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 | [[http://www.ficgs.com | Free Internet Correspondence Games Server]] | for playing chess, go and poker texas holdem  (organization for tournaments and world championships) - contains many features e.g. a classification of chess openings - ECO-Code from A00 to E99 - informations about membership ("terms and conditions") are available in English and French |
 | [[http://gameknot.com | GameKnot.com]] | free sign up in reference to play online-chess; basic access for life with an optional low annual fee for advanced features or more games |
-| [[http://www.geekswithchess.com | Geeks With Chess]] | Free Online Chess - requires Microsoft Silverlight |
+| [[http://www.ggzgamingzone.org/index.php.en | GGZ Gaming Zone]] | a project for free online play (Arcade / board / card / strategy games) - suitable to [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/glchess | glChess]]|
-| [[http://www.ggzgamingzone.org/index.php.en |GGZ Gaming Zone]] | a project for free online play (Arcade / board / card / strategy games) - suitable to [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/glchess | glChess]]|
 | [[http://www.dashstofsk.net/gorrion.php | Gorrion]] | Gorrion is an online game server where people can play games of Chess, Go, Havannah, Hex, Onyx, Othello / Reversi, Pente, Unlur, Y. Other games may be added in future. Free to use, designed only for matches human vs. human. |
-| [[https://archive.org/details/msdos_Grandmaster_Chess_1993 | Grandmaster Chess MS-DOS]] | a game that can be played in your browser using EM-DOSBOX - no download necessary |
-| [[http://findfiles.com/320422586/iphone-app-handy-chess-online-fics-.html | Handy Chess Online]] | chess client for iPhone/iPod touch; application uses FICS for online play |
 | [[http://www.randomsoftware.com/apps/icarus| Icarus]] | GUI available for Windows desktop (Internet Chess Club) by Random Software  - [[http://web.archive.org/web/20080510072303/http://www.chess.com/download/download_file.html?id=14 | Download]] - [[http://www.randomsoftware.com/apps/icarus/main-l.jpg| Screenshot]] |
 | [[https://www.chessclub.com | ICC]] | Internet Chess Club, community for online chess (including tournaments against masters) , downloads of software, commercial membership, news|
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 | [[http://irc-chess.sourceforge.net | IRC Chess]] | application that requires Java and is suited to playing chess over IRC - supports [[http://www.irssi.org | Irrsi client]] and [[http://xchat.org | XChat for Linux/Windows]] |
 | [[http://itsyourturn.com | It´s Your Turn Inc.]] | free server for chess, checkers, backgammon, reversi and many other games |
-| [[https://archive.org/details/msdos_Jang-gi_1991 | Jang-gi MS-DOS - plays 9 x 10 chess, a.k.a. Korean Chess]] | a game that can be played in your browser using EM-DOSBOX - no download necessary |
 | [[http://jchessboard.sourceforge.net | JChessBoard]] | written in Java; connects to another JChessBoard via TCP/IP directly - no internet chess server is required; full-featured PGN viewer and editor|
 | [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/jecmate | JECmate]] | application (written in Java) to manage games which are played by (e-)mail, interface for third-party chess engines |
 | [[http://jhess.sourceforge.net | Jhess]] | email-real time chess system (combination) which allows seamless switching between correspondence and real time chess; both players can be online or offline at the moment |
 |[[http://www.jinchess.com | Jin]] | graphical client for chess servers for Windows, Mac & Linux - [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/jin | SourceForge]] |
-| [[https://www.jocly.com/jocly/plazza/index.html#/games | Jocly]] | online community for chess variants and many other board games |
+| [[http://jogre.sourceforge.net/main.htm | JOGRE]] | abreviation for "Java Online Gaming Real-time Engine", an open-source project with chess client/server and multi-player properties, see [[http://jogre.sourceforge.net/features.htm | Features]] |
-| [[http://jogre.sourceforge.net | JOGRE]] | abreviation for "Java Online Gaming Real-time Engine", an open-source project with chess client/server and multi-player properties, see [[http://jogre.sourceforge.net/features.htm | Features]] |
