Enter Your Reply The Comment You're Replying To H. G. Muller wrote on Sat, Jan 17, 2009 10:10 AM UTC:I have nearly completed the first iteration of converting the 'chessd' Internet Chess Server software to handling variants. I will probably leave it on for testing overnight (i.e. starting from 18:00 EST). The server now supports the following variants: normal Chess Crazyhouse (zh) Bughouse (bh) Chess960 (fr) Xiangqi (xq) Capablanca Chess (ca) in various sub-variants (bird, carrera, embassy) CapaRandom Shatranj (sj) Courier Superchess (su) Great Shatranj Knightmate (km) (In parenthesis is the abbreviation you can use.) You can download the needed WinBoard client from http://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/ICSclient.zip The IP number of the server is 80.100.28.169 (but this is pre-programmed in the shortcuts included in the ICSclient download) I will try to leave some bots on the server, so you have automated opponents (HoiXiangqi, Sunsetter (Crazyhouse), DanaSah (FRC), and FairyMax (most other variants)) When on the server, type 'who' to see who is logged in. To start a game, type: match opponentName 5 1 u variant> where 5 1 meand 5 minutes + 1 sec/move (you can pick any other time control that suits you), and variant one of the names given above. Have fun. Edit Form You may not post a new comment, because ItemID Variant ICS does not match any item.