Teaching kiddies to become chess geniuses, and signed by Excalibur for the UK and Scandinavia.
August 11, 2005
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]
Author: Excalibur
London, August 11th 2005
Product: Fritz & Chesster 1
Developer: Terzio
Genre: Chess-playing Game (6 years +)
Platform: PC CD-ROM
Release: 26th August 2005
Territory: UK & Scandinavia
RRP: £19.99
UK PC publisher Excalibur Publishing has today signed a deal with Germany based ChessBase GmbH to publish their highly respected Fritz & Chesster 1 children's chess game. Aimed primarily at six years and upwards, the game is based on and derived from the world-famous Fritz chess-playing program. With the help of in-game characters Prince Fritz, Chesster the rat and cousin Bianca, the game teaches children how to play chess and then tests and increases their knowledge in a wide range of games and situations.
Children will quickly learn to set up a chess board in readiness to start playing, learn what stalemate is and when it's time to call it a draw along with the meaning of opposition and exactly what "up the stairs mate" means. All of these questions and many more are answered via animated games and contests.
Go pawn-whopping in Pleasantville and find out all the things a pawn can do. Train hard in the IntelliGym and win cups for your efforts. Fancy a new kind of move or a different type of mate? Everything is explained step by step on screen.
Other game features:
Learn to play chess the fun way, based on "Fritz" the world's leading chess software
Developed by experienced children's coaches
Free one-year full access to the internet chess server www.playchess.com with product registration
Swap between non-traditional and traditional chess pieces at the click of a mouse button.
Commenting on the deal, Excalibur's managing director, Robert Stallibrass, commented, "Securing the children's strand of this best-selling chess game is a natural progression for Excalibur. We've marketing the Fritz brand very effectively throughout the UK and Scandinavia and that's why ChessBase are only too happy to give us the rest of the range. Fritz and Chesster 1 has been a massive success in the US and we're looking to do the same thing here in the UK and the Nordic territories!"
Fritz & Chesster 1 will be followed by Fritz & Chesster 2 later in 2005. Part 1 teaches the basic moves of chess using cartoon animation to explain and demonstrate the game. Fritz & Chesster 2 focuses on strategy, tactics, beginning and ending games.
UK Press Information Contact:
Richard Barclay
Richard Barclay PR & Marketing
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7386 7398
Email: [email protected]
Note to editors:
About Excalibur Publishing
Set up in 2004, and a division of distributor Contact Sales Limited, Excalibur Publishing is the PC video game publishing arm of the group. Its aim is to bring good quality, original and innovative products to the PC games player. www.excalibur-publishing.com
About Chessbase GmbH
ChessBase, the Hamburg based software company, has been producing quality chess database and playing programs for more than eighteen years. ChessBase products are available in seven languages and are used by top players all over the world, including world champion Garry Kasparov. The most popular ChessBase product is the chess program Fritz and the internet chess server playchess.com
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