There is also the excellent "Friendly" mode, in which Fritz dynamically adjusts it's difficulty to match your level of play, so it gets better as you do, without ever being too good to enjoy playing against. You can choose from a wide range of opponents, from very easy, which I could beat, to grand master levels for the expert players. Once familiar with chess you can start playing normal games. However, you won't take long to get through them, as the basics of chess are not really that complex. These guides are simply text that you flick through, and lose something in translation from their original German by trying a little too hard to be wacky and enthusiastic about chess. Once you've mastered the basics with the Black King, you can learn more advanced moves, such as castling, in the Advanced tutorial, presented by the cartoon head of dead Grand Master Bobby Fisher (a peculiar choice, given the living alternatives such as Gary Kasparov).
Even a beginner stands a chance beating it, essential if you want people to keep playing, making your progression through the King's castle nice and smooth. Fritz on the other hand manages to convincingly play a naive game, in the style of an amateur human player. In the past I've given up with chess programs that even on their dumbest settings couldn't help but be good. Perversely, one of the best features of Fritz is how well it plays bad Chess. For total beginners, there is "Adventure Chess", featuring the Black King, who teaches you the rules of the game and all the basic moves, and which pits you against ten increasingly smart players from the King's castle, complete with animated cut scenes with strange characters to liven things up between games. While Fritz can be a fiendish opponent, the "domestic" versions are squarely aimed at beginners and amateurs, which is lucky for me as I'm rubbish. But don't let that put you off if you are not a grand-master. Personally I think games like Chess, rather than plodding through arithmetic puzzles and reaction tests on you DS, can be a far more enjoyable way to keep your brain active, so I was looking forward to trying our Fritz Chess for the Wii.įritz has been around for over a decade, and is generally considered the best computer chess program in the world, beating any number of grand-masters and assorted brain-boxes. Doing puzzles and using your brain won't prevent this but is thought to slow the process down by giving you more active brain-cells to start with, which means you stay compos-mentis for longer.īefore all the purpose built brain training games came along, one of the hobbies recommended to keep your neurones firing on all cylinders was Chess. With everyone living longer, the risk of developing dementia in later life increases. While working your body is important, looking after your brain is equally so. If you are looking to work-out your grey matter, Fritz will certainly help you learn, enjoy and play chess. Fritz Chess for the Nintendo Wii is one of a handful of games that mirror recent fitness games with brain training - boosting your mental power with puzzles.
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