Fritz 8 - Play Chess
Ages: Everyone

I am not a chess player so I am writing from the recommendations of others. The consensus is that this is a great program - even better than Deep Blue. No that is not a dolphin adventure. It refers to IBM's computer chess program. This hybrid 2 disk set plays on both PCs and Macs.

While it has an introductory course for beginners - this is really a product for advance players - you know your 9 year genius who wants to become a Grandmaster. There are many types of instruction available:

-opening, middle and endgame training -ongoing commentary on board events -spy, hint and threatened squares function -game analysis -giant openings book -5000,000 database of games -and …a one year membership to http://www.PlayChess.com.

If all of the above makes sense to you - this one is for you.

Reviewed by: Editor - 12/03