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Master of Chess

Chess career simulator built around matches, training, and tournaments

BRANE · Released Sep 9, 2025

SimulationSports

Reviews
Very Positive
83% of 299
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Players
1
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
2 months ago
Aug 22, 2026
Minimum PC
UHD 620
8 GB RAM · 2 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Master of Chess?

You create a chess player and guide their career from young talent toward professional competition. In this single-player simulator, you play matches against AI opponents, solve puzzles, develop an opening repertoire, and manage budgets and tournament fees with guidance from a coach.

For you if...

  • +you want a single-player chess career with tournament management
  • +you like practicing chess with puzzles and coach guidance

Not for you if...

  • −you want to face human opponents rather than AI
  • −you dislike managing budgets between chess matches

What players say

83% of 299 reviews are positive

Players praise the career format and its chess practice tools. They complain about crashes and lost progress, and some find AI opponents' moves erratic.

Screenshots and trailer

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Master of Chess system requirements

Minimum: UHD 620, 8 GB RAM, 2 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10
Processor
Intel i5-8350U CPU @ 1.70 GHz
Graphics
Intel UHD Graphics 620
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
2 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11

Does Master of Chess have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Master of Chess run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Achievements
33
Steam features
Workshop, Family Sharing
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Vietnamese, Italian, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish.

Does Master of Chess use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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