- 90/100
- Players4 ratings
- 69/100
- Metacriticcritics
More scores
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 58/100
- GameFAQsJust Right
- 2.71/5
- Player reviews
- 66% positive112 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Runs on
- Windows, Mac, Linux
- Price
- US$9.99
Where to get it
2011 · Targem Games · Board game · Strategy
Battle vs. Chess
Commanders, assemble your armies! CHECK vs. MATE calls for an interactive feather duster, chartering the successful chess game principle into the present day multimedia world. Animated fantasy figurines assemble in magical worlds and await your command!
- Released
- 17 May 2011
- Platforms
- LinuxNintendo DSPlayStation 3PlayStation PortableWiiWindowsXbox 360macOS
- Genres
- Board gameStrategyTraditionalTurn-based strategy
- Developers
- Targem Games
- Publishers
- TopWare Interactive
- Modes
- MultiplayerSingle-player
- Perspective
- Bird view / IsometricSide view
- Themes
- ActionFantasy
- Country
- Germany
- Age ratings
- PEGI 12ESRB T
- Languages
- English, French, Spanish (Spain)
- Time to beat
- 11hmain story25hcompletionist
About
Battle vs. Chess (Russian: Battle vs Chess: Королевские битвы), also known as Check vs. Mate in North America, is a computer simulation game of chess developed by Targem Games and published by TopWare Interactive. It is intended to target all major seventh-generation platforms as well as Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, the console and computer versions were released in Europe on May 17, 2011, while the handheld versions were cancelled.
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Gameplay
Players move with the animated fantasy figurines in one of the six available environments. The white pieces are from heaven and the black pieces are from hell. The game has tutorial, multiplayer (on one device, over LAN or Internet), two campaign modes with 30 missions, the Battleground mode and various mini-games. Battle vs.
Chess uses chess engine Fritz 10 to make its moves. There is no setting for a time limit, so at a higher level than 6 the computer tends to take a long time to think; at level 7 it can take about 15 minutes, while at level 9 (ELO 3750) it can take up to a few hours.
Reception
GamingBoulevard.com rated the game 80%, Eurogamer.de 90%, Gameover.gr 90%, and on Metacritic.com it has rating 69%.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Included in
- Check vs Mate: Grandmaster Edition
- Downloadable content
- Check vs. Mate: Dark Desert DLCCheck vs. Mate: Floating Island DLC
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