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An Internet Chess Server, or ICS, is a place on the
-Internet where people can get together to play chess, watch other
-people's games, or just chat. You can use either telnet
or a
-client program like XBoard to connect to the server. There are
-thousands of registered users on the different ICS hosts, and it is
-not unusual to meet 200 on both chessclub.com and freechess.org.
-
-Most people can just type xboard -ics to start XBoard as an ICS
-client. Invoking XBoard in this way connects you to the Internet
-Chess Club (ICC), a commercial ICS. You can log in there as a guest
-even if you do not have a paid account. To connect to the largest
-Free ICS (FICS), use the command xboard -ics -icshost freechess.org
-instead, or substitute a different host name to connect to your
-favorite ICS.
-For a full description of command-line options that control
-the connection to ICS and change the default values of ICS options, see
-ICS options.
-
-While you are running XBoard as an ICS client,
-you use the terminal window that you started XBoard from
-as a place to type in commands and read information that is
-not available on the chessboard.
-
-The first time you need to use the terminal is to enter your login name
-and password, if you are a registered player. (You don't need to do
-this manually; the icsLogon
option can do it for you.
-see ICS options.) If you are not registered,
-enter g as your name, and the server will pick a
-unique guest name for you.
-
-Some useful ICS commands
-include
+
An Internet Chess Server, or ICS, is a place on the
+Internet where people can get together to play chess, watch other
+people's games, or just chat. You can use either telnet
or a
+client program like XBoard to connect to the server. There are
+thousands of registered users on the different ICS hosts, and it is
+not unusual to meet 200 on both chessclub.com and freechess.org.
+
+
Most people can just type xboard -ics to start XBoard as an ICS +client. Invoking XBoard in this way connects you to the Internet +Chess Club (ICC), a commercial ICS. You can log in there as a guest +even if you do not have a paid account. To connect to the largest +Free ICS (FICS), use the command xboard -ics -icshost freechess.org +instead, or substitute a different host name to connect to your +favorite ICS. +For a full description of command-line options that control +the connection to ICS and change the default values of ICS options, see +ICS options. + +
While you are running XBoard as an ICS client, +you use the terminal window that you started XBoard from +as a place to type in commands and read information that is +not available on the chessboard. + +
The first time you need to use the terminal is to enter your login name
+and password, if you are a registered player. (You don't need to do
+this manually; the icsLogon
option can do it for you.
+see ICS options.) If you are not registered,
+enter g as your name, and the server will pick a
+unique guest name for you.
+
+
Some useful ICS commands +include
For example help register tells you how to become a registered
+ICS player.
+
If you have more than one pending offer (for example, if more than one player
+is challenging you, or if your opponent offers both a draw and to adjourn the
+game), you have to supply additional information, by typing something
+like accept <player>, accept draw, or draw.
+
Some special XBoard features are activated when you are +in examine mode on ICS. See the descriptions of the menu commands +‘Forward’, ‘Backward’, ‘Pause’, ‘ICS Client’, +and ‘Stop Examining’ on the Step Menu, Mode Menu, and +Options Menu.