Comparison of chess video games
This is a comparison of chess video games.
General information
|
Developer |
First release |
Latest release |
License |
Platform |
Chess engine |
| 1K ZX Chess |
David Horne |
1983 |
N/A |
Commercial |
ZX Spectrum |
N/A |
| Battle Chess |
Interplay
Silicon & Synapse (C64)[1] |
1988 |
1994 |
Commercial |
Amiga, 3DO, Acorn Archimedes, Amiga CD32, Amiga CDTV, Apple IIGS, Apple IIe, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, FM Towns, NES, Mac OS, PC-98, Sharp X68000, Windows 3.x |
N/A |
| Battle Chess: Game of Kings |
Interplay |
2014-04 |
n/a |
Commercial |
Steam (software) |
n/a |
| Chess Titans |
Oberon Games |
2007 |
n/a |
Commercial |
Windows Vista, Windows 7 |
n/a |
| Fritz (chess) |
Chessbase |
1992 |
2013 |
Commercial |
Windows Vista, Windows XP, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo DS, Windows 7 |
Deep Fritz |
| HIARCS |
Chessbase |
1980 |
2012 |
Commercial |
Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Windows Mobile, Freescale DragonBall, ARM-based Palm OS, iPhone and iPod Touch |
Deep Fritz |
| SMIRF |
Reinhard Scharnagl |
|
2009 |
Commercial |
Microsoft Windows |
|
| Junior (chess) |
Amir Ban and Shay Bushinsky |
2003 |
|
Commercial |
|
Deep Junior |
| DreamChess |
|
|
|
Free |
|
|
| glChess |
Robert Ancell, GNOME Team |
2000 |
|
Free |
Unix-like |
|
| GNU Chess |
GNU Project |
|
2013 |
Free |
Unix-like |
third-party |
| xBoard/Winboard |
Tim Mann |
|
2013 |
Free GPL |
Unix-like X11 Microsoft Windows |
third-party |
| Chessmaster |
Ubisoft Romania
Zonic Limited (Mac OS X) |
1986 |
2007 |
Commercial |
MS Windows, MS-DOS, PlayStation Xbox 360 (XBLA), PSP, PS2 |
|
| Shredder (chess) |
Stefan Meyer-Kahlen |
1993 |
2010 |
Commercial |
Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android |
Deep Fritz |
| Wii Chess |
Nintendo |
2008 |
n/a |
Commercial |
Nintendo Wii |
Loop Express |
| Rybka |
Vasik Rajlich |
2010 |
|
Commercial |
|
Rybka |
| Lego Chess |
|
1998 |
n/a |
Commercial |
PC, DOS |
|
| pouetChess |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| pyChess |
PyChess Project |
2006 |
|
GPL |
Unix-like |
third-party |
| ChessV |
Gregory Strong |
2009 |
n/a |
GPL |
Microsoft Windows |
ChessV |
| Battle vs. Chess |
Targem Games
Zuxxez Entertainment |
2011 |
n/a |
Commercial |
Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Wii |
|
| Microchess |
Peter R. Jennings |
1976 |
n/a |
Commercial |
KIM-1 |
Microchess |
| Pure Chess |
VooFoo Studios |
2012 |
n/a |
Commercial |
PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita |
Pure Chess |
| Silver Star Chess |
AgeTec |
2008 |
n/a |
Commercial |
Wiiware |
Silver Star Chess |
| Power Chess |
Sierra Entertainment |
1996 |
1998 |
Commercial |
Microsoft Windows |
WChess |
| Chess Crusade |
Slam Games |
TBA |
2010 |
Commercial |
Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, iPad |
|
| Chess: Secrets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Combat Chess |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Wizard Chess |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Fritz and Chesster |
Chessbase |
2005 |
2010 |
|
Windows Vista, Windows XP, Mac, Nintendo DS |
Deep Fritz |
| Chess Advantage |
|
1999 |
2002 |
Commercial |
Microsoft Windows |
Chessmaster, Combat Chess, Grandmaster Chess |
| Virtual Chess |
|
? |
2002 |
Commercial |
Microsoft Windows 3.11, Microsoft Windows |
|
| Kasparov Chess |
|
2001 |
|
Commercial |
Playstation, Microsoft Windows |
|
Play It Chess Challenger
Chess Champion |
System 3 |
|
|
Commercial |
Playstation 2 |
|
| Grand Master Chess |
Mastertronic |
|
2007 |
Commercial |
Microsoft Windows |
|
| Master Chess |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gameplay
|
3D Graphics/Animated pieces mode |
Variants (rules, pieces, boards) |
Multiplayer |
| 1K ZX Chess |
No |
No |
|
| Battle Chess |
Yes |
No |
|
| Battle Chess: Game of Kings |
No |
No |
|
| Chess Titans |
No |
No |
|
| Fritz (chess) |
|
|
|
| HIARCS |
|
|
|
| SMIRF |
|
Chess960, Bird Chess, Capablanca Chess, Capablanca Random Chess, Carrera Chess, Embassy Chess, Janus Chess |
|
| Junior (chess) |
|
|
|
| DreamChess |
|
|
|
| glChess |
|
|
|
| GNU Chess |
No |
Yes Knightmate, Capablanca and Gothic Chess, Shatranj, Courier Chess, Cylinder chess, Berolina Chess under fairymax |
|
| xBoard/Winboard |
No |
Yes Knightmate, Capablanca and Gothic Chess, Shatranj, Courier Chess, Cylinder chess, Berolina Chess under fairymax |
|
| Chessmaster |
|
|
|
| Shredder (chess) |
|
|
|
| Wii Chess |
|
|
|
| Rybka |
|
|
Yes |
| Lego Chess |
|
|
No |
| pouetChess |
|
|
|
| pyChess |
|
|
|
| ChessV |
|
|
|
| Battle vs. Chess |
Yes |
|
|
| Microchess |
|
|
|
| Pure Chess |
|
|
|
| Silver Star Chess |
|
|
|
| Power Chess |
|
|
|
| Chess Crusade |
|
|
|
| Chess: Secrets |
|
|
|
| Combat Chess |
|
|
|
| Wizard Chess |
|
|
|
| Fritz and Chesster |
|
|
|
| Chess Advantage |
|
|
|
| Virtual Chess |
|
|
|
| Kasparov Chess |
|
|
|
Play It Chess Challenger
Chess Champion |
|
|
|
| Grand Master Chess |
|
|
|
| Master Chess |
|
|
|
|
References
- ↑ "A Decade of Blizzard". IGN. 2001-02-01. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
Commodore 64 Battle Chess, Windows Battle Chess, Amiga Battle Chess II, Amiga Lord of the Rings, and Windows Shanghai were some of our early projects.
See also