Psi Chess (1986)

Psi Chess is a board game released in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. The title was published by The Edge and developed by Steven L. Watson and Jack Wilkes, with inlay and poster art provided by Stuart Hughes.

The game is designed for a single player. It features a custom screen loader as its primary technical enhancement.

The original retail price for the cassette was £9.95. There is no information regarding versions for other platforms.

Critics awarded the game an average score of 90.00%. It earned the Sinclair User Classic award, a C+VG Hit from Computer & Video Games, and the ZX Computing Monster Hit designation.

The game became a notable chess program for the ZX Spectrum in Russia, receiving coverage in local magazines like ZX-Review and Spectrofon. It saw numerous TR-DOS adaptations by groups such as VAD, RSSoft, and Maxsoft, along with a fan-made Russian translation by Sergei Arykov. Several cracked cassette versions were also released by groups including Future Soft and ZON.