BOT.vinnik Chess: Combination Lessons

Some of the BOT.vinnik games are fine, and some are lacking. I would consider this one much more in the lacking category. There just isn't enough content in the game that you cannot just find online for free. Although the game is extremely cheap, it doesn't make up for the lack of depth and poor UI design.

BOT.vinnik is a rude, sarcastic little swine. I can't wait for the version with Laika, who is a good dog and will be nice. Good program, though.

Nice little collection of chess puzzles. As a decent chess player (real ELO 2000+) I managed to complete it lazily within 45 minutes. Really sad it doesn't count towards 100% games on your profile since Steam considers it too small of a game (not too many players have bought and played it).

BOT.vinnik knows me so well! I do indeed need to get a basic chess rules manual, and I am indeed an awful student. However, apparently I remind them of that little kid Karpov so I must be guessing something right. I don't know chess, I want to know chess, and this game throws me directly into the thing that appeals to me in chess, the strategic thinking - which is incredibly difficult for me - and thinking a few steps ahead. Now I have to say that sometimes I don't understand why some steps would be the best, since alternative steps would create the same result (I think) faster, but nevertheless I completely take responsibility for having no skills in the game and I probably don't see WHY those steps are best. Then again, if I were right, it doesn't mean that I don't learn anything from this, I learn a lot and I find it very relaxing and entertaining to break my brain over it and sometimes be reminded that I can take the opponent's pieces because I simply forgot. The game has some pre-made puzzles that put you into a situation and you are challenged to solve it by executing a certain chess-player's strategy, whether it's forking or pinning or whatnot. There's a decent number …

Fun game!

chess fans should buy all bot.vinnik for excellejt tutorials and to practice chess by puzzles