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Game #2357
Hall of Belated Fame Inductee  Complete Chess System    View all Top Dogs in this genre
Strategy   Board - Western

Rating: 7.48 (70 votes)

Complete Chess System box cover

Complete Chess System screenshot
Complete Chess System (CCS) is an excellent “hardcore” chess program from Oxford Softworks that sold reasonably well in the UK but is literally unknown elsewhere.

In addition to running on one of the strongest chess engines ever made, CCS is also the world’s first commercial chess software to include a respectable collection of historical games, some database capabilities, and a very pretty interface (one step behind Chessmaster in the graphics department, though). And to beat the chess engine is not a piece of cake. For example, on a Pentium 200, CCS scores 2160 Elo on the LCTII test. That is equivalent to the around 2000 Elo of the computers that were available in the year of the game’s release. (For anyone who has no idea what I’m talking about: Elo is a mathematical system used to rate chess players, invented in the 1960s by Dr. Arpad Elo. Some typical Elo ratings are: 2800+ for a World Champion; 2300+ for International Masters (IM). Read this interesting article on how to estimate IQ from Elo rating and vice versa).

Overall, novice players who are used to Software Toolworks’ popular Chessmaster may be intimidated by CCS. But for a real, no-nonsense game of chess with all the frills, including a great database of historical games, CCS is simply a must-have. Highly recommended!

Note: The most recent incarnation of the engine is Complete Chess System Tal II, a great program for Windows 95 and above that was designed to play in the style of Mikhail Tal, Russian world champion who is famous for his daring and attacking style of play.

Reviewed by: Underdogs
Designer: Chris Whittington
Developer: Oxford Softworks
Publisher: Oxford Softworks
Year: 1993
Software Copyright: Oxford Softworks
Theme:  
Multiplayer:  
None that we know of
System Requirements: DOS
Where to get it:
Related Links: Synopsis on a Chess Website
Links:    
If you like this game, try: Cyrus, Mychess, Thai Chess

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