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Best of Chess: Volume I - American Triumph

Best of Chess volume 1: American Triumph (1984) is interesting for being an early program with large amounts of content for learning chess. In this case, it presents games of Bobby Fischer in an interactive…

31 December 1984

Best of Chess: Volume I - American Triumph is a simulator, released 31 December 1984 on Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Best of Chess: Volume I - American Triumph is

Best of Chess: Volume I - American Triumph was released in 1984. It is available on Commodore C64/128/MAX only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Best of Chess volume 1: American Triumph (1984) is interesting for being an early program with large amounts of content for learning chess. In this case, it presents games of Bobby Fischer in an interactive guess-the-move fashion. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find any good documentation.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Best of Chess: Volume I - American Triumph launched on 31 December 1984, within three weeks of Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike and Karateka.

Released around the same time: Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike, Karateka.

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When did Best of Chess: Volume I - American Triumph come out?
Best of Chess: Volume I - American Triumph was released on 31 December 1984 for Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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