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Majestic Chess [1] Majestic Chess, (Hoyle Majestic Chess [2] [3])

a Windows chess program dedicated to the mass market, featuring an adjustable game AI and personalities, a variety of 3D chess boards and pieces, 2D boards, single- and multi-player and adventure modes, online play, and chess teaching tutorials. Majestic Chess was developed by Fluent Entertainment, Inc. [4], founded by former Mindscape product manager Donald W. Laabs, released in 2003 by Vivendi and Sierra, with John Merlino as associate producer, and David Bringhurst in DirectX graphics [5] and GUI programming involved [6]. The chess engine is based on WChess 2000 by David Kittinger [7] .

Associated People#

Programmer & Producer#

• David Bringhurst
• David Kittinger
• Donald W. Laabs
• John Merlino

Chess Consultants#

• Nick DeFirmian
• James Eade
• Larry Evans

See also#

• Chessmaster
• Disney’s Aladdin Chess Adventures
• WChess

Reviews#

• Hoyle Majestic Chess Review by Jeff Lackey, GameSpot, September 10, 2003 [9]
• Strategie- und Aufbauspiele: Majestic Chess - Technik & Motor - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, February 10, 2005 (German)

Forum Posts#

2003#

• Hoyle Majestic Chess : Head-To-Head with ChessMaster? by Anthony Martini, CCC, July 10, 2003
• Hoyle Majestic Chess goes gold! by John Merlino, CCC, July 25, 2003
• Question for John Merlino…re:Majestic Chess by Mike Byrne, CCC, July 30, 2003
• Majestic Chess website is live – free demo download! by John Merlino, CCC, August 12, 2003
• Majestic Demo by Fernando Villegas, CCC, August 12, 2003
• Majestic /Pocket PC by Mike Byrne, CCC, August 15, 2003
• inbetween log with majestic chess by Mike Byrne, CCC, August 16, 2003 » InBetween
• Wb2Uci log for Majestic Chess engine in Arena by David Dahlem, CCC, August 16, 2003 » Arena
• First Impressions about Majestic by Fernando Villegas, CCC, August 24, 2003
• Request to Majestic Chess team by Mridul Muralidharan, CCC, October 28, 2003

2004 …#

• Just a couple of thoughts (For steven Blincoe) by Fernando Villegas, CCC, May 03, 2004
• Majestic Chess Program by Fernando Villegas, CCC, April 10, 2005
• Life is Unfair: the Majestic Chess Case by Fernando Villegas, CCC, August 07, 2007

External Links#

Chess Program#

• Hoyle Majestic Chess for Windows (2003) - MobyGames
• Hoyle Majestic Chess - GameSpot
• Majestic Chess Screenshots - Softpedia
• Hoyle Majestic Chess [PC], YouTube Video

Hoyle#

• according to Hoyle - Wiktionary
• Edmond Hoyle from Wikipedia
• Hoyle - Wiktionary
• Hoyle (disambiguation) from Wikipedia
• Hoyle Casino from Wikipedia
• Hoyle’s Games

Majestic#

• majestic - Wiktionary
• Majestic (disambiguation) from Wikipedia
• majesty - Wiktionary
• Majesty - Wiktionary
• Majesty from Wikipedia
• Majesty (disambiguation) from Wikipedia

References#

1. ↑ Hoyle Majestic Chess for Windows (2003) - MobyGames
2. ↑ Edmond Hoyle from Wikipedia
3. ↑ majestic - Wiktionary
4. ↑ Fluent Entertainment, Inc. - MobyGames
5. ↑ Re: Majestic /Pocket PC by John Merlino, CCC, August 15, 2003
6. ↑ Re: Historical Chessmaster ? by John Merlino, CCC, April 24, 2005
7. ↑ Re: Hoyle Majestic Chess : Head-To-Head with ChessMaster? by John Merlino, CCC, July 10, 2003
8. ↑ Screen capture from the Majestic Chess Video
9. ↑ Review Of Majestic Chess by Anthony Martini, CCC, September 12, 2003

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