ rogue.coe.ohio-state.edu 5000 (128.146.144.12 5000) Columbus, OH, US
+ getnet.com 4000 (204.157.9.29 4000) Phoenix, AZ, US
+ coot.lcs.mit.edu 5000 (18.52.0.70 5000) Test server only
+
+Internet Chess Club (commercial chess server):
+
+ chess.lm.com 5000 (192.231.221.16 5000) Pittsburgh, PA, US
+
+
+Other useful locations
+----------------------
+
+WWW-servers
+
+ URL: http://chess.onenet.net/chess/
+ URL: http://titan.enst-bretagne.fr/~wallez/fics.html
+
+FTP-servers:
+
+ ftp.onenet.net (164.58.253.11)
+ ftp.math.uni-hamburg.de (134.100.220.2)
+ ftp.daimi.aau.dk [for timeseal files for use on EICS]
+
+
+Connection information
+----------------------
+
+To connect to a chess server:
+ telnet <server_address> 5000
+
+To connect to an anonymous ftp server:
+ ftp <ftp_address> (at LOGIN type: ftp [or anonymous]
+ at PASSWORD type: your_email_address)
+
+To connect to a www location:
+ use your web browser (such as lynx or netscape) and go to the URL address
+
+
+See Also: ftp_hints inetchesslib timeseal
+
+[Last modified: December 17, 1995 -- Friar]
+