''The Fidelity Ultimate Chess Challenge'' is a

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video game released in 1991 by

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for the

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. Players can either play against the game or against another player using the same console. The game engine was written by Fidelity Electronics, makers of various

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s, and reached a master rating of 2325 Elo.

Gameplay

The program has 17 levels of play. Eight of them are time based level setting the average response time from 5 seconds (level time 1) to 4 minutes (level 8). The eight following levels restrict the program ability to look ahead. For example, level depth 1 restricts the program to 1 ply or 1 half move, level depth 2 restricts the computer to 2 plies or 2 half moves, and so on to level depth 8. The 17th level is an infinite level, the computation can either be stopped by the user or by the finding of a forced mate.

Development and release

Reception

''The Fidelity Ultimate Chess Challenge'' was met with mostly positive reception. Robert A. Jung reviewed the game which was published to ''

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'', and gave it 7 out of 10. He was positive to its gameplay, but was critical to its lack of board set-up option.

References

External links

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