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
1993 (CD-ROM)
1995 (Win)

|genre = Computer chess

|modes = Single-player, Multiplayer

|platforms = DOS, Macintosh, Windows

}}

Grandmaster Chess is a 1992 chess video game for DOS and Macintosh developed by IntraCorp and its subsidiary Capstone that was focused on neural network technology and an artificial intelligence (AI) able to learn from mistakes.{{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}}

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 disks, but in 1993 in appeared in CD-ROM. This release only relevant addition was the Terminator 2: Judgment Day: Chess Wars package, an animated chess set like Battle Chess video game representing the Terminator 2: Judgment Day movie.[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. In 1995, a Windows port was released titled Grandmaster Championship Chess.{{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}}{{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}}{{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}}

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.{{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}} 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.{{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}} Game Players said that "Experienced players looking for a solid program with excellent graphics and a very smooth interface will love Grandmaster Chess."{{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.}}