good chess game/simulator?

[denn]

my brother and i have been playing some chess lately, and he starts to take a liking to it

now he wants to buy a chess-game for the PC.

which ones are the best that you recommend?

thanks,

denn

[cobrajoe]

The best one I've played is this old game called "Battle Chess". It ran on our old computer on DOS actually. It was great, the "3D" board had actual figures of kings, queens, knights and castles. Also, when you killed someone on the board, there was an actual battle, sometimes they got pretty graphic.

As for new games, I really don't know. I actually prefer playing on an actual board if I can.

[denn]

yeah, i remember battle chess alright, and battle chess 2

but he's more looking for a 'serious' game/simulator.

somewhere deep in my memory i seem to recall a chess-game calles Psion, or something, that seemed pretty professional in those days (circa 1989). is that series still worthwhile or are there better games?

edit:done some searching. i found these 3:

- chessmaster
- fritz
- hoyle majestic

anyone know these and if they're any good for serious professional 'chessing'?

[meat]

Both Chessmaster and Fritz are good. I am not familiar with the Hoyle one.

[denn]

thanks Meat!

[foggy]

Is there a free download for a online chess game?

[denn]

probably a demo-version available for download for Chessmaster or Fritz

try this one for starters:

http://www.download.com/Chessmaster-10t ... 97912.html

denn

[cgjones]

I've used a few different versions of Chessmaster and one version of Fritz. Overall, I liked Chessmaster better, but for the life of me, I can't remember why. I've been running Linux for awhile now, so I haven't used Chessmaster or Fritz recently. I've got an older version of Chessmaster that I'm not using anymore, if anyone wants it.

[Jordan]

you can play chess online for free through yahoo and msn gaming zone