• The 2024 Atomic World Championship

    The 2023 Atomic World Championship began on 11 September 2024. The players that made it through registration and screening were paired via Challonge (74 players in total). Apart from manually making sure that the top 16 seeds were placed into groups on their own (1-16, 2-15, etc.), Challonge automatically assigned the rest of the players….

  • The 2024 Atomic Chess World Championship Rules

    The rules for the 2024 Atomic Chess World Championship on Lichess (Registration in August, games begin September).

  • ICS Interview – Comet

    THE ICS INTERVIEWS SERIES – No. 010 – COMET Interview begun March 2011, concluded May 2013 First published March 2019 INTERVIEWER Thanks for agreeing to be interviewed as part of the ICS Interviews project. I’m sure several players are eager to hear from you as you’ve disappeared from the ICSscene being last spotted in early 2000. Do you still play chess…

  • ICS Interview – knighttour

    THE ICS INTERVIEWS SERIES – No. 009 – KNIGHTTOUR Interview begun March 2011, concluded May 2013 First published March 2019 INTERVIEWER Thanks for agreeing to be interviewed as part of the ICS Interviews project. KNIGHTTOUR [No reply] INTERVIEWER You’ve played several variants both on and offline. Which variants have you preferred to play the most online? And which for offline…

  • ICS Interview – Oren

    THE ICS INTERVIEWS SERIES – No. 008 – OREN Interview conducted March 2011 First published March 2019   INTERVIEWER Thanks for agreeing to be interviewed as part of the ICS Interviews series. OREN I am honored that you chose me as one of your interviewees. It is very nice of you to take the initiative to document our past wild…

  • ICS Interview – grogers

    THE ICS INTERVIEWS SERIES – No. 007 – GROGERS Interview conducted March 2011 First published March 2019   INTERVIEWER Thanks for agreeing to be interviewed as part of the ICS Interviews project. You’ll be categorized under the Crazyhouse category. You’ve played more than 90,000 rated crazyhouse games on FICS – the most known by any human. Closing in on 100,000…

  • ICS Interview – MrPink

    THE ICS INTERVIEWS SERIES – No. 006 – MRPINK Interview conducted March 2011 First published March 2019   INTERVIEWER Thanks for agreeing to be interviewed as part of the ICS Interviews series. You’re well known as both a suicide and wild 5 player. Which variant of the two do you prefer? MRPINK I happen to like them both a great…

  • ICS Interview – RFrancisco

    THE ICS INTERVIEWS SERIES – No. 005 – RFRANCISCO Interview conducted February 2011 First published March 2019 INTERVIEWER Thanks for agreeing to be interviewed as part of the ICS Interviews series. RFRANCISCO No problem. INTERVIEWER You’re probably best known as a bughouse (and crazyhouse) player on the various _ICS sites you’ve played on, although you’re also well known as a…