Answers.Body: <p>With Winboard or Arena, you could play also in chess servers, like <a href="https://www.freechess.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">FICS</a> --free-- or ICC or several others that are listed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_chess_servers" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this</a> article on chess servers on Wikipedia.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: He would be better using XBoard than WinBoard (which is a Windows port of XBoard)
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Answers.Text: @Ángel Yes you are right. I omit the right name for linux systems: XBoard. Thanks.
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Answers.Body: <p>If you'd like a lightweight CLI experience, and you have telnet enabled, try 'telnet freechess.org' on the command line.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: OMG I tried it, hats off for the approach on ASCII art, but it's very difficult for me to get used to that board.
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Answers.Body: <p>On ubuntu, you can download Firefox, Chrome, or any other browser of your choice. From within that browser, go to lichess.org, chess.com, or chess24.com, create a free account, and play against others online.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Or xkcd: https://xkcd.com/934/
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Answers.Text: @NoseKnowsAll Mine too. Also I think it is worth mentioning that lichess is free, open source and libre ([repository](https://github.com/ornicar/lila/)). You can play without any account. You don't have to register. It is a good things that you mention two others choices so people can compare and play with us on lichess :)
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Answers.Text: Or www.GameKnot.com
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Body: <p>I really missed playing chess with someone who know how to play, I am looking for a good program to play chess online from ubuntu computer.
  Any Ideas?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Related question on Ask Ubuntu: [What's the best chess program for a beginner?](https://askubuntu.com/q/43479/301745) You could also check out the [highest voted 'chess' questions](https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/chess?tab=Votes)
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Comments.Text: Did you mean a desktop program for Ubuntu, instead of a web site as per the answers?
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Title: Is there a good program to play chess online in ubuntu?
ThreadText: # Is there a good program to play chess online in ubuntu?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-07-15)
  
  I really missed playing chess with someone who know how to play, I am looking for a good program to play chess online from ubuntu computer.
  Any Ideas?
  
  **Tags:** software
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Related question on Ask Ubuntu: [What's the best chess program for a beginner?](https://askubuntu.com/q/43479/301745) You could also check out the [highest voted 'chess' questions](https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/chess?tab=Votes)  
  > **username_2**: Did you mean a desktop program for Ubuntu, instead of a web site as per the answers?  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_6 on 2019-07-15. Score: 30 | Accepted answer
  
  On ubuntu, you can download Firefox, Chrome, or any other browser of your choice. From within that browser, go to lichess.org, chess.com, or chess24.com, create a free account, and play against others online.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_7**: Or xkcd: https://xkcd.com/934/  
  > **username_8**: @username_6 Mine too. Also I think it is worth mentioning that lichess is free, open source and libre ([repository](https://github.com/ornicar/lila/)). You can play without any account. You don't have to register. It is a good things that you mention two others choices so people can compare and play with us on lichess :)  
  > **username_9**: Or www.GameKnot.com  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2019-07-15. Score: 1
  
  With Winboard or Arena, you could play also in chess servers, like [FICS](https://www.freechess.org/) --free-- or ICC or several others that are listed in [this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_chess_servers) article on chess servers on Wikipedia.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_4**: He would be better using XBoard than WinBoard (which is a Windows port of XBoard)  
  > **username_3**: @username_4 Yes you are right. I omit the right name for linux systems: XBoard. Thanks.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_5 on 2019-07-16. Score: 1
  
  If you'd like a lightweight CLI experience, and you have telnet enabled, try 'telnet freechess.org' on the command line.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: OMG I tried it, hats off for the approach on ASCII art, but it's very difficult for me to get used to that board.  
  
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