BOT.vinnik Chess: Early USSR Championships (2021)

BOT.vinnik Chess: Early USSR Championships cover

Developer: Deep Green Games
Publisher: Abyssal Studios
Genres: Casual, Strategy
Rating: 4.4 of 5, 35 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 1.2 hours
Where to get it: Steam

How it feels

Playing feels like a patient, lecture-like tutorial with a quirky digital professor, blending puzzle-solving with historical chess lessons and a faint, eerie undertone.

educationalchallengingthoughtfulhistoricalatmosphericwhimsicaltext-heavystrategic

What players say

Players enjoy learning from real historical championship matches with a hint system, but the puzzles are short and lack a free play mode, and some note the English is poor.

Screenshots

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