Computer Chess
 

To put it mildly I suck at chess but love to play. I don't like to play against other people because my suck-iness becomes readily apparent. Does anyone know of any good computer chess games? Thanks.

Battlechess!

Hoyle's new Majestic chess is AWESOME! I'd definately recommend checking it out.

Okay, I have alot to say about this.

There are a lot of reasons to play chess. If you want to get good then there is no substitute for Fritz 8 -The controls are a little complex for adjusting levels and setting up boards but once you get used to it -you will play at your own level and get REALLY good. I've seen this firsthand in the chessclub that I go to.

Chessmaster is also a good program but not on the level of Fritz. The cool thing about chessmaster is that the computer simulated opponents REALLY seem to make the mistakes that humans make when they play. There are probably a hundred or so computerized opponents of varying degrees of ability. You could get better just playing at your hardest ability level until you finally beat that opponent regularly -then move up.

Chessmaster is easy to learn the controls.


That being said, there are other chess programswhich do the trick if you just want a game. I've played battlechess at my nephew's house. It has cool 3D animation and is definitely fun. There are tons of chess programs out there and I am recommending the two at the top.

ive always wanted one of those chess games where the peices are animated and fight each other..... its just so cool!

A while back there was a Star Wars chess game where the pieces would fight. The graphics weren't anything stellar, but it's something you just have to have if you're a Star Wars geek.

I got Fritz 6 a while ago; I didn't know there was a new version out. All I know is that I suck at chess. It was a good program, though. Cheap, too.

I would sometimes play chess on msn gaming... it's cool to play with someone real.

any of the chess masters is good to play but if you wanna learn how to play chess just read up on it more check out other peoples strategies learn from them and eventually creat your own.

chessmaster 9000

its superb...got in the 10 games of the year on a site(even tho its chess)

totally customisable opponents
HUGE library
thousands of annoted games

Yahoo chess is where it's at :p even if you aren't very good it's usually easy to find someone on par with your skill to play against.

God I loved Battlechess. I remember when it came out the SVGA graphics where the bomb. Still have it along with other variations on w Battle Chess Special Edition disk I play on my old Pentium 233 laptop everyonce and awhile.