Internet Chess Club

Internet Chess Club
Type of site
Chess server
Available inEnglish
OwnerInternet Chess Club, Inc.
URLwww.chessclub.com
CommercialYes
Launched1 March 1995; 29 years ago (1995-03-01)
Current statusOnline

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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "The New Age of Internet Chess", Susan Polgar, ChessCafe.com, 1 February 2005.
  3. ^ "Meek or Masterly, A Challenger Awaits", Lisa Scheer, The New York Times, 26 July 2001.
  4. ^ "Children and chess: a guide for educators", Alexey W. Root and John D., p.110.