''Grandmaster Chess'' is a 1992 video game to play chess for

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and

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developed by

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and its subsidiary

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that was focused on neural network technology and an

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(AI) able to learn from mistakes.Grandmaster Chess
from

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. Retrieved on September 22, 2012. Capable of using

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and

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modes, features multiple skill levels, different sets of pieces, boards and backgrounds, 2D/3D view, pull-down menus, move list with

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style control, able to analysis moves and games and rate the user strength. Originally it was distributed in

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s, but in 1993 in appeared in CD-ROM. This release only relevant addition was the ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day: Chess Wars'' package, an animated chess set like ''

Battle Chess ''Battle Chess'' is a computer game version of chess with animated three-dimensional graphics. It was originally developed and released by Interplay Entertainment for the Amiga in 1988 and subsequently on many other systems, including 3DO Intera ...

'' video game representing the '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' movie.Grandmaster Chess (CD-ROM Edition) for DOS (1993)
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. Retrieved on September 22, 2012.

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'' stated that ''Grandmaster Chess'' "falls short of the current competition in terms of overall options". The magazine criticized the game's weak strategic analysis reporting, the absence of an advertised teaching mode, and a weak

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