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yics(6) Games Manual yics(6) 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 exam- ple) 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)