But http://lichess.org is amazingly vibrant and totally free. They have a smartphone app for playing games, but do NOT forego using the website as well. It has so many functions and options it even blows away sites like chess.com!
Did I mention it's free as in no money asked? (Donations appreciated, but gives only a badge, no special treatments!) They claim it will always stay that way, and it's free as in open source too, so you can contribute code and other changes if you think of something to improve it further.
I almost never play at Net-Chess any more, though I'm looking forward to the 'ZapperG' Memorial Tournament that I hope will happen as planned in July. (Thanks Cliff!)
And if anyone here wants to play me, I'm "energy" here but I am "NilsR" on Lichess.org, so if you can acquire a 1900 or better rating there, you will be able to challenge me!
My gratitude to Greg for allowing me to play here almost from the start (since April 1999! That's 18 years!!). It has been lots of fun.
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