 | [[http://www.bluefever.net/Chess | JS Chess]] | application by Bluefever Software to play chess online |
 | [[http://web.archive.org/web/20160325160349/http://www.bulbous.freeserve.co.uk/kasia.html | Kasia]] | Linux program which allows to play chess with another person over any TCP/IP connection (Internet, or a local network) - PGN & FEN support |
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 | [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/kibitz.berlios | Kibitz]] | Interface for the Free-Internet-Chess-Server (FICS) running natively under Mac OS X / Cocoa. Features implemented in current (pre-alpha) version: Playing and observing chess games on FICS - Observing multiple games etc. |
 |[[http://sourceforge.net/projects/kingchess| Kingchess]] | software component (KDE4 desktop interface) to the  homonymous server |
-| [[https://archive.org/details/msdos_Laser_Chess_1994 | Laser Chess MS-DOS]] | a game that can be played in your browser using EM-DOSBOX - no download necessary |
 | [[http://www.bughouse.net/downloads.htm | Lightning Rulez]] | a graphical interface for FICS - modified version of WinBoard ~ "premoving" feature|
 | [[http://www.liveschach.de | Liveschach.de]] | a platform by Eden City AG from Switzerland for playing chess and other board / card games etc; you cannot adjust the settings (exception: size of the board); application allows chatting during the game |
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 | [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/networkchess | netchess]] | client/server-system for playing chess against each other over a network - server can support multiple games etc.|
 | [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/nchessonline | Nightmare Online]] | chess client by Walters Baumaris for Linux / Mobile / Windows - offline play is possible, too |
-| [[http://www.odesys.com/wireless/games/chess | Odesys Chess(Lite)]] | Shareware features a FICS client for online play created for Smartphones - [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.odesys.chess.full | Chess]] - [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.odesys.chess | Chess Lite (Freeware)]] |
+| [[http://www.odesys.com/wireless/games/chess | Odesys Chess(Lite)]] | Shareware features a FICS client for online play created for Smartphones |
 | [[http://www.olmisoft.com/portfolio_pocketpc.php | Olmi Chess]] | a Pocket PC program, for Windows Mobile (Pocket PC + Phone Edition), contains playing list, viewing/analysis of games, FICS |
 | [[http://mobilechess.sourceforge.net | OpenUCI-Chess Engine Platform]] | website contains e.g. Flash Chess/Chess Applet and Mobile Chess (including reference to 16 th World Computer Chess Championship) |
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 | [[http://qtchess.sourceforge.net | Queen Talk Chess]]| friend-to-friend chess program for FreeBSD / Linux / Mac OS X / Solaris / Windows which uses TCP/IP - [[http://qtchess.sourceforge.net/screenshot_1.jpg  | Screenshot]] |
 | [[http://www.redhotpawn.com | Red Hot Pawn ]] | free for  playing correspondence chess online against your friends and other members - no further downloads are required |
-| [[http://www.retichess.com | Reti Chess]] | Reti Chess is an open source chess app built in Node.js with use of Express framework and Socket.IO - it also uses chess.js for move validation and check/mate/draw detection; see [[https://github.com/romanmatiasko/reti-chess/blob/master/README.md | GitHub]] |
+| [[https://github.com/romanmatiasko/reti-chess | Reti Chess]] | Reti Chess is an open source chess app built in Node.js with use of Express framework and Socket.IO - it also uses chess.js for move validation and check/mate/draw detection |
 | [[http://ftp.nluug.nl/ibiblio/games/multiplayer | rgXnetchess ]] | server-client network chess program for X-Windows / Linux / Qt-library |
-| [[https://archive.org/details/msdos_Sargon_5_-_World_Class_Chess_1991 | Sargon 5 - World Class Chess MS-DOS]] | a game that can be played in your browser using EM-DOSBOX - no download necessary |
 | [[http://www.schemingmind.com | SchemingMind]] | online correspondence chess club (non commercial orginazation) with a free service for an introductionary period - trial account is limited to 50 games - then: an annual membership fee is payable - belongs to the British Federation for Correspondence Chess (BFCC) |
