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Free Internet Chess Server
The Free Internet Chess Server (FICS) is a volunteer-run Internet chess server. It was organised as a free alternative to the Internet Chess Club (ICC), after that site began charging for membership.
==History==
The first Internet chess server, named the Internet Chess Server (ICS), started in January 1992. The software was coded, supported, and operated entirely by volunteers until 1995, when administrators began charging players for membership and changed the name to ICC.
Several ICS programmers saw the commercialisation of ICS as an exploitation of their work. This group, led by Chris Petroff, developed FICS as an alternative to the paid model, giving users free, unrestricted access. The server debuted on 3 March 1995.
FICS was organized as a nonprofit organization, Free Internet Chess Organization, in 1998.〔http://fulldecent.blogspot.com/2014/08/is-free-internet-chess-server-fics.html〕 The legal entity underwent involuntary dissolution in 2007; however, the server, administered entirely by volunteers, is still actively operating and growing its user base. In 2013 over 80,000 players were active, playing a total of over 29 million games. As of August 2014 there were over 650,000 registered accounts.
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