Free Internet Chess Server (FICS), a volunteer-run internet chess system organized as a permanent free alternative to the originally free and later commercial Internet Chess Club.

See the Internet Chess Club entry for more history.

External links

• Free Internet Chess Server
• The Free FICS Forum
• http://www.faqs.org/faqs/games/chess/computer/part1/
• http://www.edcollins.com/chess/yahoo-vs-servers.htm
• http://www.edcollins.com/chess/fics-icc.htm