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BrainKing

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

     Online chess server. No software to download. Site also includes instructional articles & bulletin board.

ChessAnyTime

     Chess-only server with java client

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

Chessfriend
     Correspondence Chess server

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

Chess Planet
     Convekta's (developer of the Chess Assistant software) new chess portal for playing & studying online

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

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 Forum
     Bulletin Board Service for FICS Members

     All the commands used at FICS.

FlyOrDie

     online multi-player game site

     Free Java chess playing site.

GameKnot

     turn-based playing site

Gmta Chess

     free turn-based site (Gmta=Great Minds Think Alike)

Homeostatic Chess Player

     By playing chess with this applet you are participating in an AI research experiment in distributed computation. Moves computed on your machine are sent to the chess memory server for storage and possible reuse.

     The Internet Chess Club's homepage. The top chess server on the Internet.

     Introduction to all the features of ICC. Good explanation of how to play at ICC. This is the place to start for new ICC members or veterans who want to know more about ICC's features.

     Links, news, help files, downloads, user manuals, tips, events, etc. for ICC members.

     For pay online chess server

Interligence
     free playing site

     Correspondence or turn-type playing site.

OnlineChess.ca

Play chess against tkChess

     This site lets you play against a computer program online.

     CC-type playing site.

     E-mail based correspondence type chess, similar to It's Your Turn.

SchemingMind.com
     turn-based online Correspondence Chess Club

     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.

     Play online against Gnuchess.

     Popular chess server. WCN 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

     The OCL sponsors several team tournaments per year at slow time controls.  The Best of the Best!

     Excellent site which shows the time in all the time zones around the world. Very useful when arranging playing times for online games.

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