If you're already good at Chess, look no further. If you need assistance, only despair awaits you here.

User Rating: 5.6 | Spyglass Board Games X360
When imagining Chess for X-Box Live Arcade, two things came to mind. One, online functionality, and two, a progressive computer AI that had the ability to challenge players of all levels.

This one came through on one of those promises, and with some reservations, at that. There's no timing to commit an online opponent to making a move within a reasonable amount of time, though one would hope that players of that mindset would stick to hacking first-person shooters and real-time strategy games. Unfortunately, however, jerks are found everywhere you go.

For the computer tutor function, I may have to suck it up and fork out money for Chessmaster on the PC, or sit around and hope a more extensive 360 version comes out.