Grandmaster Chess

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Grandmaster Chess
Grandmaster Chess CD Cover.jpg
CD-ROM cover art
Developer(s) IntraCorp
Publisher(s) Capstone Software
Platform(s) DOS, Macintosh, Windows
Release1992
1993 (CD-ROM)
1995 (Win)
Genre(s) Computer chess
Mode(s) Single-player, Multiplayer

Grandmaster Chess is a 1992 chess video game for DOS and Macintosh developed by IntraCorp and its subsidiary Capstone that was focused on neural network technology and an artificial intelligence (AI) able to learn from mistakes. [1]

Contents

Capable of using VGA and SVGA modes, features multiple skill levels, different sets of pieces, boards and backgrounds, 2D/3D view, pull-down menus, move list with VCR style control, able to analysis moves and games and rate the user strength. Originally it was distributed in floppy disks, but in 1993 in appeared in CD-ROM. This release only relevant addition was the Terminator 2: Judgment Day: Chess Wars package, an animated chess set like Battle Chess video game representing the Terminator 2: Judgment Day movie. [2] In 1995, a Windows port was released titled Grandmaster Championship Chess. [3] [4] [5]

Reception

Computer Gaming World stated that Grandmaster Chess "falls short of the current competition in terms of overall options". The magazine criticized the game's weak strategic analysis reporting, the absence of an advertised teaching mode, and a weak opening book. [6] In a 1995 comparison between 11 chess programs, Computer Gaming World rated Grandmaster Championship Chess the third highest, sharing the same rating with Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess and Kasparov's Gambit . [7] Game Players said that "Experienced players looking for a solid program with excellent graphics and a very smooth interface will love Grandmaster Chess." [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Grandmaster Chess from Home of the Underdogs. Retrieved on September 22, 2012.
  2. ↑ Grandmaster Chess (CD-ROM Edition) for DOS (1993) from MobyGames. Retrieved on September 22, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Test Express - Chess Challenge [sic]". Génération 4 (in French). No. 81. October 1995. p. 154.
  4. ↑ "IntraCorp Inc. - 1995 Product Catalog" (PDF). IntraCorp Inc. 1995. Grandmaster Championship Chess - Format: Windows CD-ROM - Available Now{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ↑ Duy, Manfred (March 1997). "Strategie - 4 Neue Schachprogramme". PC Joker (in German). No. 3/97. Joker-Verlag. pp. 72–74.
  6. ↑ Carter, Tim (November 1992). "Capstone's Grandmaster Chess". Computer Gaming World. No. 100. pp. 88–89. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  7. ↑ Coleman, Terry Lee (November 1995). "Survey - The Game of Kings" (PDF). Computer Gaming World . No. 136. Ziff Davis. pp. 278–290.
  8. ↑ "Puzzles, Board, Card & Word Games - Grandmaster Chess". Game Players PC Entertainment . Vol. 5, no. 7. GP Publications, Inc. 1992. p. 55.
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