Origin: http://www.freechess.org/WWWinfo/addresses.html
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 *
To connect to a chess server:
telnet 5000 [most servers use the 5000 port;
use a different port if necessary]
Main sites maintained by the same group of admins:
AICS: chess.onenet.net 5000 (164.58.253.13 5000) Main US server
fics.onenet.net 5000
EICS: eics.daimi.aau.dk 5000 (130.225.18.157 5000) Main EURO server
Other national sites:
BICS: crocus.warwick.ac.uk 5000 (137.205.192.13 5000) Britain
CrICS: fly.cc.fer.hr 7890 (161.53.70.130 7890) Croatia
DICS: dics.dds.nl 5000 (194.109.20.8 5000) Holland
FrICS: chess.eerie.fr 5000 (146.19.2.4 5000) France
GICS: chess.unix-ag.uni-kl.de 5000 (131.246.89.4 5000) Germany
MaxICS: callisto.si.usherb.ca 5000 (132.210.13.60 5000) Canada
MICS: wisdom.weizmann.ac.il 5000 (132.76.80.77 5000) Mid-east
MEWIS: chess.mds.mdh.se 5555 (130.238.251.208 5555) Wild-only
SICS: chess.mds.mdh.se 5000 (130.238.251.208 5000) Sweden
UCHICS: cipres.cec.uchile.cl 5000 (146.83.5.130 5000) Chile
UMICS: chess.aaum.pt 5000 (193.136.16.217 5000) Portugal
ZICS: ics.interdomain.net.au 5000 (203.17.167.4 5000) Australia
mezquite.iico.uaslp.mx 5000 (148.224.6.99 5000) Mexico
fics.infcom.it 5000 (194.91.6.2 5000) Italy
cygnus.csa.iisc.ernet.in 5000 (144.16.67.53 5000) India
Alternative sites:
chess.net 5000 (207.159.90.66 5000) Boston, MA, US
chess.pitt.edu 5000 (136.142.81.40 5000) Pittsburgh, PA, US
coot.lcs.mit.edu 5000 (18.52.0.70 5000) Test server only
getnet.com 4000 (204.157.9.29 4000) Phoenix, AZ, US
gsi.gsini.net 5000 (206.20.43.1 5000) Rockaway, NJ, US
rogue.coe.ohio-state.edu 5000 (128.146.144.12 5000) Columbus, OH, US
WMUics yakko.cs.wmich.edu 5000 Kalamazoo, MI, US
Internet Chess Club (commercial chess server):
chessclub.com 5000 (208.196.3.66 5000) Pittsburgh, PA, US
chess.lm.com 5000 (192.231.221.16 5000) Pittsburgh, PA, US
Other chess-related servers:
nebin.eurecom.fr 5000 (193.55.112.8 5000) FisheRandom Chess Server
* Other useful locations *
WWW-servers
URL: http://chess.onenet.net/chess/
URL: http://www.daimi.aau.dk/~danke/fics.html
URL: http://www.zone.com/
FTP-servers:
fics.onenet.net (164.58.253.11) [main FICS ftp site]
-OR- chess.onenet.net
ftp.math.uni-hamburg.de (134.100.220.2)
ftp.daimi.aau.dk [for timeseal files for use on EICS]
ftp.mds.mdh.se [some of the files are in /pub/chess]
Connection information
To connect to a chess server:
telnet 5000 [most servers use the 5000 port;
use a different port if necessary]
To connect to an anonymous ftp server:
ftp (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
[Last modified: June 4, 1997 -- Friar / June 9, 1997 -- Dado]