Where Can I Play Online Chess For Free?

Here are some suggestions:

Yahoo!   games.yahoo.com

Sign up for a class=SpellE>Yahoo!ID and then head for the Games home page

href="http://zone.msn.com/en/chess/default.htm">MSN Games              href="http://zone.msn.com/en/chess/default.htm">zone.msn.com

Another popular haunt for chess players of all levels. Three modes of play: Casual friendly matches, competitive and tournaments and special events

Tim Mann   href="http://www.tim-mann.org/ics.html">www.tim-mann.org

Good site with links to free chess servers all around the world              

href="http://gameknot.com/" target="_blank">Gameknot   Free online chess community. No software to download. Multiplayer, solo and real-time blitz chess

Iwin.com    Free trial of chess software packages and a range of other games

href="http://www.chessworld.net/" target="_blank">Chessworld.net     Friendly chess community with over 100,000 members worldwide. Good place to learn from scratch

Chessanytime.com  Whether you are a beginner, an occasional player or a keen player, ChessAnyTime is a gaming zone where you can play against hundreds of players, of all levels.

Chess Maniac  ChessManiac.com is a free online chess playing community where you can play chess online, participate in tournaments, teams, chess clubs and more.

ChessHere ChessHere.com is an online chess server where you can play online chess against chess players from across the globe. ChessHere is oriented to correspondence chess play. Real time chess (or blitz chess) is also available.