In my previous post about
Places to Play Chess Online, I recommended that everyone use Jin. There are a lot of interfaces that work fairly well. I review them in this post for each of the platforms I have used to connect to FICS. See my
Chess Links page for links to the various FICS interfaces.
OS X FICS Interfaces
- Jin - Highly recommended for OS X - great seek graph - cross platform
- Visir - No chat at all - makes it very hard to play in tournaments.
- Fixation - Newer - seems to have some basic features but does not work as well a Jin.
Linux FICS Interfaces
- Jin - Great seek graph - cross platform
- eboard - I like the board and console for this interface - works great and seems to be the best Linux interface
- Visir - No chat at all - makes it very hard to play in tournaments
Windows FICS Interfaces
- Jin - Great seek graph - cross platform
- Babaschess - Best windows interface - highly configurable - easy to use - probably the best interface to FICS.
Iphone FICS Interfaces
- Ichess Pack - Good seek table, connects to training with the online lectures, Endgame bot and PuzzleBot.
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