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Introducing Chess Ultra; the most breathtaking chess game ever made. Experience stunning 4K visuals, seamless online multiplayer, Grandmaster approved AI and full VR compatibility.
Chess Ultra is a strategy, chess and indie game
developed and published by Ripstone.
Released on June 21st 2017 is available only on Windows
in 8 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Russian and Portuguese - Brazil.
It has received 2,135 reviews of which 1,596 were positive and 539 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.2 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 12.29€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.
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System requirements
These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.
Windows
- OS *: Windows Vista
- Processor: 2.0 GHz Dual Core
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce GTS 450 or AMD Radeon HD 6750
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 12 GB available space
- VR Support: SteamVR or Oculus PC
- Additional Notes: This will ensure the game will run at 1080p at 30fps. These specifications do not reflect VR, see Recommended Requirements for more details
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Pros: 1.) Beautiful presentation — the pieces, boards, and environments all look great. 2.) The music selection is well-chosen and adds to the cozy atmosphere the game aims for. 3.) The chess engine is solid enough to provide some fun and challenging games. Cons: 1.) The camera is frustrating to use. Getting it perfectly centered can be a hassle, and it's easy to accidentally reset your camera position. I don’t want to analyze a position while the board is off-center. 2.) The engine occasionally makes questionable moves and obvious blunders, even on higher-ELO bots. 3.) I don't understand why the Engine even has a time control, it makes moves in a second and I don't think it can even lose on time 4.) You must be okay with playing offline, as there is no active matchmaking. Overall: If you enjoy chess and want a comfortable experience with a great aesthetic, it’s definitely worth trying. The game looks amazing — but I’d recommend picking it up on sale.
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If you are currently learning or want to learn how to play chess this game is perfect for you. I didn't know anything about chess before playing this game and it taught me how. Now I can actually play on a chess board.
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Every Pawn Can be a Queen, For the Right Price I will say right up front that the multi-player is all but dead. You can get people to respond to a two player game usually pretty soon. But, many of those will resign immediately, which is no fun. But, I had no real trouble organizing tournaments to get all of the achievies, except for the one 32-player tournament. That is just ridiculous for a dead online game to have an all but impossible achievement. For these reasons I recommend buying it when its frequently on sale. Now that that is out of the way, I have to say that despite the limits to online play, the range of AI difficulty makes this a good chess engine for practicing your game, or just playing online non-synchronous games vs. friends and family. If you use family library share on Steam, it is easy to play with family members who don't own the game. Also, the game has aesthetically pleasing boards, chessmen, and environments. I guess it depends on what you are looking for. If you are looking for tournaments, you won't find that here (other than achievement boosting.) But, if you want to test out your openings, etc. vs the computer or just send moves back and forth leisurely with friends, then this is a great supplement for when you can't meet at the table. I have several chess games on Steam, and this is by far my favorite.
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One of the classiest ways to play chess online There are three main quretions that people have on their minds when thinking about buying a chess-simulation game: How huge is the playerbase? How strong's the AI? How's the look-and-feel? I'm going to answer those questions here. Appearence The graphics and music are just brilliant and make every game a wonderful experience. There are different settings with different soundtracks. DLCs contain either an extra setting, or extra pieces, or both. Pieces can be combined freely with any settings. If I've got it correctly, the pieces are 3D scans of handmade artistic pieces. Some preset camera perspectives are weird and effect disturbing reflections of light, but the camera can always be adjusted freely and locked where one wants it to be. AI When setting up a game against the AI, you are to select from some 12 different AI opponents that go from "Novice" to "Grandmaster". I'm not a grandmaster, so I can't tell if the Grandmaster AI really is as strong as it pretends to; but I began as a Novice, and I can tell that the Novice AI was a lot easier than my old chess computer's lowest level and I found it just to be perfect for learning how to play the game. The most important skill to develop at first is not to lose one's pieces due to silly mistakes. ( "Oh, I didn't see THAT!" ) Low-level AIs in Chess Ultra take care of that; instead of affording to be tricked with amazing strategies, they reward defensive playing by intentionally wasting their pieces from time to time as when there hasn't been contact for a while. Their advance from level to level is both, smooth and challenging. Playerbase Even though I usually don't have problems finding matches, this game's playerbase of course can't be compared to those of networks such as chess.com. However, anywhere I'd always recommend to any online player to look for some chess mates to play against regularly rather than to always go for matches against random players as in all online-chess games there's the problem that some pitiful players cheat by either having chess programs tell them what to do or, when they have their better days, not move their pieces at all, trying to force their enemies to give up. I'm quite sure they know exactly what to do with an Elo that's above their true skill and thus will connect them to players that are far too strong for them. All the same, Chess Ultra allows it to easily add Steam players to one's friends list; so a good experience with a random player doesn't have to be a one-off. Price As for the price, I got the game when it was reduced by 50%, which happens regularly a couple of times a year. Some of the DLCs I found to be too expensive even then, so I got only the ones I really wanted to have; but that was worth it. In need of guidance? The game doesn't include a chess course - only some puzzles of the sort "Mate in X turns" that have been taken from famous chess matches. To players who know the basic rules and want to learn how to actually "play" chess, thinking like a chess player, I recommend learning one standard ouverture for white and one for black and reading these two classic books by Jeremy Silman: "How to Reassess Your Chess" and "Silman's Endgame Course" . Even reading the first 30 pages of the first one made my Elo jump from 1300 to 1400.
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8.5/10 Recommended purchase price: Less than $30 USD I was just looking for a chess game that I can quickly open and randomly play a game. This is it. I open it, its looks nice, the graphics are clean, and the music is calming. The CPU adjusts up and down to your skill level based on how well you play. That's it. It's a chess game, there's nothing wrong with it.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Chess Ultra is currently priced at 12.29€ on Steam.
Chess Ultra is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 12.29€ on Steam.
Chess Ultra received 1,596 positive votes out of a total of 2,135 achieving a rating of 7.23.
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Chess Ultra was developed and published by Ripstone.
Chess Ultra is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Chess Ultra is not playable on MacOS.
Chess Ultra is not playable on Linux.
Chess Ultra offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Chess Ultra offers both Co-op and PvP modes.
There are 10 DLCs available for Chess Ultra. Explore additional content available for Chess Ultra on Steam.
Chess Ultra does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Chess Ultra supports Remote Play on TV and Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.
Chess Ultra is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Chess Ultra.
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Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
22
Developer
Ripstone
Publisher
Ripstone
Release
21 Jun 2017
VR
VR Supported
Platforms
Remote Play
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