Power Chess

Power Chess
Developer(s)	Sierra Entertainment
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows 95
Release date(s)	September 30, 1996
Genre(s)	Chess
Mode(s)	Single player
Media	CD
Input methods	Mouse

Power Chess is a chess-playing video game originally released in September, 1996 by Sierra Entertainment for the Microsoft Windows 95 operating system.

Engine

Its chess engine is called "Wchess", and played against Deep Blue in the 1995 World Computer Championship in Hong Kong. The game is included as a watchable "Great Game" in Power Chess.

Gameplay

Similar to most other chess programs, Power Chess provides tutorials in helping new players, while analyzing gameplay to improve one's strategy. Advice is given by the game's Queen, who walks the player through the move sequence and points out any mistakes made. The player can play ranked matches by challenging the game's King. A rating is assigned depending on play style and whether the player won, lost or drew the game. Players can also create their own characters with differing gameplay styles and difficulty.

"Great Games"

A collection of famous games is included for review and study, each one narrated turn-by-turn by the Queen. The games include:

• The Evergreen Game, Adolf Anderssen vs. Jean Dufresne (1852)
• The Opera Game, Paul Morphy vs. Duke Karl of Brunswick and Count Isouard (1858)
• Wilhelm Steinitz vs. Curt von Bardeleben (1895)
• Ruger vs. Gebhard (1915)
• Vassily Smyslov vs. Bobby Fischer (1970)
• Wchess vs. Deep Blue (1995)
• Deep Blue vs. Garry Kasparov, Game 1 (1996)

External links

• Power Chess at MobyGames

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