Founded: 1995.
| "In 1992, a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, Danny Sleator, discovered this community. Seeing the potential, Danny led a small team of skilled programmers to rewrite the software and produce a feature-rich chess service. By 1995, traffic had grown from a few hundred to 10,000 regular users. Today ICC is firmly established as the premier online chess service." |
Site official: https://www.chessclub.com/
1 year membership= 69,95 $ (all about: HERE)
Free 30-day Trial (Read more...)
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ICC for Windows, BlitzIn, Dasher: https://www.chessclub.com/downloads
Utilities offer: PLAY; WATCH; USERNAME; CHAT; SAVE GAMES; STORED RATING; LIVE BROADCASTS; TOURNAMENTS (organized by the administrators); ENGINE IN MULTI-BOARD DISPLAY; LIVE COMMENTARY; INTERNET CHESS TV; GM SIMULTANEOUS EXHIBITIONS; LIVE TRAINING; OTHER VARIANTS OF CHESS GAMES;VIDEO; MY GAMES ENGINE ANALYZE; OPENINGS; TRAINING; NEWS.
Official daily tournaments prizes: free membership (for general monthly standings).
USCF online rated tournaments on the ICC (Read more...)
$5 ENTRY FEE, PRIZE TOURNAMENT ( Read more...)
What can improve: New methods to detect cheating in real time; More effective penalty for laggers; Add TOURNAMENTS on Web variant and especially on the mobile devices app (curent can play only by written command on the main console but is very difficult); Add Swiss, Knock-out and Round Robin TEAM TOURNAMENTS; Eliminate adjourned games and automatically start of the tournament games. THE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY OF INCREASING PRIZES IN CHAMPIONSHIPS! (Current championships in each year, offer 1 month extension of membership for the winner. It is a... shame).
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Conclusion: the biggest and famous online server chess!
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