 | [[http://www.simplechess.com | SimpleChess]] | for real-time chess, play vs. computer and tactics training |
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 | [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/sncp | SNChessPlayer]] | Java-platform for online-playing chess - [[http://web.archive.org/web/20091205140846/http://www.echecs-en-ligne.org |  "échecs en ligne"]] |
 | [[http://www.sparkchess.com/download.html | SparkChess]] | has three levels: beginner - intermediate - advanced; online challenge (multiplayer service); download of the full version is commercial |
-| [[https://archive.org/details/msdos_Terminator_2_-_Judgement_Day_-_Chess_Wars_1993 | Terminator 2 - Judgement Day - Chess Wars MS-DOS]] | a game that can be played in your browser using EM-DOSBOX - no download necessary ||
 | [[http://thief.sourceforge.net | Thief ]] | Free client to play on chess servers (Bughouse is supported, too); Windows / WINE |
 | [[http://chessforeva.appspot.com/C0_Toledo.htm | Toledo Javascript Chess Engine ]] | a website with two chessboards, see Óscar Toledo Gutiérrez - author from Toledo Nanochess |
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 | [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/ummitechess | UmmiteChess ]] | VC++ 2003 NET Chess Engine which is connectable over a chess server and working in Windows |
 | [[http://web.archive.org/web/20070623060412/http://varese.home.att.net | Varese Electra]] | a database and graphical interface for FICS which supports Linux / Mac OS X / Windows |
-| [[http://vchannel.sourceforge.net | V-Chess]] | board game for playing chess via Internet; V-Chess Viewer for iPod and iPad |
+| [[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/v-chess/id352552444?l=ru&ls=1&mt=8 | V-Chess]] | board game for playing chess via Internet; V-Chess Viewer for iPod and iPad |
-| [[https://www.velocitychess.com | Velocity Chess]] | play for fun or with virtual currency, unlimited free games & daily tournaments, challenge grandmasters to handicap games, 24/7 Live Chat Support |
 | [[http://web.archive.org/web/20140109032247/http://www.3against2.com/vschess/about.html | Versus Chess]] | for online play which requires EDGE, 3G or WiFi |
 | {{visir_for_mac_os_x.rar | Visir for Mac OS X}} - {{visir_for_pc.rar | Visir for PC}} | [[http://web.archive.org/web/20100327140936/http://visir.verwalten.ch/Welcome.html| Visir Homepage - abreviation for Varlets Internet Schach In Real-Basic]] |
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 | [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/xchatter | XChatter]] | advanced chatting client with connection to AiCP and features like over network chess/checkers, user defined aliases and timers; contains file transfers |
 | [[http://yafi.pl| Yafi]] | free ICS client program for mobile phones - written in Java MIDP 2.0; files with the formats "Java Application Description" (JAD) and "Java ARchive" (JAR) are required to run it on computers; sought, seek and match screens for finding opponents |
-| [[http://www.yics.org | YICS]] | connection to the Yahoo! chess server; emulates a chessd based-server; compatible to the ICS-interfaces WinBoard/XBoard, eboard and Thief on Yahoo!;  - [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/ytoics | Sourceforge]] |
+| [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/ytoics | YICS]] | connection to the Yahoo! chess server; emulates a chessd based-server; compatible to the ICS-interfaces WinBoard/XBoard, eboard and Thief on Yahoo! |
 | [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/ywanes | ywanes]] | Java chess application with chatroom and visible IP-address |
 | [[http://www.zillions-of-games.com | Zillions of Games]] | Commercial, but restricted demoversion allows access to 48 of over 350 game variants; plays between copies of this software over the Internet and DirectPlay connection (to dial via modem is possible); uses its own interface protocol that is publicly documented to external engines; can use a dropin DLL engine; old Fritz package is included into an unreleased version of this software |

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