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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.