Grandmaster Chess
| Grandmaster Chess | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | IntraCorp |
| Publisher(s) | Capstone Software |
| Platform(s) | DOS |
| Release date(s) | 1993 |
| Genre(s) | Chess |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
| Distribution |
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Grandmaster Chess is a 1993 video game to play chess for PC DOS platform develop by IntraCorp and its subsidiary Capstone that was focused on neural network technology and an artificial intelligence (AI) able to learn from mistakes.[1]
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 discs, but in 1996 in appeared in CD-ROM. This release only relevant addition was the Terminator 2: Judgement Day: Chess Wars package, an animated chess set like Battle Chess video game representing the Terminator 2: Judgment Day movie.[2]
Requirements
Originally, to execute Grandmaster Chess an IBM PC compatible needed:[3]
- 386SX/33 MHz CPU type/speed
- less than 1 MB RAM
- 1 MB hard disk space
- DOS 3.3
- VGA: 640x480, 256 colors
- 640 KB free conventional memory
In DOS-independents systems, just like GNU/Linux, Unix-like and more modern versions of Windows it can be played through console emulators, like DOSBox (version 0.61 and later).[4]
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 weak opening book.[5]
See also
- Computer chess
- Vintage software
- Learning section of Artificial Intelligence article
- Simulators for teaching neural network theory section of Neural network software article
References
- ↑ Grandmaster Chess from Home of the Underdogs. Retrieved on September 22, 2012.
- ↑ Grandmaster Chess (CD-ROM Edition) for DOS (1993) from Moby Games. Retrieved on September 22, 2012.
- ↑ Grandmaster Chess CD-ROM Edition from Allgame. Retrieved on September 22, 2012.
- ↑ from DOSBox website. Retrieved on September 22, 2012.
- ↑ Carter, Tim (1992-11). "Capstone's Grandmaster Chess". Computer Gaming World. p. 88. Retrieved 4 July 2014. Check date values in:
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External links
- Download rom Free Chess Downloads: Oldies collection.