So, maybe I should turn my attention to Kasparov's additional features. The pieces moved the right way, the movements were intuitive, and I got pummeled. (There is some irony in the notion that, as the namesake for this game, Kasparov is assuming the role provided by Deep Blue in their well-publicized man-versus-computer matches.) As someone who can only play chess against a person who is also constitutionally incapable of thinking more than three moves in advance, I cannot speak to the uniqueness of Kasparov's game play. Nor am I a worthy opponent to the game for which the legendary chess master serves as advisor even on the easiest setting, I was roundly trounced again and again by the computer. You can see, perhaps, that I'm no match for Kasparov. This function handily eliminates my standard head-scratching, trying to recall whether it's the Bishop that moves in the "L" formation, or the Horsie. Any squares open to that piece are highlighted move the cursor to select which way to move, or switch to a different piece when you realize you probably shouldn't expose your Queen on the second move. shouting, "You can't move that piece that way!" In the game, you select a piece on your side (you get to choose between white and black). The game also covers the tedious function that most of my real, live chess opponents must serve i.e. I'm hard pressed to distinguish one chess game from another, so let me say this: Kasparov Chess looks and plays like a real chess game. I know all of this because the game handily includes a brief bio. That's Kasparov Chess as in, Gary Kasparov, the grandmaster and World Chess Champion who held the top worldwide rank an unprecedented 23 times and was also the last undisputed World Chess Champion from 1985 to 1993. After playing Glu Mobile's Kasparov Chess, I'm sitting on one tender bum. Chess is an either/or proposition: either you've got the knack for it or you're gonna get your tuchis kicked.
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