Colossus Chess X cover art

Game dossier

Colossus Chess X

Available now

A feature-rich chess program with 2D and rotatable 3D boards

The briefing

About this game

Colossus Chess X is a chess program and the first 16-bit adaptation of Martin P. Bryant's Colossus Chess series. It supports the full rules of chess, including underpromotion, the fifty-move rule, draws by repetition, and king-bishop-knight mating situations.

Features

  • Modifiable opening book containing 11,000 moves
  • Learning of new lines through playing experience
  • Clock-based play, blindfold mode, and mating-problem solving
  • Standard 2D board and freely rotatable 3D board
  • Four graphical chess-piece sets, music, speech, and a demonstration mode

Released in 1988 for Amiga, Commodore Amiga, and DOS.