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ICC Help: sought

Command: sought

Options: r -r c -c b -b s -s B -B w -w m -m n -n

This lists all the "seeking" ads currently available. For example, it might list:

0 1358 chaos wild(7) 2 12 rated 2 1686 OBwan blitz 5 0 rated 5 1449 Darooha blitz 2 8 unrated 1200-1600 m

If you typed "play 2" (and you were registered) you'd immediately enter a 5 0 rated game with OBwan.

The columns are the ad number, rating of the seeker, name of the seeker, type of match, time control, rated or unrated, rating range that can accept the ad, and manual/automatic. Read help seeking for complete details.

Read help sfilter for ways to shorten the "sought" list to show only the kinds of matches you are interested in.