F.I.C.S. steht für Free Internet Chess Server (Seit 1995) -> fics.onenet.net
Online kann man Herausfordern, gegen Zufallsgegner spielen & bei Partien Zuschauen.

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    (________)         freechess.org  ----  54.39.129.129         (_______)
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                       (Login screen designed by Alefith)

   ****** Welcome to the Free Internet Chess Server at freechess.org ******

1) Registrieren auf freechess.org

1. Registrierung FICS-Server – https://freechess.org/
   https://freechess.org/cgi-bin/Register/FICS_register.cgi
2. Activation-Mail wird an Mailadresse geschickt -> Öffnen/ Activate!
3. Temp-Password Mail wird geschickt.
4. Mit Temp-Password anmelden -> neues Passwort eintragen.

2) Installation & Herausfordern auf

Android:

1. Per F-Droid -> Chess / Schach von Jeroen Carolus
2. Per F-Droid -> Chess Walk
3. Per PLAY-Store -> Free Chess Club

Linux:

1. Per Package-Manager XBoard downloaden/installieren…
2. Per Terminal/ App-Starter „xboard -ics -icshost freechess.org“ starten

Im Browser per Mobilia.com

Go to -> http://chess.mobialia.com -> Login

Windows-Installation

Interface/App Comparison Chart

Interface/Feature

BabasChess

Chess for Android

Raptor

eboard

Diamond Chess Online

Jin

Thief

WinBoard/XBoard

iNemesis

Mobialia

BearChess

PearlChess

Variant Support

All

No

All

Partial

Partial

Partial

All

All

All

?

?

Partial – all except bughouse

Engine Support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

?

Yes

Autosave Game

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

?

?

Yes

Premove

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

?

Yes

Smart Move

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

?

No

Sought Graph

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

?

?

Yes

Multiple Boards

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

2

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

Piece Sets

21

9

15

37

9

22

45

1

41

5

?

26

Custom Events

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

54

16

No

No

No

No

Custom Buttons

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

?

Yes

Custom Right Click

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

?

No

Platforms/Operating Systems

Windows

Android

Windows, OS X 10.4-10.6 , Linux (Java)

Linux/ Unix/BSD

iOS, Mac, Android

Windows, OS X, Linux (Java)

Windows

Windows, Linux

Windows

Android

Windows

Windows, Mac, Linux

Current Version

4.0

6.4

98u3f5

1.1.2

Platform dependant

2.14.1

1.25

4.9.1

5.0

5.4.0

0.9

1.0

Homepage

BabasChess

Chess for Android

Raptor

eboard

Diamond Chess

Jin

Thief

WinBoard/ XBoard

iNemesis

Mobialia

BearChess

PearlChess

Active Development

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Source available

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Price

Freeware

Freeware

Freeware

Freeware

Freeware

Freeware

Freeware

Freeware

Freeware

Free/Pay

Free

Free

Links:

• https://www.reddit.com/r/linux4noobs/comments/1g1dfd6/what_is_bess_chess_client_for_fics_on_linux/
• https://www.freechess.org/interfaces.html
• https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/man6/xboard.6.html
• https://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/user_guide/UserGuide.html#tag-A7

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            | |     / /__  / /________  ____ ___  ___     / /_____ 
            | | /| / / _ \/ / ___/ __ \/ __ `__ \/ _ \   / __/ __ \
            | |/ |/ /  __/ / /__/ /_/ / / / / / /  __/  / /_/ /_/ /
            |__/|__/\___/_/\___/\____/_/ /_/ /_/\___/   \__/\____/ 
       ^^__                  _____________________                 _  _  _ 
      /  - \_               / ____/  _/ ____/ ___/   _            | || || |
    <|    __<              / /_   / // /    \__ \   (_)           |_______|
    <|    \               / __/ _/ // /___ ___/ /  _              \__ ___ /
    <|     \             /_/   /___/\____//____/  (_)              |___|_|
    <|______\                                                      |_|___|
     _|____|_        ======================================        |___|_|
    (________)         freechess.org  ----  54.39.129.129         (_______)
    /________\       ======================================       /_______\ 
                       (Login screen designed by Alefith)

   ****** Welcome to the Free Internet Chess Server at freechess.org ******