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Type of site | Chess server |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Internet Chess Club, Inc. |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | 1 March 1995 |
| Current status | Online |
The Internet Chess Club (ICC) is a commercial Internet chess server devoted to the play and discussion of chess and chess variants. ICC had over 30,000 subscribing members in 2005.[1] It was the first Internet chess server and was the largest pay to play chess server in 2005.[2][3][4]
- ^ Black, J.; Cochran, M.; Gardner, M.R. (2005). "Lessons Learned: A Security Analysis of the Internet Chess Club". 21st Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC'05). pp. 245–253. doi:10.1109/CSAC.2005.36. ISBN 0-7695-2461-3. S2CID 33101.
- ^ "The New Age of Internet Chess", Susan Polgar, ChessCafe.com, 1 February 2005.
- ^ "Meek or Masterly, A Challenger Awaits", Lisa Scheer, The New York Times, 26 July 2001.
- ^ "Children and chess: a guide for educators", Alexey W. Root and John D., p.110.