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Various TUI modes were implemented in the ICS protocol for online chess. telnet freechess.org 5000 still works.
by qsort 3y ago
Various TUI modes were implemented in the ICS protocol for online chess.
telnet freechess.org 5000
still works.
- FergusArgyll 3y agoThis is the coolest thing ever! it's a bit hard to play because black/white is not so easy to distinguish but you probably get used to it. (I lost cause I mixed up my knight with my opponents)
- phone8675309 3y agoYou can use many compatible graphical interfaces. I remember using WinBoard (in Windows) or XBoard (in Linux) around 1998 or 1999 with to play chess on FICS after the novelty of the telnet experience wore off.