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NAME
       yics - Yahoo! Chess client for use with FICS interfaces


SYNOPSIS
       yics [ -l logfile ]


DESCRIPTION
       YICS connects to the free Yahoo! Chess lobbies and emulates a FICS server.  It can be used with most FICS
       interfaces (xboard(6), for example) to play on Yahoo! Chess.


OPTIONS
       YICS currently accepts only one option:

       -l logfile
              Saves a connection log (excluding login information) to logfile, which can be attached  to  a  bug
              report if requested by the author.


COMMAND REFERENCE
       A   reference   of   commands,   and  other  useful  documentation,  may  be  found  on  the  YICS  wiki:
       <http://wiki.yics.org>.


YICS AS A HELPER PROGRAM
       YICS was designed to be used as a helper program with FICS interfaces.  With xboard  the  use  is  fairly
       straightforward:

        xboard -ics -icshost Yahoo -icshelper yics

       Note  that  the  parameter  to  -icshost has no effect, aside from setting the xboard title.  eboard is a
       little tricky, but can be done:

        ln -s $(which yics) timeseal.$(uname -s) ; eboard

       Choose "Peer > Connect to FICS" in eboard to connect.


SEE ALSO
       xboard(6).


AUTHOR
       YICS was written by Chris Howie <chris@yics.org>.

       This manual page was written by Chris Howie <cdhowie@nerdshack.com>, for the Debian project (but  may  be
       used by others).

                                                   03 Feb 2006                                           yics(6)