this new Fritz 11 chess software is packed with sweet features for everyone! If you like pure chess playing horsepower, adjusting the playing style of the computer, or playing around with tons of cool chess board display settings and amazing 3D views, get yourself the latest Fritz chess software.

If smashing your opponent in FAST action, 1 minute per player chess over the internet excites you and gets your adrenaline going just thinking about it, you need to grab Fritz 11 and log into the chessbase.com playing server where you can find opponents of all levels, newbies to grandmasters all playing, watching others, or awaiting a match.

That's right! You can actually watch multiple games at one time. Watch several grandmasters, your friends, and other games all at one time. It's amazing! Totally cool.

I'd like to post some screen shots to show you exactly what I'm talking about, but right now I don't have the software handy.

Fritz 11 lets beginners learn, get hints, and be coached by built-in learning tools. It's really a great product for you to play against the computer, but more than that, it's packed with learning tools interesting visuals!

If you like chess, it doesn't matter what level you are. Fritz 11 is a great first timers program. It's also excellent for the chess software junkies that need the latest version. It's going to have minor but significant changes so get yourself the latest version 11.

As always ChessBase does not offer upgrades to their Fritz products. With the US dollar going so far south, the retail price of Fritz has been climbing ever so much faster. It's now at $72.99. You can get a copy of Fritz 11 chess at ChessHouse.com for $59.99.

A chess board that moves it’s own pieces is… well… just plain cool. For many people it’s just a dream, but this month, Excalibur plans to start shipping the Phantom Force “autonomous” electronic chess well in time for Christmas!

I don’t see any hands on reviews yet, as the product apparently hasn’t reached anyone, but you should be able to get one in your hands by the end of this month, November!

The feature list is quite exciting, but without a hands on review, we don’t know what pros or cons to look at yet. But even if a few quirks did show up, I feel it’s still the only thing of it’s type and will create quite a stir.

I’m going to get my hands on one as quick as possible. I really think it’s time to jump on this amazing chess game for this Christmas.

whisper: If you want to get yourself a Phantom, act quick and reserve one… Excalibur usually says “sorry, where expecting more…” sooner than most people like to hear.

There’s a lower price for pre-order too encourage you to act quickly. As soon as it’s in stock, we’re going to revert to the normal price.