Logging-in to an Internet Chess Server

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If you would like to log-in as guest, select the server and click "Log-in ad guest". A guest name (like "guestABCD") will be assigned to you automatically.

If you have a registered account, type the name and the password in the edit fields and click "Log-in as registered user".

If you would like to register, you have to start your Internet browser (e.g. Firefox) and go to the web page of the server,
e.g.: www.freechess.org

The drop-down-box right to "other" contains other chess server you might want to log-in. If the server is not in the list, just type it in the edit field. Note: If the server uses a different port other than the standard 5000, you can use the form someserver.com:9000, which means: Connect to the server "someserver.com" on port 9000.

Connection Control (e.g. Timeseal): Use Timeseal, Timestamp or Accuclock. These are methods of dealing with the problem of lag on the Internet. Freechess.org uses Timeseal, chessclub.com uses Timestamp, chess.net prefers Accuclock.

Log-in with a Computer Account: If you want to run an automatic computer account on a chess server, you have to check this check box. You are obliged to register this user name as a computer account at the administrators at the chess server. Otherwise you risk being banned from the use of this chess server. Using help of a computer/ engine on a chess server if you are playing yourself as a human is considered abuse. Arena will not allow any help of an engine when you are logged-in as human (Log-in with a Computer Account is not checked). You can not make moves of your own if you checked 'Computer Account'. Only the engine running as engine #1 (the topmost, if you have loaded more than one) in Arena can make moves in this mode.

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