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Re:Why Lichess will always be free by krisgenre on Friday April 23, 2021 @06:37AM (#26913216)
Yes. I mostly played 2 12. The place felt like IRC for chess, you had to type commands like 'seek 2 12' for a new game and you needed some desktop client like winboard/xboard to play.

Edit: Just played a game, my ID was still active and my last game was in 2012!

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Re:Why Lichess will always be free by yesenadam on Friday April 23, 2021 @07:31PM (#26920500)
hehe nice. Yes, FICS is for life. Oh, you didn't use a client?! Mainly I used BabasChess (Windows), which was awesome, I've still never had such a good chess game seeking and playing experience on any site.
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Re:Why Lichess will always be free by facesonflags on Saturday April 24, 2021 @03:53PM (#26927795)
pychess has done pretty well for me, recently updated
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