World Chess Network
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The World Chess Network (WCN) was a commercial
Overview
The World Chess Network provided a number of services to its subscribers. Besides the facilitation of online chess games, it also provided members with a method of conducting online chess tournaments. The network used the Elo rating system for rating its players. The World Chess Network also conducted professional grandmaster tournaments,[1] allowing spectators to watch these matches live, with professional commentaries. It also advertised itself as a venue for real-world chess players seeking to improve their playing skills. The network facilitated private chess lessons from professional players, usually via arrangement with the professional player with an additional cost. It also provided a service called Banter Chess; With this service, spectators watched two Masters play a game while explaining their moves and thoughts out loud, allowing the spectators to learn how high-ranked players conduct their games. Lectures about playing chess professionally were also given by the many Masters on the site.
For players not currently playing games, the network offered regular chat channels so that players could schedule or discuss games, among other things.
The interface used by the website was the a proprietary chess software called Mgichess. The software has arrangements to try to detect players using the assistance of chess programs. It does this by detecting changes in window input focus, based on information on the activities being undertaken on the computer that the program is able to detect.
History
The World Chess Network was originally created as an
In the 1999 policy board meeting of the United States Chess Federation, a proposal was made for a strategic alliance between the World Chess Network and the USCF.[5]
On 29 May 2007, WCN was bought by the
Coverage
The site itself has been reviewed on
See also
References
- ^ a b c "The World Chess Network". Daily Chess Columns. ChessBase. Retrieved 2007-01-28.
- ^ a b Joel M. Berez and Martin Grund (29 May 2007). "WCL - Press release". World Chess Live. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
- ^ a b Polgar, Susan. "4 World Chess Network". Online Chess Playing Sites Reviews. Chess Central. Archived from the original on 2006-10-22. Retrieved 2007-01-28.
- ^ a b "World Chess Network". Site Reviews. Chessville. 2004-01-03. Retrieved 2007-01-28.
- ^ Liebermann, Rachel (May 1999). An Unofficial Summary of the 05/99 Policy Board Meeting. Newburgh: United States Chess Federation. Retrieved 2007-01-28.
- ^ "Interview with Susan Polgar in Calvià". Events. ChessBase. 2004-10-07. Retrieved 2007-01-28.
So the first thing I did was recruit my best friend Paul Truong to help me launch a serious US Olympiad Training Program. After he agreed to do it, I immediately switched federation from Hungary to USA. Many well known companies such as ChessBase, World Chess Network, and IBM, etc. stepped in to help us...
- ^ Weeks, Mark (December 2003). "Online Chess Play Sites III: World Chess Network". About: Chess. About, Inc. Retrieved 2007-01-28.