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Playing Sites

BrainKing
Online game server for chess, checkers, reversi, and plenty of other games too.

Caissa's Web Home Page
Online chess server. No software to download. Site also includes instructional articles & bulletin board.

ChessAnyTime
Chess-only server with java client

ChessBoss
Create your own tournament events and games, play and analyze your games, get better! TRY New and Fun Chess Variations

Chess Corner
Play web-based email chess online with people from all over the world. Take part in tournaments, teams, forums etc.

ChessCube
Boasting over 1 million members, live tournaments, with videos and social networking.

Chess Here
an international online chess community where you can play correspondence style for free

ChesSOS
Turn-based regular & Fischer Random (Chess 960)

ChessManiac
Free online chess. Users can choose to play long correspondence type or short quick chess games

ChessMoon
Enjoy playing chess with members all over the world while forming your social network.

Chess.com
Chess.com is the premier online community for chess players around the world. Chess.com provides a safe and enjoyable environment where chess players of all skill levels can learn, contribute, play, build, chat, and share.

Chess.net
Online playing site. There's a yearly fee, but there's also a free version with banner ads and a Java version.

Chess Sites of the World
Collecting a list of all the public chess sites in the world: Streets, Parks, Beaches, Bookstores and Cafe's

ChessWorld.net
online chess club where you can play chess with players from all over the world! Play, compete in tournaments, join teams, learn, keep in touch with old friends and make new friends worldwide

CowPlay
free multiplayer chess

E4EC - The E4 Emailchess Club
Offers email based correspondence chess games and tournaments for serious players. Free.

Free Blubbie Chess Server
play against a beginner's computer, which thinks just two-ply ahead

FICS - Free Internet Chess Server
Excellent free chess server. Wide range of interfaces are supported and available for download
Related Links: FICS help files All the commands used at FICS.

FICGS (Free Internet Correspondence Games Server)
Correspondence chess server; play rated class and rapid tournaments for free, two players matches and a unique correspondence chess world championship in a big knockout tournament. Also special events, thematic chess tournaments, chess 960, big chess, and tournaments with money prizes; and last, on FICGS, you can play Go tournaments and world championship.

FlyOrDie
Online multi-player game site

Game Colony
GameColony.com 's mission is to replicate land-based tournaments of skill in a secure online environment and to maintain a thriving online community where players from all over the world are engaged in healthy skill-based competition for prizes or for free.

GameKnot
Turn-based playing site

GeeksWithChess
Play real time free online chess with international chess players of all levels. You are welcome to compete in online chess or simply socialize, hang around and watch other people play chess. Whether you are a beginner, occasional player or a regular visitor to chess clubs, we invite you to join our free online chess community.

Gmta Chess
Free turn-based site (Gmta=Great Minds Think Alike). Does not appear to be active anymore.

ICC - Internet Chess Club Home Page
The Internet Chess Club's homepage. The top chess server on the Internet.

Related Links:
ICC - Blitzin Interface Download
Download site for ICC's interface, Blitzin.
ICC - Blitzin plugins
Several plugins to enhance Blitzin, the ICC interface.
ICC - Help Files
Complete list of all the commands & help files with explanations.
ICC - Introduction
Introduction to all the features of ICC. Good explanation of how to play at ICC.

InstantChess.com
For pay online chess server

Interligence
Free playing site

ItsYourTurn.com
Excellent turn based server with e-mail notification when your opponent moves

Killegar Chess
Interesting site for news and stuff.

MyChess.de
A correspondence chess server

Net-Chess.com
Correspondence or turn-type playing site.

Play chess against tkChess
This site lets you play against a computer program online.

Playchess (associated with ChessBase)
Billed as the worldÕs biggest chess server, where you will find 20,000 chess lovers every day, from all over the world. You will immediately be able to find an opponent of your own playing strength, or if you fancy watching, you can kibitz grandmaster games and follow world class tournaments.

PlayChess.de
CC-type playing site.

PlayJava.com
Free online board & card games, chat, etc.

Red Hot Pawn Online Chess
E-mail based correspondence type chess, similar to It's Your Turn.

SchemingMind.com
Turn-based online Correspondence Chess Club

SICO Chess at snoot.org
Rotation games where anyone can make a move in any of the ongoing games.

Stan's NetChess
FREE internet correspondence chess playing service (with an option to subscribe to get some enhanced services)

Thinking Machine 4
Explores the invisible, elusive nature of thought. Play chess against a transparent intelligence, its evolving thought process visible on the board before you.

WebChess
Play online against Gnuchess.

World Chess Live [site review]
Popular chess server (formerly World Chess Network). WCL has a large number of GM's & IM's available to play against. These players also give lectures and play banter games against each other where they discuss their thoughts about each move. Also includes, news, game archives, articles, etc.

YukYuc.com Online Chess Game
Play against a very weak computer program (I mated it in 23 moves)


Online Leagues

Four Nations Chess League (4NCL)
The Four Nations League is a team tournament over three divisions, with over 850 players registered to take part and over £10,000 in cash prizes on offer. It is the most prestigious team chess event held in the United Kingdom.

Online Chess League
The OCL sponsors several team tournaments per year at slow time controls. The Best of the Best! (no activity since 2008?)

STC Bunch
One of the oldest and most highly respected Chess clubs on the internet

Team 45 45 League

The World Clock - Time Zones
Excellent site which shows the time in all the time zones around the world. Very useful when arranging playing times for online games.

US Chess League (USCL)
The premier online chess league in the United States, featuring some of the country's strongest players (including Nakamura).

USCL Teams
Arizona Scorpions
Baltimore Kingfishers
Boston Blitz
Carolina Cobras
Chicago Blaze
Dallas Destiny
Los Angeles Vibe
Manhattan Applesauce (formerly Queens Pioneers)
Miami Sharks
New England Nor'Easters
New Jersey Knockouts
New York Knights
Philadelphia Inventors
San Francisco Mechanics
Seattle Sluggers
St. Louis Arch Bishops
Tennessee Tempo (not part of the USCL for the 2010 season)


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