Editing Internet Chess Club (section)

{{Short description|Internet chess server}}
{{distinguish|Free Internet Chess Server}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Internet Chess Club
| logo = Chessclub.svg
| url = {{url|www.chessclub.com}}
| commercial = Yes
| type = Chess server
| language = English
| owner = Internet Chess Club, Inc.
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1995|03|01}}
| current_status = Online
}}

The '''Internet Chess Club''' ('''ICC''') is a commercial [[Internet chess server]] devoted to the play and discussion of [[chess]] and [[chess variant]]s.  ICC had over 30,000 subscribing members in 2005.<ref name="ICC security analysis">{{cite book | chapter-url=https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/CSAC.2005.36 | doi=10.1109/CSAC.2005.36 | chapter=Lessons Learned: A Security Analysis of the Internet Chess Club | title=21st Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC'05) | year=2005 | last1=Black | first1=J. | last2=Cochran | first2=M. | last3=Gardner | first3=M.R. | pages=245–253 | isbn=0-7695-2461-3 | s2cid=33101 }}</ref> It was the first Internet chess server and was the largest [[pay to play]] chess server in 2005.<ref>[http://www.chesscafe.com/text/polgar32.pdf "The New Age of Internet Chess"], [[Susan Polgar]], [[ChessCafe.com]], 1 February 2005.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/26/technology/meek-or-masterly-a-challenger-awaits.html "Meek or Masterly, A Challenger Awaits"], Lisa Scheer, [[The New York Times]], 26 July 2001.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Qt1Sw4jQhmAC&dq=%22Internet+Chess+Club%22&pg=PA112 "Children and chess: a guide for educators"], Alexey W. Root and John D., p.110.</ref>