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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.