network c programming?

[knavely]

i am working on a chess program in c , i want it to beable to take input from the internet so that people can play each other on-line. i have no clue how to work with network protocal . can anyone recomend some good references, or good places to start?
my aim is to beable to use it on fics(free internet chess)

[Stuka]

What you need to look into is socket programming - there are several good sites online that explain it (I'd do a Google (http://www.google.com)search for "sockets" for a good start).

[kmj]

http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~beej/guide/net/

:D "Beej's Guide To Network Programming"