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1 .SH telnet
2 FreeChess chess server
3 .
4 .PP
5 Chess has likely been there since forever, it might have as well been
6 there since longer than life on earth [citation needed].
7 As such, software for playing chess might have been around for a
8 similarly long amount of time.
9 .
10 .PP
11 Possibly one of the longest-running chess system online for playing
12 chess is \fBFreeChess\fR, the free online chess server, and it is
13 accessible over telnet:
14 .
15 .PP
16 .DS
17 $ telnet freechess.org 5000
18 .DE
19 .
20 .PP
21 A prompt offers to logon, and "guest" can be entered for using it
22 without an account, then \fC<Enter>\fR (then once again later):
23 .DS
24 login: guest
25 .DE
26 .
27 .PP
28 By just staying here waiting, battle offers from other players start
29 to spawn:
30 .DS
31 GuestJZMS (++++) seeking 5 0 unrated blitz f \e
32 ("play 50" to respond)
33 GuestJZMS (++++) seeking 5 0 unrated wild/fr f \e
34 ("play 72" to respond)
35 GuestJZMS (++++) seeking 1 0 unrated lightning f \e
36 ("play 73" to respond)
37 fics%
38 .DE
39 .
40 .PP
41 Playing one of these games leads you to an ASCII chessboard ready for
42 white to play:
43 .DS
44 fics% play 72
45
46 ---------------------------------
47 8 | *R| *N| *B| *Q| *K| *B| *N| *R|
48 |---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
49 7 | *P| *P| *P| *P| *P| *P| *P| *P|
50 |---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
51 6 | | | | | | | | |
52 |---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
53 5 | | | | | | | | |
54 |---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
55 4 | | | | | | | | |
56 |---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
57 3 | | | | | | | | |
58 |---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
59 2 | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
60 |---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
61 1 | R | N | B | Q | K | B | N | R |
62 ---------------------------------
63 a b c d e f g h
64 fics%
65 .DE
66 .
67 .PP
68 In complement to the raw telnet interface, a graphical client may be
69 used to join a game with the board shown on-screen.
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