Grandmaster Chess

{{short description|1992 video game}} {{for|the title|Grandmaster (chess)}} {{Infobox video game |title = Grandmaster Chess |image = Grandmaster_Chess_CD_Cover.jpg |caption = CD-ROM cover art |developer = IntraCorp |publisher = Capstone Software |released = '''1992:''' MS-DOS 3½" disk<br>'''1993:''' MS-DOS CD-ROM<br>'''1995:''' Mac<br>'''2021:''' Windows |genre = Computer chess |modes = Single-player, multiplayer |platforms = MS-DOS, Classic Mac OS, Windows }}

'''''Grandmaster Chess''''' is a computer chess game published for MS-DOS in 1992. It was developed by IntraCorp and its subsidiary Capstone Software that was focused on neural network technology and an artificial intelligence able to learn from mistakes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 21, 2009 |title=Grandmaster Chess |url=http://www.hotud.org/component/content/article/37-strategy/22329 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628173238/http://www.hotud.org/component/content/article/37-strategy/22329 |archive-date=28 June 2009 |access-date=September 22, 2012 |website=Home of the Underdogs}}</ref>

The original release of the game includes VGA and SVGA support, multiple skill levels, different sets of pieces, boards and backgrounds, 2D/3D view, pull-down menus, ability to rewind and replay moves, and a rating of the player's strength. A 1993 CD-ROM version adds ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day: Chess Wars'', an animated chess set like ''Battle Chess'', as a tie-in with the film ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day''.<ref name="moby">[http://www.mobygames.com/game/grandmaster-chess-cd-rom-edition Grandmaster Chess (CD-ROM Edition) for DOS (1993)] from MobyGames. Retrieved on September 22, 2012.</ref> In 2021, a Windows port of the original was released as '''''Grandmaster Championship Chess'''''.<ref name="Gen4">{{cite magazine |title=Test Express - Chess Challenge [sic] |journal=Génération 4 |date=October 1995 |issue=81 |page=154 |url=https://archive.org/details/generation4-magazine-081/page/n153/mode/2up |language=French}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |date=1995 |title=Grandmaster Championship Chess |url=https://mocagh.org/miscgame/intracorp-95catalog.pdf |journal=Product Catalog |publisher=IntraCorp Inc. |quote=Grandmaster Championship Chess - Format: Windows CD-ROM - Available Now}}</ref><ref name="pcjoker">{{cite magazine |last1=Duy |first1=Manfred |title=Strategie - 4 Neue Schachprogramme |journal=PC Joker |date=March 1997 |issue=3/97 |pages=72–74 |url=https://archive.org/details/pcjoker-februar-1997-images/page/n71/mode/2up |publisher=Joker-Verlag |language=German}}</ref>

==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, absence of an advertised teaching mode, and weak opening book.<ref name="carter199211">{{cite magazine | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1992&pub=2&id=100 | title=Capstone's Grandmaster Chess | magazine=Computer Gaming World | date=November 1992 | accessdate=4 July 2014 | last=Carter | first=Tim | pages=88–89 |issue=100}}</ref> 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''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Coleman |first1=Terry Lee |title=Survey - The Game of Kings |magazine=Computer Gaming World |date=November 1995 |issue=136 |pages=278–290 |url=https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_136.pdf |publisher=Ziff Davis}}</ref> ''Game Players'' said that "Experienced players looking for a solid program with excellent graphics and a very smooth interface will love Grandmaster Chess."<ref name="GP">{{cite magazine |title=Puzzles, Board, Card & Word Games - Grandmaster Chess |journal=Game Players PC Entertainment |date=1992 |volume=5 |issue=7 |page=55 |url=https://archive.org/details/Game_Players_PC_Entertainment_Volume_5_Issue_7_Holiday_1992/page/n55/mode/2up |publisher=GP Publications, Inc.}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{moby game|id=/grandmaster-chess}} *{{moby game|id=/grandmaster-chess-cd-rom-edition|name=Grandmaster Chess - CD Edition}}

Category:1992 video games Category:Applications of artificial intelligence Category:Capstone Software games Category:Chess software Category:Classic Mac OS games Category:DOS games Category:IntraCorp games Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games Category:Video games developed in the United States Category:Windows games