Combat Chess
I cant believe this is even on steam. This is an old game i played when i was like 9 years old. I am so happy i found it and for 5 bucks on steam.
Its just a really fun animated chess :) Good for nostalgia.
– Real player with 0.4 hrs in game
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A knock-off of Battle Chess for all intents and purposes. Cheaper, though. Worth a try.
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
Grandmaster Chess
This game takes your chess experience to the Next level it has both Hints and an opening book, The AI is one of the best i have seen yet the Grand master level is better than and StockFish
this game is a must buy for beginners and advanced Players
if you want to see a gameplay check my youtube Channel: Jaxree
Have fun!
– Real player with 1.5 hrs in game
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Archon Classic
For those of you who grew up playing the original Archon, you will be glad to know this one exists. It has everything the old game did, and offers a lot of improvements. The major thing being secondary attacks. Those were first introduced in Archon Ultra, and these are somewhat similar. There is also the ability to play on different maps some are dependant upon the number of players. ( You can have 4! :D) There is the classic Archon map, maps that allow your guys to level up to level 3, and maps that have runes that provide benefits when you move onto them.
– Real player with 28.5 hrs in game
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Archon Classic is a game made by Archon fans for Archon fans to enjoy. I played the NES version and Archon Ultra for MS-DOS, always thinking: “This is a nice game, but imagine how cool would it be if…”. No matter how that sentence finishes, Archon Classic will bring it alongside nostalgia and a modern touch.
This is a chess-like game where pieces of Light and Dark fight each other in real-time battles. Of course, most of the game’s strategy is on the board, where the turn-based portion takes place. If you’re a regular chess player, you’ll probably start thinking about openings, forks, movement block, waste of time, zugzwang and other well-known elements of chess.
– Real player with 10.1 hrs in game
BOT.vinnik Chess: Combination Lessons
tldr; If you play Chess, get this.
To start, I don’t think anyone will play this for 34 hours unless you leave your PC on with this up like I did–but I still highly recommend it for new-to-okayish players looking for insight. I’ve ran through it a couple times & if it hasn’t improved my Chess game, it’s at least given me some new angles and strategies to think about. The aesthetic and presentation are perfect and make the techniques easier to digest, and it’s the price of a cup of coffee. All considered, it makes grabbing this the easiest decision you can make in Chess.
– Real player with 39.9 hrs in game
If you are a beginner (like me), you will probably like it. It teaches you some basic and easy chess tactics, and I’m sure you’ll have fun with the mostache guy. But something that perhaps some people will not like is that the mustache guy wom’t explain why your wrong movements are wrong, if you want to know what you shouldn’t do that, you will have to think about it for yourself.
Anyway, even if it’s a short game, it is really cheap and you will probably learn something useful from it, so I recommend it.
– Real player with 3.3 hrs in game
BOT.vinnik Chess: Early USSR Championships
“When im white i win because im white, when im black i win because im Bogoljubov” Very nice and instructive Puzzles. Congrats Devs!
– Real player with 6.5 hrs in game
It was interesting to learn about real championship matches and play out why the losing player resigned.
– Real player with 2.1 hrs in game
BOT.vinnik Chess: Mid-Century USSR Championships
For the price, it’s a nice Chess game with a charming personality and nice music and aesthetics. I feel like the tune will be stuck in my head tomorrow. Lots of cool fun facts about the games you’re solving. I only encountered one bug where the text glitched out, but it wasn’t a big problem.
– Real player with 1.5 hrs in game
enjoy the brain
– Real player with 1.2 hrs in game
Caïssa Board
The first graphical user interfaces for chess have appeared in the 1990s. Since then, they have considerably evolved but are still very complicated. Caïssa Board is a modern Chess GUI that is capable of interfacing with many chess engines while being tuned toward simplicity of use. It also provides tactical and strategic hints such as the possibility of forks or the controlled squares. The public domain Chess Engine Gull 3 is included with Caïssa Board so you can start playing and analyze games without delay.
BOT.vinnik Chess: Opening Traps
Moves a bunch of pieces around the board very quickly without giving you much time to take in what is happening on the board, nor explaining why, tells you it’s a popular move (which one? all of them? black or white?). Then demands you “Find the BEST move!”. Well that depends doesn’t it? What am I trying to achieve? So I start moving what ‘I think’ is the best move. Nope, that was wrong and it doesn’t mind telling you in no uncertain terms. I try another. Wrong again! Only this time i’m being patronised. WTH?! Instead of berating me for getting it wrong, tell me what my objective is and explain why moving a certain piece is preferable over moving another. I might actually learn something useful within Chess and not what a waste of oxygen I am.
– Real player with 3.1 hrs in game
Cool game !
It is a great way to test your chess knowledge,
in my case it was a fun way to learn all the opening traps!
If you like chess this is a must have,
Very recommended!
– Real player with 2.1 hrs in game
Knight King Assassin
Awesome game! Even thought the game has simple idea, there is still quite a bit of challenge to pass the levels. Also the RPS (rock-paper-scissors) with chess make a really good and interesting twist. Definetely recommend to buy this game if you like puzzles or chess even a bit.
– Real player with 1.8 hrs in game
- ### Morlan’s shorts:
For the long nights or boring mornings.. There’s thinking involved, one cannot sleep on it. Presentation is nice and relaxing, graphics..sounds..music.. Starts with easy tutorial-like levels and gets progressively harder with new elements added later.
For the price of one gold coin.. (even two) it’s a bragin! even a bargain! (although no bars have been gained..)
PS. Would like to see a configuration that only needs mouse and no keyboard, or vice versa..
– Real player with 1.8 hrs in game
BOT.vinnik Chess: Late USSR Championships
Improve your chess knowledge and learn some history with commented puzzles out of anthological matches from the late USSR Chess Championships (1970s, and 80s)
■ Learn the theory behind the strategy
■ 150+ theory backed “best-move” chess puzzles
■ Famous matches organized by chess Masters in 16 chapters to elevate your knowledge
■ Made for chess enthusiasts by chess enthusiast
■ Have fun with BOT.vinnik’s peculiar sense of humor!