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Majestic Chess, (Hoyle Majestic Chess ) 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., 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 and GUI programming involved. The chess engine is based on WChess 2000 by David Kittinger.

=Screenshot= Majestic Chess - Start Screen

=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
 * 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
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 * Hoyle's Games

Majestic

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

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