Channels on ICC are used for group discussion. You can enter and leave
a channel, and talk to all people in a channel. You can be in 35
channels at one time. Channels can also be used for team games.
There are 400 channels.
Use "+channel 99" to join channel 99 and hear what's said on it.
Use "tell 99 blah blah" to say "blah blah" on channel 99.
Use ", howdy" to say "howdy" to the last channel you talked in.
Use "-channel 99" to leave channel 99.
Use "=channel" to see what channels you are in.
Use "inchannel 99" to see who is in channel 99.
Use "inchannel" to get a list of who is in all channels.
In all of the above, "channel" can be abbreviated to "ch".
Requests for new channels in the list are being made only if chess-
related and a large number of people request them. We do not
assign personal channels or new channels for tournaments.
Warning: ICC will not tolerate obscenities, personal attacks, or
advertising of other servers in channels (or anywhere else on ICC).
Special channels include:
0 - Admins only.
1 - Newbie Help Channel: All guests and new accounts are automatically
in channel 1. Newbies ask questions. NO chatter in this channel!
Serious questions and answers only, please. news 403 for details.
2 - Experienced Help Channel: for more experienced members to ask
questions and to discuss policies, etc, with admins. Interface/
timestamp questions here.
3 - Simul Channel.
4 - SimulBot2 Channel.
5 - Wild 5 Channel.
7 - Wild 7 Channel.
10 - Team Game Channel: For setting up team games.
11 - Team Game Channel: For team A.
12 - Team Game Channel: For team B.
14 - Macintosh users channel (IC for Mac, Fixation interface help)
15 - ICC Youth Bunch. 21 and under, meet here.
16 - ICC Senior Channel. Socialize with friends over 50.
20 - IBCO - Internet Bullet Chess Organization - other than 1 0.
21 - Ajedrez 21
22 - Fischer-Random Chess - wild 22.
23 - Crazyhouse Channel - wild 23.
24 - BUGHOUSE Channel-partnering and general 'bug' topics.
25 - 3 checks you win - wild 25.
26 - Giveaway Chess - wild 26.
27 - Atomic Channel - wild 27.
28 - Shatranj Channel - wild 28.
32 - STtourney channel - help STtourney.
33 - Joke Channel. Please keep them clean :)
34 - Sports
35 - Current top sports event.
42 - Discussion/Analysis of Grandmaster chess games.
43 - Chess theory -- openings, endgames, etc.
44 - Computer chess-playing programs and chess databases.
45 - Chess books, magazines, and chess resources on the web.
46 - Tomato Channel: for automated tournaments. help Tomato.
47 - Tomato managers channel. Managers only, please.
49 - Flash Channel: Tomato version for Bullet Tournaments (see 46)
50 - General unlimited gab.
52 - Chess Psychology.
55 - Non-chess Software and Hardware discussions.
64 - Programming and algorithms for chess-playing.
Country Channels:
65 - Canadian Channel
66 - Australia Channel
67 - British Channel
68 - South African Channel
69 - Singapore and Malaysia Channel
86 - ASCII art channel.
87 - India Channel.
88 - China Channel.
89 - The WILD Bunch. - people who like the chess variants.
90 - The STC Bunch - people who like 30 to 120 minute time controls.
91 - "Fast Standard Games". People who like 15 to 30 minute games.
97 - Politics. Read help politics before entering this channel.
Note that help atmosphere applies here, as everywhere else on ICC.
98 - The Zippy channel.
99 - The Street Corner Where Nothing Happens.
100 - Admins and helpers only. See help helper.
101 - Music Channel.
102 - TV and Movies Channel.
103 - Religious Discussions/Debates
104 - History Channel.
105 - Literature, books, etc.
106 - Travel Channel: give/get travel tips, plan to meet people.
107 - Math and Science Channel.
109 - Investing/Personal Finances/Economics
110 - Philosophy Channel.
111 - ChessWise Channel.
112 - FEDA -- Federacion Espanola de Ajedrez
113 - World News and Events (non-chess)
114 - Health and Medicine Channel.
116 - Wild 16 (Kriegspiel) Channel. help Kriegspiel.
117 - Wild 17 (Losers Chess) Channel. help LOL.
121 - Games (non-chess)
123 - Acrobot
126 - Professional computer programmers channel.
