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Learn to Play Chess with Fritz and Chesster 2: Chess in the Black Castle

from: Viva Media

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Binding: Video Game
Brand: Viva Media
EAN: 0838639001682
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone
Format: CD-ROM
Item Dimensions: 12575030525
Label: Viva Media
Manufacturer: Viva Media
Model: 00168
MPN: 838639001682
Number Of Items: 1
Platform: Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 95
Publisher: Viva Media
Release Date: November 05, 2004
Studio: Viva Media

Features:

A new chess adventure with Fritz, Bianca, and Chesster
Covers openings, middle game tactics, endgames, pinning, and more
Over 20 mini games within the game for practice
Powered by "Fritz", the world's leading chess software
For kids ages 8 and up

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Editorial Review:Fritz, Bianca and Chesster are back in a new chess adventure! Jump into chess action to rescue Chesster from deep within the walls of King Black's Castle in Learn to Play Chess with Fritz and Chesster 2, "Chess in the Black Castle." You'll have lots of fun learning move by move about openings, middle game strategy and tactics, endgames, pinning, delivering check, attacking, protecting - and much more. Try out over 20 mini games within the game to practice what you've learned and see if you can get into the high score. Chesster, the most amazing Chesshire rat-chess coach, is always ready with lots of tips on strategy and tactics! Fun Coaching and Training: Basic openings Bull-head opening King's Gambit Fool's mate and scholar's mate Middle game (tactics) Attack and protect The pin Forks and skewers Distraction Square rule Key squares Learn how to note down games just like the experts. Also print games out, save them, reload them and play them again another time! Choose your own opponent, but whatever you decide, Chesster will always be at the ready with useful tips and pointing out the best moves and positions. Great games, testing tasks, and chess commentary will make sure you never get bored. In fool's mate and scholar's mate Fritz and Bianca find out what not to do! And lots more!

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- A great software for someone who want to learn how to play chess
This second part of Fritz and Chesster is as good as the first part of Fritz and Chesster, but with more focus on strategies to optimize the utility of each piece in their own right. There is no duplication from the first part and it is certainly worth the money to buy both softwares. The graphics are beautiful and the instructions are very clear. My eight-year old son, who is a beginner in chess, loved both parts of this software after playing with them for a couple of weeks. I highly recommend ... Read More

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- Great game - audio glitches
Learn to play chess with Fritz and Chester 1 and 2 are both great games to learn chess. It captures the kids attention with little games and teaches them how to use the pieces (in #1) and some strategy (in #2). My 8 year old loves the games and even my 5 year old started playing some of the games in # 1. The only problem - both of my games have audio glitches (they are made in Germany and it seems that something has gone wrong with the sound in our english versions) - however my kids don't seems ... Read More

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- Can't Believe What My Son Learned!
My son loved Fritz & Chesster 1, so Santa brought him this second installment for Christmas. One afternoon I challenged him to a chess duel, and out of nowhere, he beat me. I was totally unprepared for his learning curve with this program. It seemed like the exercises were silly, but, as a teacher, I can appreciate how brilliantly crafted they are.
One exercise, Spooky Chess, trains them to "see" the board in their minds. They can choose to play with "ghost pieces," where all the pieces ... Read More

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- Crashed and burned
Never able to get this to work. It would run through the story line and then crash. We use Chessmaster instead. They have a nice game area for little kids.

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- my eight year old is now a chess master
I taught my son the basics of chess at 5 and he totally took to it, but I'm not a particularly good player, so I couldn't help him improve his game. So we bought him this software and it did just what we wanted: took him from a beginner with a solid grasp of the mechanics (moves and rules) to an intermediate with an understanding of strategy.

He now understands opening moves, developing the pieces, controlling the center of the board, protecting his king, when to sacrifice pieces and ... Read More

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