Kasparov's Gambit (DOS)

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Description

Kasparov's Gambit was Electronic Arts' attempt to enter the niche chess market dominated by Chessmaster 3000 and Battlechess. It has a number of pluses including being based off a competition-winning chess engine, a database of 500 games, an SVGA isometric chessboard and the license of the world's reigning chess champion, Garry Kasparov. Garry Kasparov pops up in video windows during play to give advice such as: "Your Queen is in Jeopardy", "Watch your Rook" and other context sensitive kibitzing. This was EA's first use of windowed video.

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Part of the Following Groups

• Kasparov licensees
• Licensed title: Athletes

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Critic Reviews

MikroBitti	Jan, 1994	86 out of 100	86
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Nov, 1995	B+	83
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Nov, 1993	10 out of 12	83
Play Time	Nov, 1993	80 out of 100	80
PC Format (UK)	Dec, 1995	75 out of 100	75
PC Player (Germany)	Oct, 1993	74 out of 100	74
PC Joker	Nov, 1993	69 out of 100	69
Power Play	Nov, 1993	63 out of 100	63
High Score	Nov, 1993	3 out of 5	60
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Dec, 1993	Unscored	Unscored

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Awards

• Computer Gaming World
  • November 1996 (15th anniversary issue) – #145 in the “150 Best Games of All Time” list