Checkmate (Atari ST, 3 1/2" Disk) Interplay Productions - 1990 USA, Canada Release

The Final Word In Chess.

Checkmate is the most powerful and versatile chess program on the market with state-of-the-art graphics, a highly intuitive user interface, and the widest range of features found on any micro-computer chess program, many of which have never before been implemented on a personal computer.

The Final Word In Chess.

Checkmate is the most powerful and versatile chess program on the market with state-of-the-art graphics, a highly intuitive user interface, and the widest range of features found on any micro-computer chess program, many of which have never before been implemented on a personal computer. Checkmate's many features include:

Playing options

• Infinite play levels in any of four separate modes.
• Select levels by time per move.
• Choose a different level during play.
• Special "easy" levels for beginners.
• World's strongest chess play (and weakest for beginners).
• Take back and replay move.
• Change sides anytime.
• See how Checkmate would play your move.
• Save/Load/Print Games.
• Replay entire game.
• Checkmate will predict your next more and then use your time to think.
• Play solo, face-to-face, or watch and learn as Checkmate plays against itself.

Opening Library

• Massive opening library of over 300,000 moves.
• Choose opening line by strength, popularity or randomness.
• Force particular opening line to be played.
• Select named Classical or Modern opening line.
• Checkmate recognizes and announces openings by name.
• Learns as it plays by adding strong opening moves to its library.
• Extend opening library by adding your own openings.

Easy to use

• Menu driven with intuitive hot keys.
• Simple move entry by mouse or keyboard.
• Unique intuitive move entry by single mouse click as Checkmate predicts your next move.
• 2D and 3D views.
• View the board from any direction.
• Rotate the board through any angle.
• Preferences file to save your selected options.

Technical features

• Special information screen packed with:
  • Chess clocks
  • Move list
  • Best line of play
  • Score
  • Current move
  • Playing time for each move.
• Powerful "What If?" feature allows you to investigate Checkmate's thought process.
• Set drawn game desirability to give a playing style ranging from speculative to safe.
• Alter and set up any position.
• Solve Checkmate's test positions and thus rate your play on the international ELO scale.
• State-of-the-art transposition table gives computers with 1 Megabyte or more of memory even greater strength.