Though there’s a lot of difficulty levels on offer, it’s a little disappointing that the higher difficulty levels aren’t really as creative as a good AI engine would demand, and while I’m no Grand Master, I was able to push this game over easier than the rather spectacular AI that I found in Pure Chess on the PS3 and PlayStation Vita. It’s reasonably competent, and even on the lowest difficulty levels it’s able to punish a poor move by the player, but if you’ve been playing Chess for a while, then indeed it’s a game that struggles to keep up. At other times, a simplified algorithm makes for a game that is just too predictable, and even on the high difficulty levels an experienced chess player can exploit the engine for an easy victory.īattle Vs Chess is a game I don’t think anyone will go into expecting an engine to challenge a Grand Master. Often times, the sheer size of the algorithm slows the typical game to a crawl as the computer runs through the millions of “thoughts” it needs to process. An AI engine to run a decent game of Chess is incredibly difficult to perform. The problem is not in presentation – some of the finest Chess games are mere 2D flat grids and inanimate icons. It’s also a very, very hard game to get right as a video game. An eternal board game, Chess is almost as complex as the Chinese game Go, just as accessible, and an IOC-acknowledged sport, to boot. Chess is a timeless classic – and that’s stating the obvious.
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