Ubisoft have announced that the Chessmaster franchise will be heading to the Nintendo DS in the form of Chessmaster: The Art of Learning. The game will teach you the basics of playing chess from Josh Waitzkin, International Master and eight-time National Chess Champion. The game will not only feature the single player mode where you can put what you learn into practise but also multi player modes. Chessmaster: The Art of Learning has and is now one of those new fangled training games of sorts that work well on the DS. We will find out in October whether it is any good. More Inside
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Learn from champion Josh Waitzkin: Using the principles outlined in his book The Art of Learning, Josh puts players in his shoes during some of the most riveting moments of his career. He then walks players through the classics, introducing beginners to the fundamentals of the game and providing revealing commentary about the road to mastery.
Multiplayer wireless: Two players can battle each other using the wireless option on the DS. A variety of exciting multiplayer games are available, including: Dark Chess, in which the opponents pieces are invisible; Extinction Chess, where the winner is the first player to capture all of the opponents pieces; and Losing Chess, a game that rewards the first player to lose all of his/her pieces!
Six original mini-games: Each mini-game is packed with its own music, sound effects, a high-score record and 20 levels of gameplay. Players can look forward to: Minefield, in which chess pieces are used to locate mines hidden in the board; Breaking the Lines, where the knight is moved to capture all of the pawns; and Fork My Fruit, a game that uses chess pieces to fork fruit of the same kind, among others.
Famous games: Players have access to 900 of the most important chess games, which are analyzed to provide key tactics
Checkmate: With an arsenal of 600,000 games, players will never run out of fun!
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