Kasparov's Gambit
Kasparov's Gambit by Electronic Arts was an attempt to compete with Chessmaster 3000 and Battle chess. It is based on a competition winning chess engine and includes a database of 500 games and illustrates a…
Kasparov's Gambit is a card & board game developed by Heuristic Software, released 30 November 1993 on DOS.
What Kasparov's Gambit is
Kasparov's Gambit is a card & board game game developed by Heuristic Software and released in 1993. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on DOS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Kasparov's Gambit by Electronic Arts was an attempt to compete with Chessmaster 3000 and Battle chess. It is based on a competition winning chess engine and includes a database of 500 games and illustrates a SVGA isometric chessboard.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Kasparov's Gambit launched on 30 November 1993, within three weeks of Doom, Mega Man X, SimCity 2000 and Romancing SaGa 2.
Released around the same time: Doom, Mega Man X, SimCity 2000, Romancing SaGa 2.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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