Snail Bucket is a platform for Slow Time Control Chess Tournaments on FICS, mainly created to fill gaps between Teamleague editions. We're also offering monthly tournaments alongside Teamleague.
The membership is free. FICS users are welcome
For a few help articles we have written, see here.
We assume that most of you have an account on FICS already (which you'll need to play in our tournaments anyway). Send an FICS message to
Snailbucket was founded in 2014; we'd like to thank a lot of people. We're bringing this website back in 2024, after a nine year hiatus. Please be patient with us, some technical aspects may need a bit time to readjust.