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This article is from the Backgammon FAQ, by Mark Damish damish@ll.mit.edu with numerous contributions by others.

22 Do other game servers exist?

Backgammon

There are no backgammon servers other than FIBS in operation on the
internet at present.

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Bridge

Get 'OK.FAQ' from rec.games.bridge or rtfm.mit.edu for info on the
Internet bridge server.

Reported servers:

telnet okbridge@irc.nsysu.edu.tw 4321
login: okbridge password: okbridge

telnet bridge:bridge.0@zaphod.ttu.ee
login: bridge pasword: bridge.0

[The above servers have been reported to have an annual fee.]

telnet vanderbilt.okbridge.com

[Free guest trials are availble for the above server.]

A further source of information is available at:
http://www.cts.com/~okbridge/

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Scrabble-like

telnet seabass.st.usm.edu 7777 or 134.53.14.112.7777

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Chinese Chess (Xianqi)

USA: telnet coolidge.harvard.edu 5555 or 128.103.28.15 5555
Sweden: telnet hippolytos.ud.chalmers.se 5555 or 129.16.79.39 5555
Taiwan: telnet 140.112.50.160 5555

A Xianqi Web page may be read at: http://www.io.org/~sung/xq/xq.html
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Othello

Othello(tm)/Reversi: telnet faust.uni-paderborn.de 5000

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Chess

rafael.metiu.ucsb.edu 5000 128.111.246.2 5000
anemone.daimi.aau.dk 5000 130.225.18.58 5000
chess.lm.com 5000 129.15.10.21 5000

It has been reported that the chess servers now charge an anual fee.

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Go

igs.nuri.net 6969 203.255.112.3 6969

information: tweet@ig.nuri.net
tcasey@adobe.com

It has been mentioned that it is possible to play chinese chess on this
server.

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Checkers

Information about the checker playing program ``Chinook'' may be
obtained by visiting the web page:
http://web.cs.ualberta.ca:80/~chinook/

Besides information, the Chinook page lets you play a game on-line
against the computer program which has beaten the human world
champion.
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Other Games Servers and Web Pages

http://www.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Games
YAHOO WWW Games Directory

http://www.dcs.qmw.ac.uk/~steed/Games/bygame.html
Games and Puzzles on the Internet

http://www.io.com/games/servers.html
A list of game servers

http://www.inrete.it/games/telnet_e.html
A list of game servers.

 

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