I really missed playing chess with someone who know how to play, I am looking for a good program to play chess online from ubuntu computer. Any Ideas?
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Related question on Ask Ubuntu: What's the best chess program for a beginner? You could also check out the highest voted 'chess' questions – wjandrea Jul 15 '19 at 18:07
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Did you mean a desktop program for Ubuntu, instead of a web site as per the answers? – Daniel Alfredo Sottile Nov 05 '21 at 12:43
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On ubuntu, you can download Firefox, Chrome, or any other browser of your choice. From within that browser, go to lichess.org, chess.com, or chess24.com, create a free account, and play against others online.
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@NoseKnowsAll Mine too. Also I think it is worth mentioning that lichess is free, open source and libre (repository). You can play without any account. You don't have to register. It is a good things that you mention two others choices so people can compare and play with us on lichess :) – aloisdg Jul 16 '19 at 07:52
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With Winboard or Arena, you could play also in chess servers, like FICS --free-- or ICC or several others that are listed in this article on chess servers on Wikipedia.
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2He would be better using XBoard than WinBoard (which is a Windows port of XBoard) – Ángel Jul 15 '19 at 22:26
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1@Ángel Yes you are right. I omit the right name for linux systems: XBoard. Thanks. – djnavas Jul 17 '19 at 20:09
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If you'd like a lightweight CLI experience, and you have telnet enabled, try 'telnet freechess.org' on the command line.
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OMG I tried it, hats off for the approach on ASCII art, but it's very difficult for me to get used to that board. – Daniel Alfredo Sottile Nov 05 '21 at 12:40