Posted on: May 28, 2025
jrcowart54
Verified ownerGames: 13 Reviews: 2
great game
full of excitement good graphics
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Grandmaster Chess
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Checkmate.
For centuries, the game of chess has been used to test the tactical prowess of its players, presenting an equal playing field where victory is decided not through brute strength, but cunning strategy. Whether you’re a beginner or a veteran, this fully featured chess game from Capstone Software has all the tools and features you need to learn and master the game of chess.
Grandmaster Chess pits you against an opponent – powered by the innovative Zarkov A.I. which learns from its mistakes – with five adjustable skill levels from beginner to grandmaster. Build your strategic arsenal between matches by reviewing the Opening Moves Library, which contains hundreds of classical starting positions, or practice against the CPU with the analysis tool enabled to scope out the best move for any scenario. The Grandmaster awaits a worthy challenger...are you up to the task?
For centuries, the game of chess has been used to test the tactical prowess of its players, presenting an equal playing field where victory is decided not through brute strength, but cunning strategy. Whether you’re a beginner or a veteran, this fully featured chess game from Capstone Software has all the tools and features you need to learn and master the game of chess.
Grandmaster Chess pits you against an opponent – powered by the innovative Zarkov A.I. which learns from its mistakes – with five adjustable skill levels from beginner to grandmaster. Build your strategic arsenal between matches by reviewing the Opening Moves Library, which contains hundreds of classical starting positions, or practice against the CPU with the analysis tool enabled to scope out the best move for any scenario. The Grandmaster awaits a worthy challenger...are you up to the task?
- New to chess? No problem! The Teaching Mode will guide you through the basics of Chess and introduce you to more complex strategies. Use Chess Play Ratings to monitor your progress and determine your chess rating.
- Customize the look of the game – in 2D or 3D – to match your mood with eight board surfaces such as marble, glass, and wood, or try out seven different sets of pieces, including monsters, robots, and abstract.
- Let go of your conscious self and act on instinct in the challenging blindfold mode.
- Practice against the computer or go head-to-head against your friend in local competitive two-player mode.
2021 © Ziggurat Interactive, Inc.
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manual (13 pages)
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Minimum system requirements:
Local head-to-head multiplayer supported
Recommended system requirements:
Local head-to-head multiplayer supported
This game is powered by DOSBox.
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Posted on: July 30, 2025
peternl
Verified ownerGames: 210 Reviews: 5
Give it five stars old but still good.
Simple but still nice chess game for such a old game plus it was cheap. Great for beginners.
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Posted on: September 7, 2024
johnfpittman
Verified ownerGames: 50 Reviews: 1
good practice
Good to practice and work on positional chess.
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Posted on: September 10, 2021
lovingboth
Games: 320 Reviews: 3
Only if you like terrible chess sets
Being the best chess program on GOG is not a very high hurdle. The alternatives are.. .. Battle Chess, which was the original DOS 'animated combat when one piece takes another' game. It's still amusing to see, and comes with a sequel for playing Chinese Chess thrown in. .. Combat Chess, which took Battle Chess's idea and did it with more pixels in Windows.. just not better. This one is also DOS-based. It was OK when it came out, but it's been left waaay behind in terms of looks, playing strength and adaptability. That's a nice way of saying it looks hideous, gets slaughtered by Stockfish, and has nowhere near the number of options that Fritz does.
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Posted on: January 28, 2025
drboals
Verified ownerGames: 172 Reviews: 8
shi*ty programming
board is tiny and in top left corner... annoying sound at start. this is crap
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