The best chess games

One of the most ancient tabletop games in the world was the inspiration for a plethora of PC games. There are literally tons of classic chess strategy games as well as less serious titles, based on fantasy settings (like the Battle chess series) or born from the marriage of strategy and action (like the popular Archon series).

Most popular chess games

Battle Chess

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The Chessmaster 2000

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Battle Chess 4000

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King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok

DOS1993protected4.3/5 Imagitec Design
Battle Chess

DOS1988protected4.2/5 Interplay Productions

Chess was a niche genre in video gaming. There were lots of chess simulations: black and white very old games, licensed games from chess champions, etc. No one ever attempted to broaden the audience until Interplay published Battle Chess. Battle Chess appeal was almost entirely focused on the animations when two pieces ended on the same square.
Chessmaster 9000

Windows XP/98/95Mac2002protected4.2/5 UBI Soft
Psion Chess

DOSMac19854.1/5 Psion Software
The Chessmaster 2000

DOS19864.1/5 Software Toolworks
Chess88

DOS19844/5
Grandmaster Chess

DOS1992protected4/5 Capstone
Socrates

DOS19934/5
Battle Chess 4000

DOS1992protected3.9/5 Interplay Productions
Sargon V: World Class Chess

DOS19913.9/5 Activision
Bobby Fisher teaches chess

DOS19943.9/5 Mission Studios
Kasparov's Gambit

DOS19933.9/5 Heuristic software
Chess

DOS19813.9/5 International PC Owners
Fidelity Chessmaster 2100

DOS19893.8/5 Software Toolworks
Battle Chess 2: Chinese Chess

DOS1990protected3.8/5 Interplay Productions
Mychess

DOS19843.8/5 Software Toolworks
Combat Chess

Windows XP/98/951997protected3.8/5 Minds Eye Productions
Star Wars Chess

DOSWindows 3.x19933.6/5 Software Toolworks
Cyrus

DOS19853/5