Gameplay
☐ Hands couldn't stay away from the mouse & keyboard
☐ Better than I had expected
☑ Average (Its Chess, nuff said..)
☐ Underwhelming

Music
☐ Fantastic sounds and/ or tracks
☐ Impressive
☑ Average
☐ Better to just put on music.

PC Required
☐ A potato will suffice!
☑ Entry Level Gaming PC
☐ Mid to High level Gaming PC

Appropriate Pricing
☐ N/A
☐ Worth the full price!
☑ Wait for a sale
☐ Don't waste your hard earned cash!

Bugs
☐ Very polished! (Little to no bugs encountered)
☑ Minor bugs, tolerable most of the time.
☐ Bugs hinder immersion and overall enjoyment
☐ Ultimately a broken experience

Summary:
An visual upgrade from Chess Ultra that looks gorgeous and features polished animations, unfortunately, those are really the only 2 things it seems to improve on.
I would recommend this game to people who enjoy Chess but want to play it while also straining their GPU.
In terms of raw features it possesses slightly more than Chess Ultra, however the player count is much lower and the crashes make it a generally bad choice by comparison.
I like this game and I seriously wanted it to do well, but it sorely just needs... more!
Pro’s:

• The game currently features 12 levels of AI opponents, the last 4 are incredibly tough!
  
• Great variety of Chess puzzles to train players in different areas of chess strategy. (Creating Forks, Skewers, Mating via Pawn Promotion and some really sneaky pins)
  
• Clean UI with easy to navigate menus.
  
• Unlockable Chess Sets, Phrases and some (Distracting) Cosmetic Adornments.
  
• Cross-platform MP

Con’s:

• The AI Art avatars are horrendous and not only bastardize history, but also diminish the quality of the game itself.
  
• Charging money for a "Mate in 2" and a "Mate in 3" puzzle is a really greedy Idea that I heavily dislike. This should have been part of the base game!
  Charge money for ugly cosmetic pieces instead. Chess Ultra has Mate in 1 all the way to Mate in 7 Puzzles, all for FREE!
  
• The Phrases system is not a well thought out idea and will never be as good as letting players simply just TYPE TO EACH OTHER. Why not just implement text chat??
  
• You have to be online, even in Single player. HUH?
  
• If you are in a game with somebody online and their game crashes (or they alt-f4), your game just hangs there and your cant do anything about it. Why doesn't the game make auto-forfeit?? I have had several people ragequit and I was the one that had to take the loss. This is completely unfair and makes online play unsatisfying, assuming you can find a player.

If you want to charge money for a chess game, you first need to offer significantly more than what a free option such as Chess.com is offering.
I feel as though this game does not live up to that requirement.