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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
THE ICS INTERVIEWS SERIES – No. 004 – REKURSIV Interview conducted February 2011 First published February 2019 INTERVIEWER Thanks for agreeing to be interviewed as part of the ICS Interviews series. REKURSIV It is my pleasure. INTERVIEWER You’ve been somewhat inactive in atomic chess and rarely if ever seen online for a couple of years now. Have you quit playing …
THE ICS INTERVIEWS SERIES – No. 003 – TIPAU Interview conducted February 2011 First published January 2013 INTERVIEWERThanks for agreeing to be interviewed as part of the ICS Interviews series. TIPAUNo problem. INTERVIEWERWhen did you first start playing chess online? TIPAUI think it was in 2000. I joined my first chess club in late …
THE ICS INTERVIEWS SERIES – No. 002 – PENDOR Interview conducted February 2011 First published May 2011 INTERVIEWERThanks for agreeing to be interviewed as part of the ICS interview series. This will be your first interview, although Flesh did a profile of you back in 1998 and posted a few log files of yours …
THE ICS INTERVIEWS SERIES – No. 001 – FATALIMAGE Interview conducted January 2011 First published March 2011INTERVIEWERThanks for agreeing to be interviewed as part of the Wild 5 series.FATALIMAGENo problem, good to be a part of it.INTERVIEWERI personally remember how much I was able to learn about Wild 5 history and game theory, just from …
Playing chess on the Internet has been around for a while by now and as with everything on the Internet, things are ephemeral. Most of the players in the early days of the ICS have started or already drifted away from online chess. These players usually began playing around 1996, and the ICS Interviews project …