128 - Shogi Channel. (Japanese chess)
137 - IYC - ICC Youth Competitions.
147 - Senior Tomato Managers and Training Channel.
165 - ChessFM Channel.
166 - Current chess events.
185 - Philippine Channel.
186 - Irish Channel.
203 - PDA Channel. Chess on Palm, PocketPCs, etc.
204 - Internet Telephony Channel. Users of NetMeeting, Icarus, etc.
205 - Blitzin Plugin Channel: create and use plugins.
206 - Inter-interface communication.
209 - Poker Channel.
211 - Computer analysis during Live events. And crafty discussion.
212 - Unix/Linux Channel.
218 - Bughouse Tournament Bot - GParbiter
220 - Query all the Tomato-type TD bots at once.
221 - The "Ask for a Tournament" Channel. Ask for Tomato-type tourneys.
222 - Slow Tournaments (Slomato TD)
223 - Wild Tournaments (WildOne TD)
224 - Cooly TD
225 - LittlePer TD
226 - Special Event Tournaments (Automato TD)
227 - Special Event Tournaments (Such as USCF Rated events) (Pear TD)
228 - Ketchup TD
229 - Channel for Tournament Robots to interact. Not useful for humans.
230 - Olive TD
231 - Tomato TD family expansion
232 - formerly Yenta TD, free at the moment
233 - formerly gaia233 TD, free at the moment
234 - formerly hermes234 TD, free at the moment
235-239 Tomato TD family expansion
240 - Correspondence Chess Channel. Meet opponents, ask questions.
250 - Lobby (new members are automatically put in this channel).
260 - GMChess Channel
261 - Chessville.com Channel
265 - Chess Problems Channel (like mate-in-2 problems)
268 - Art Channel.
271 - LatinTrivia Channel (Spanish). help LatinTrivia for info.
272 - TriviaBot Channel. help TriviaBot for info.
274 - Spam channel. Spam here, not anywhere else, and keep it clean.
277 - Chess Lessons.
278 - Youth Tournament Channel.
280 - BettingBot - Bet on Tomato tournaments (with chips, not money!)
290 - College Chess Channel
291 - Scholastic Chess Coaches channel. Arrange inter-school matches.
Channels restricted to Group Members: help groups for more info.
17 - Women
21 - Ajedrez 21
47 - Tomato tournament planning
147 - Tomato senior managers
300 - Helpers and Administrators
301 - Titled players
302 - Busters
303 - Christian
305 - UnusualOpenings
306 - Trophy winners
309 - ChessFM planning
310 - Arizona
311 - Colorado
312 - NorthCA
313 - Washington
314 - Minnesota
315 - NewYork
316 - NewJersey
317 - SouthCA
318 - Texas
319 - Indiana
320 - NewEngland
321 - Carolinas
322 - Oklahoma
323 - Maryland
324 - Bughouse
325 - Tennessee
326 - Michigan
329 - ICC Planning
330 - ChessBattles
331 - UKCC
332 - OperatorsofSTTourney
333 - AtheistAgnostic
335 - SimulBot
336 - Vendors
337 - Broadcast
340 - LeChessClub
341 - Rainbow
342 - Poker
343 - Lounge
345 - Team4545League
348 - TomatoTrainers
349 - WorldEvents
350 - Operators
351 - USA
352 - Mexico
353 - Austria
354 - Belgium
355 - Denmark
356 - India
357 - Turkey
358 - Bulgaria
359 - Cuba
360 - Uruguay
361 - Argentina
363 - Armenia
364 - Azerbajian
365 - Canada
366 - Australia
367 - UK
368 - Ireland
369 - Ausnetchess
370 - China
371 - Spain
372 - France
373 - Germany
374 - Netherlands
375 - Russia
376 - Italy
377 - Sweden
378 - Norway
379 - Peru
380 - Iceland
381 - Brasil
382 - Finland
384 - Estonia
385 - CzechRepublic and Slovakia
386 - Egypt
387 - Coastside school team
388 - Helper trainers
389 - Ukraine
390 - Yugoslavia
391 - Chile
392 - Portugal
393 - ICC management
394 - Tomato admins
395 - Company
396 - Complain
397 - Politics-Reserved
398 - Liaison
399 - Events
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