There are several types of information that are available about users, games
and the server. You can have this information displayed to you by using
various commands.
| command | information |
| best | Displays highest ratings achieved for different types of chess matches (includes computers) |
| finger | Displays general information about a user |
| handle | Lists registered users with names beginning with a given letter or letters |
| hbest | Displays highest ratings achieved for different types of chess matches (excludes computers) |
| history | Displays information about a user's recent matches |
| hrank | Lists users and ratings within the range of ranks specified(rankings exclude computers) |
| inchannel | Lists all users who are listening to a given communication channel |
| rank | Lists users and ratings within the range of ranks specified (rankings include computers) |
| rwho | displays players logged on to a IIC server
|
| stored | Lists a user's stored games |
| variables | Displays a user's current preferences and settings |
| who | Lists current users
|
| command | information |
| date | Current date |
| help | Describes a command, displays useful information, or lists all commands and their help file topics alphabetically |
| llogons | Lists the last 30 or so logons/logoffs |
| logons | Lists the last 10 or so logons for a user |
| news | lists recent news items about the server |
| info | Lists all "information" help files for non-commands |
| rinfo | Displays chessservers connected to the IIC |
| rwho | Displays users logged on to a IIC server |
| statistics | Displays information about server usage |
| time | Displays current time at the server site |
| uptime | Displays how long the server has been running since its last startup, and various server statistics and parameters |
