chess interface?

anyone know if its possable to do an open_gl FICS(internet chess) interface with Open_Gl ? i mean so you can play someone on-line?

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Originally posted by knavely:
anyone know if its possable to do an open_gl FICS(internet chess) interface with Open_Gl ? i mean so you can play someone on-line?

I don't know anything about FICS, but... why not? You're just putting an OpenGL interface on top of some network protocol (if I understand correctly)... what could possibly prevent you from doing that?

Maybe I just don't understand the question.