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Chess Informant is a series which collects chess games annotated by top players and publishes them in a language independent format. Chess game collections can be categorized by: 1. OTB (Over the board) 2. Correspondence 3. Online played games 4. Engines vs engine 5. Engine vs human 6. Puzzles 7. mid games 8. endgames
Millennium 3D chess is a three-dimensional chess variant created by William L. d'Agostino in 2001. It employs three vertically stacked 8×8 boards , with each player controlling a standard set of chess pieces .
Ferdinand Maack (1861–1930) was a German doctor, inventor and occultist. He invented Raumschach, the classic 3D chess game, first described by him in the Frankfurter Zeitung in 1907.
Shane's Chess Information Database (Scid) is a free and open source UNIX, Windows, Linux, and Mac application for viewing and maintaining large databases of chess games. [3] It has features comparable to popular commercial chess software. [4] Scid is written in Tcl/Tk and C++.
3D chess on Star Trek (from the episode "Court Martial") Tri-Dimensional Chess, Tri-D Chess, or Three-Dimensional Chess [a] is a chess variant which can be seen in many Star Trek TV episodes and movies, starting with the original series (TOS) and proceeding in updated forms throughout the subsequent movies and spinoff series. [9]
Ewald commented that "It is a good program for learning the game, playing on many different competitive levels, ease of movement, and replaying famous games." [11] Chessmaster 2000 became the first and only chess game to be the top-rated game in Computer Gaming World ' s reader poll, [12] with a score of 7.25 out of 10.
Hoyle Majestic Chess received generally positive reviews from critics. GameSpot recommended Fritz 8 or Chessmaster 9000 for experienced players but said the fantasy tutorial is the best way to introduce a person to chess. [5] IGN said the real draw of the game is the adventure mode and called the chess engine "robust". [7]
Parallel worlds chess is a three-dimensional chess variant invented by R. Wayne Schmittberger in the 1980s. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The gamespace comprises three 8×8 chessboards at different levels. Each side commands two full chess armies on levels 1 and 3.