When is chess the most enjoyable? When you win! When Fritz entered his first tournaments some 25 years ago, humans still had a real chance of taking the engine down. Only a few years down the line, Fritz was already beating grandmasters left, right and center, but ever since his 4:2 victory over Kramnik in 2006, Fritz has been considered unbeatable. Who would want to play against him? In the case of Fritz 16, however, playing against an engine is now once again the very definition of fun! A host of features, including "Assisted Analysis", which gives you discreet visual hints as you move, and emoticons, which show Fritz’s mood, are there to help you. Even with little knowledge of chess, you can enjoy many an exciting game, and more importantly, victory, against Fritz. If things don’t work out, Fritz 16 shows you the combinations you might have missed directly after the game with the handy “Tactical Analysis” function, or you can dive right into "Easy Play" calculation training to hone your skills. Fritz doesn’t come up short when it comes to playing strength either: the new multiprocessor engine was developed by star programmer Vas Rajlich ("Rybka") and is up there with the global elite.
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I don't often write reviews but I feel like this is an important one. Beware of buying this game on Steam; the "Steam Edition" of the game has been stripped of much of its online functionality. The entire "Online Apps" tree of the game menu has been removed in this version of the game. Additionally, it does not seem to be possible to log on to the online Playchess servers with anything other than a guest account. It is cheaper than the full, boxed version of the game by about $20 at the time I am writing this review, which I suppose is something, but it should be made far clearer in the description of the game that this is a stripped version, particularly when a screenshot of the full version of the game is displayed in the "About This Game" section of the store page. I will be returning this for a refund and buying a copy of the game directly from the publisher.
Do not buy the game; if you think that you can play on ChessBase with this game. Because you cannot. Online options are erased in this version. You can just analyse your games or play against Fritz. Funny thing is, It does not allow you to reach your ChessBase account as well. This amount of money just for a chess GUI. Nope, thank you.
Very pleasant chess GUI, the engine is also very strong (and you can add even stronger ones, such as stockfish etc...) I like the livebook/let's check functions they add another level to chess knowledge (and it's quite fun to "compete" for some discovered positions or winning positions) I will recommend this if it's your first step into computer chess (along with the free alternative of course) but despite recommending it, I must say that you better wait for a steam sale, since the current price is a bit stiff IMHO, and at this kind of price you'll be better off with the more complete version from chessbase.com at 69 euros (which I actually think I'm gonna end up bying anyway...)
Better than fritz 15 -- in nearly every way. Don't care about the play arena being in guest mode. I use lichess anyways.
This version only allows you to play against the engine and to analyse games. The problem is the analysis is incomplete as this version has no database meaning no prior annotation. With a database, you can see why a move is prefered over another and also the % of games that were played with a particular move. That being said, you could purchase a database from chessbase and add it to the program but that would end up costing you more than this version. The full version is currently 120$ Canadian and includes a database and other features.
Product refunded I ended up buying the full product by Chessbase which was packed with features and online capabilities. The steam version was so dull, less features, lacked the purpose of being a games that is interaction and community based.
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