Fritz & Chesster

Use your wits, learn to think ahead, have fun and excitement AND learn a whole lot about chess: this great chess adventure has all of this and more in store for you! Together with Prince Fritz and his cousin Bianca learn how to play chess, then test and increase your knowledge in a whole range of exciting games and situations. How do you set up the board? What's stalemate? When do you call it a draw? What does opposition mean? And what's "up the stairs mate"? Find the answers to these questions and many more in animated games and contests. Tips and tricks are explained step by step. Then you can provide and test your skill in the special games and tasks. And once you've got the hang of everything, join Fritz to take on King Black in the grand finale.

The principle of Fritz & Chesster is that you can insert the CD into a computer drive, fire up the program and then leave a child alone with it if necessary. After a few weeks the child will come to you and say: "Can we play a game of chess?" It will have learnt all the rule - we are talking pawn moves, castling rules, promotion, mate, stalemate, everything - and even understand a bit about strategy and tactics.

Naturally you do not need to or indeed should leave your child alone with the program. In fact we have discovered that it is often usually children and their mothers who pick up the game. The fathers usually get hooked on the sub-games, battling to keep ahead of the kids.

System Requirements: Pentium II 233 processor, 32 MB RAM (16 MB free memory) 16-bit SoundBlaster compatible sound card, 16  x speed CD-ROM drive, Graphics card: resolution 800x600 pixels (16-bit color), Win98, WinME, WinXP.

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