Checkmate, Beth Harmon

Meant ICS (FICS) and not ICC and obviously Playchess which offered Fritz thru ChessBase as an incentive to sign up. Perhaps some thought Yahoo interface nice. It’s concept of separate rooms / finding opponents matched all it’s other many games.It’s appeal was for beginners and the casual players who played any number of games there. Nobody I knew played there but very few places to play online. Back then it just didn’t have any great appeal for players on the tournament circuits or the popular local clubs. I just don’t think Yahoo chess contributed to any “boom” per say. Players took up the game for other reasons than the early days of internet chess which frankly wasn’t much good all the way around.

Thanks!  Good read.  I agree with most of the comments there.