Editing Computer chess (section)

== Chess web apps ==
In 1997, the [[Internet Chess Club]] released its first Java client for playing chess online against other people inside one's webbrowser.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessclub.com/CoffeeHouse.html |title=CoffeeHouse: The Internet Chess Club Java Interface |access-date=2019-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970620110903/http://www.chessclub.com/CoffeeHouse.html |archive-date=1997-06-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  This was probably one of the first chess web apps. [[Free Internet Chess Server]] followed soon after with a similar client.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.freechess.org/ |title=FICS - Free Internet Chess Server |access-date=2019-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981212025054/http://www.freechess.org/ |archive-date=1998-12-12 |url-status=live }}</ref>  In 2004, [[International Correspondence Chess Federation]] opened up a web server to replace their email-based system.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iccf-webchess.com/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2004-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040831025215/http://www.iccf-webchess.com/ |archive-date=2004-08-31 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Chess.com]] started offering Live Chess in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chess.com/echess/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071006143047/http://www.chess.com/echess/|archive-date = 2007-10-06|title = Play Daily (Correspondence) Chess}}</ref> [[Chessbase]]/[[Playchess]] has long had a downloadable client, and added a web-based client in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://play.chessbase.com/js/apps/playchess/ |title=Play Chess Online for Free |website=play.chessbase.com |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217045511/http://play.chessbase.com/js/apps/playchess/ |archive-date=17 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Another popular web app is tactics training.  The now defunct Chess Tactics Server opened its site in 2006,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chess.emrald.net/ |title=Chess Tactics Server |access-date=2006-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060408052731/http://chess.emrald.net/ |archive-date=2006-04-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> followed by Chesstempo the next year,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chesstempo.com/ |title=Chess Tactics |access-date=2007-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613100847/http://chesstempo.com/ |archive-date=2007-06-13 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Chess.com]] added its Tactics Trainer in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chess.com/tactics |title=Chess Puzzles - Improve Your Chess by Solving Tactics |access-date=2008-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080218082614/http://www.chess.com/tactics |archive-date=2008-02-18 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Chessbase]] added a tactics trainer web app in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://training.chessbase.com/js/apps/Training/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504000924/http://training.chessbase.com/js/apps/Training/|archive-date=2015-05-04|title=Chess Tactics Online}}</ref>

[[Chessbase]] took their chess game database online in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessbase-online.com/ |title=Chessbase Online, Searching a high quality database of Chessgames. Free Chess Games.ChessBase-Online |website=www.chessbase-online.com |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000511014758/http://www.chessbase-online.com/ |archive-date=11 May 2000 |url-status=dead}}</ref>  Another early chess game databases was Chess Lab, which started in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chesslab.com/PositionSearch.html |title=Java chess games: Database search, analysis |access-date=2019-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990219143550/http://www.chesslab.com/PositionSearch.html |archive-date=1999-02-19 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[New In Chess]] had initially tried to compete with [[Chessbase]] by releasing a NICBase program for [[Windows 3.x]], but eventually, decided to give up on software, and instead focus on their online database starting in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www31.ws26.temphost.nl/NICBase/ |title=NICBase Online |access-date=2002-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021008054123/http://www31.ws26.temphost.nl/NICBase/ |archive-date=2002-10-08 |url-status=live }}</ref>

One could play against the engine [[Shredder (chess)|Shredder]] online from 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shredderchess.com/play-chess-online.html |title=Play Chess Online - Shredder Chess |access-date=2006-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205205401/http://www.shredderchess.com/play-chess-online.html |archive-date=2006-12-05 |url-status=live }}</ref>  In 2015, [[Chessbase]] added a play Fritz web app,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fritz.chessbase.com/ |title=Home |website=fritz.chessbase.com}}</ref> as well as My Games for storing one's games.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mygames.chessbase.com/ |title=Home |website=mygames.chessbase.com}}</ref>

Starting in 2007, [[Chess.com]] offered the content of the training program, Chess Mentor, to their customers online.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chess.com/chessmentor/ |title=Chess Lessons - Learn with Online Courses |access-date=2007-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214214334/http://www.chess.com/chessmentor/ |archive-date=2007-12-14 |url-status=live }}</ref>  Top GMs such as [[Sam Shankland]] and [[Walter Browne]] have contributed lessons.