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Battle Chess: n/a No No Yes No Battle Chess: Game of Kings: n/a No No Yes No Battle vs. Chess: Fritz: No No levels 1-9 Yes Chessaria: The Tactical Adventure: Chessaria AICE No No Yes Yes Yes Chess Assistant: Dragon, Rybka: Yes Yes multivariation, uci_elo [a] No Chess960 No Chessbase: Fritz: Yes Yes uci_elo [a] for analysis but no timed games ...
Jonathan Corbblah was born in 1979. [1] As a child, he was almost held back in the first grade because he was illiterate; after his father—a Christian preacher—spent the summer drilling academics non-stop, by the next academic year, he was ahead of his second-grade class.
Chessmaster (originally The Chessmaster) is a chess video game series, currently owned and developed by Ubisoft. It is the best-selling chess video game series, with more than five million units sold as of 2002. [2] The same cover art image featuring Will Hare was used from Chessmaster 2000 to Chessmaster 9000. [3]
Combat Chess received generally average reviews. The game was often compared to Interplay's Battle Chess from 1988. [5] [8] [3] GameSpot called the battle animations a novelty that quickly wears off. [3] Pelit said the graphics were not good and the camera perspective was hiding smaller pieces behind larger ones.
Hoyle Majestic Chess received generally positive reviews from critics. GameSpot recommended Fritz 8 or Chessmaster 9000 for experienced players but said the fantasy tutorial is the best way to introduce a person to chess. [5] IGN said the real draw of the game is the adventure mode and called the chess engine "robust". [7]
[13] Level called Chessmaster 10th Edition a well-designed game that appeals to both veteran and casual players. [11] GameZone noted " If you're an ultra hard-core player, you can stick with a Fritz or Kasparov model, but for those of us that do not eat, breathe and sleep chess, this is an excellent game."
Ewald commented that "It is a good program for learning the game, playing on many different competitive levels, ease of movement, and replaying famous games." [11] Chessmaster 2000 became the first and only chess game to be the top-rated game in Computer Gaming World ' s reader poll, [12] with a score of 7.25 out of 10.
Playchess is a commercial Internet chess server managed by ChessBase devoted to the play and discussion of chess and chess variants.As of February 2011, Playchess had more than 31,000 players online, including many internationally titled players who remain pseudo-anonymous and other masters whose identities are known, such as Hikaru Nakamura, Nigel Short and Michael Adams.