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Go (weiqi, baduk) - FICGS

(Free Internet Chess & Go Server)

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FICGS is a fast-growing organization, player community and an international correspondence chess server. Here you can play chess online for free in rated class tournaments, two players matches and a unique correspondence chess world championship in a big knockout & round-robin tournament. The winner of each cycle will play the world champion in a 12 games match.

We also organize special events, thematic chess, chess 960, big chess, poker tournaments, some with money prizes. Check the waiting lists.

At last on FICGS, you can play online Go (围棋, 圍棋, wéiqí, wei-ch'i, baduk) tournaments and world championship. Finally, the famous Google Deepmind's AlphaGo beat the very best players from Korea and China, but Go surely remains one of the most interesting games. Play this fascinating and complex game at FICGS.

Eros Riccio is the new FICGS chess champion...

After his win in the final match of the 17th FICGS world chess championship, Eros remains FICGS correspondence chess champion. Is it still possible to beat him while the most advanced chess engines reach new peaks? Before that you try to answer this question by playing the tournament, you can read an interview of his challenger in the forum.

Chessfriends meeting in Lucca...

Internet chess is one way among others to meet new friends, and sometimes two correspondence chess players from different countries meet for real, that's what happened to SIM Eros Riccio (winner of the 1st & 3rd FICGS freestyle cup & 8th Playchess freestyle tournament, Italia) and Thibault de Vassal (FICGS webmaster, France) who met in Lucca, Italia. Of course, it was a good time to play a few blitz games over the board ! It was years ago already, this website was young and Eros was not a top-5 ICCF player yet and the multi-titled champion that he is now.

Yen-Wei Huang is FICGS Go champion...

The Go world championship final match finished, Yen-Wei Huang is Go champion again. You may find an analysis of the 5 games and his views around the world of Go (Weiqi, Baduk) in the forum.

Chess, poker holdem & chancy games...

A few casino games like Poker or Backgammon now attract more and more chess champions as it is still easier to win bigger money prizes than in chess tournaments, by playing poker online in casinos or even during prestigious tournaments like the World Series Of Poker (WSOP). Their popularity shouldn't come as a surprise, chess is now even less popular than poker, particularly on television.

Like the king of games, poker boasts of a healthy mix of strategic thinking and excitement. A few other casino games are very popular as well nowadays, such as Blackjack, Roulette, Craps, Bingo or Video Poker, often playable with bitcoins. There is a huge variety of sites where you can play for money, you will find more information and news on casino websites at various places such as online gambling guides, that you'll also reach easily with such keywords.

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Pichelin, Xavier     (FRA)        [member # 211] Correspondence chess : 2453       Ranked  #  54   in the rating list. Rating history :  No change this year. Advanced chess :   2192       Big chess :   2211       Poker holdem :   2060       World Champion FICGS 0001 . World Champion FICGS 0002 This member has no profile in the social network.