Fritz Chess

by Deep Silver

Product Features

• Free Chess: To play games freely in any of the three modes of play: Classic Chess, Chess 960 or Giveaway. You can have all the help Fritz has to offer.
• Fritz Chess ELO: Only you against the machine playing Classic Chess, without any help. The outcome will affect your ELO score. ELO is the number that indicates how good a player you are.
• Multiplayer: You can play against a friend on the same console, in any of three modes: Classic, 960 or Giveaway.
• Set up position: Put the pieces in a certain position and continue the match. Ideal for solving chess problems from the newspaper.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00288KO4E
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: June 30, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,900 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #17 in Video Games > Wii > Board Games

Product Description

The chess game FRITZ teaches players the basics of the world's most famous board game in an entertaining way. It's a fun game that is exciting to play, easy to learn, and not at all easy to master. Fritz has a database containing more than 2000 exciting documented historical matches. Relive great moments in the history at the hands of its illustrious players, with matches that go from opponents such as Napoleon against Madame de Remusat to the strange automaton and even through classic matches of Kasparov and Fischer, or the legendary Morphy. In addition, Fritz includes a gallery of your victories. Learn and enjoy having access yourself to a personalized record of games with your friends and family! The monarchs of the kingdoms of Ebony and Ivory, Fritz "The Black King" and Elizabeth "The White Queen", hold every ten years the "Chess Masters Tournament" to which come the champions from all villages of the kingdom. You are one of those champions who will fight to secure the coveted title of Chess Master. But to succeed you must defeat your opponents, thus earning the privilege to face the very Fritz himself, the unbroken Black King, and current Chess Master. Fritz will be your faithful squire and the one who can help you when you face your terrible opponents. And you better believe this: you'll need all the help you can get when you face different enemies, each with a different challenge to throw at you. From the brutal force and stupidity of the Brute to the dirty tricks of the Merchant and coming across the Kingdom's Hero, the only champion of the kingdom who has never been defeated, they all try to make you fail in your odyssey. Vanquish them all and extend your collection of Fritz Chess Treasures!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Adequate chess program, August 10, 2009

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Ernest Gundel (Chelsea, MA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This is the best chess program for the Wii -- and that is quite sad. Perhaps the chess market for game systems has completely dried up. All previous chess programs for the Wii were so bad, they were nearly unplayable. Fritz at least has the minimal features and strength to keep the chess fan occupied.

For the beginner, Fritz offers training levels of various strengths, chess problems and something called a "chess adventure".

For the experienced player, Fritz offers an engine with around a 2300 elo playing strength, which is plenty strong enough for the vast majority of players, but weaker than one would expect for a Fritz program running on the Wii's processor.

Fritz offers several adequate chess piece sets, including the obligatory 3D chess board, and some customizability on the interface.

What Fritz does NOT offer are obvious features present in any serious chess program:
No pointer control (moves are performed entirely with the wii-remote buttons).
No position evaluation
No analysis
No problem mode
No infinite level
No draw recognition
Not much of anything else a serious player would look for.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Was expecting more, August 8, 2009

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B. Krehbiel (Kansas City, KS) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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I'm an inexperienced Chess player, but found the hints helpful -- but the interface needs a lot of work. You basically have to use the control pad throughout the entire game (pointing and dragging at the screen like all other wii games is not part of this game).
No online play, and it won't even recognize your miis -- you create profiles from names on the game (unrelated to your mii). Does not see like it was made for the Wii.
I think the tutorials and education parts of the game seem to be good (but the interface is poor).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing overall, October 7, 2011

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airfoil (Florida Keys) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

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I had purchased this game for the use of my son, who is used to the exceptional computer tutorials "Fritz and Chester." I was also hoping for an entertaining wii like experience to playing the classic game of chess. This game suited neither my son or myself. It is a mediocre offering, geared to get your dollar based on the other excellent offerings from the makers of Fritz products. Avoid this one. If you're a serious player, hold out for Fritz 13, for which advanced orders are now being offered. If you are looking for a whimsical chess game, this will not satisfy you or your child.