Editing Free Internet Chess Server (section)

=== Relay ===
FICS relays major live chess events. A bot takes the moves in ongoing games and relays them to special demo accounts bearing the names of players in the event. Users watch and comment on the games in progress. The relay has covered several [[World Chess Championship|World Chess Championships]] as well as [[Tata Steel Chess Tournament|Wijk aan Zee]], [[Morelia-Linares]] and [[Amber Melody]].<ref name="Hurst-1999" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Free Internet Chess Server Relays |url=https://www.freechess.org/Events/Relay/index.html |access-date=16 January 2025 |website=Free Internet Chess Server |archive-date=12 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240412221926/https://www.freechess.org/Events/Relay/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The web-based [[Lichess]] platform obtains its tournament relays via FICS.