Chess Advantage

by Encore

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000021Y25
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: July 24, 1999
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,451 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Whether you're a beginner or a master, Chess Advantage is the collection designed to improve your skills. Games included are Chessmaster 4000, Combat Chess, Grandmaster Chess Ultra, Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess, and Internet Chess Club.

You get multimedia instruction for every skill level and hundreds of chess sets. Choose your match, setting, level of difficulty, and opponent from a host of options. Play against the computer, a friend, or people from around the world.

Manufacturer Description

This collection includes Chessmaster 4000, Combat Chess, Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess, Grandmaster Chess Ultra, and Internet Chess Club. Whether you are just a beginner or already a master, Chess Advantage is the perfect collection. You get multimedia instruction for every skill level and hundreds of chess sets. Choose your match, setting, level of difficulty, and opponent from a host of options. Play against the computer, a friend, or people around the world. Either way, Chess Advantage will improve your skill.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

64 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Starter Pack!, February 23, 2000

By 

C. Ross "chrislv" (US Armed Forces, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chess Advantage (CD-ROM)

This pack includes several chess programs and a six month membership in the Internet Chess Club. The ICC membership alone is worth the price of the software. The pack includes Chessmaster 4000, an earlier version of the noted chess software series, a solid program for beginning and intermediate players. Also it has Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess, an outstanding program for children by America's newest Grandmaster. His narration makes chess fun and exciting using solid graphics and lessons to get your child started the right way. These programs, plus Combat Chess and Grandmaster Chess Ultra make this package an tremendous value!

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great programs. Great price., November 7, 2000

By 

Adam Miller - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chess Advantage (CD-ROM)

I ordered this pack simply to try out combat chess. It's a newer version of a very old game called battle chess. The pieces fight when they capture. Animation is good, and it makes the game humorous. The pack also includes Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess. This is probably my favorite because you get to watch actual chess games between Grandmasters! Maurice comments on the moves and explains why they were made. I find it fascinating to watch the 13-year-old Bobby Fischer outwit his opponent by thinking 10-13 moves ahead. This program is good for children or beginner players because the first few lessons explain in detail how each piece moves, how the game is played etc... It is also good for higher-level players because the advanced lessons are good memory and logic exercises. For you windows 2000 users, these are the only two programs that will run. That is unfortunate, but they are 2 very good programs, and I would have still purchased this product if I knew that ahead of time.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ideal Software to start with, August 18, 2001

By 

Steven Duncan (Nocona, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chess Advantage (CD-ROM)

The chess advantage software package offered a fantastic selection of chess software for the begininer to intermediate chess player. I found Maurice Ashley teaches chess a fantastic way to learn the basic strategies and techniques of chess. Grand Master Chess also had some good audio/ written tutorials ( but I found the playing engines has some bugs in it). Chess Master 4000 was a excellent playing program. And the intro membership to ICC was great! Combat chess was fun to watch.. but of little value to helping you improve.