Chess is one of the world’s most famous strategy based board games which requires sharp thinking skills on part of the players. The game consists of 8x8 board and 32 pieces in total with 16 pieces belonging to each player. Such is the level of popularity of this game that a number of chess championships are continuously organized at various levels throughout the world. A number of chess games have been made available for playing online in multiplayer mode, apart from which, single player games are also available where the player competes against the AI (Artificial Intelligence). Championship Chess All-Stars v.7.40 is one such game.

Championship Chess All-Stars by DreamQuest Software is a shareware chess game developed for Windows. The main feature of the game is its twenty four distinct characters ready to challenge you with five different expertise levels and the best part is that you will find them as realistic opponents with different strategies of gameplay. The board of the game and all the pieces are sophisticatedly designed in the 3D interface of the game. On the upper right hand corner of the screen, you will find the image of the opponent with its name written below and three buttons of hint, undo and menu on the bottom right hand corner of the screen. For the beginner players, the game features an in-game help in the form of DreamCoach who acts as helper to the player with communicative tips and suggestions during the gameplay.

To conclude with, Championship Chess All-Stars v.7.40 is a nice remake of the chess game with various interesting add-ons which makes the gameplay even more interactive and a fun exercise. Hence, it receives a score of four rating points on the scale of five.