PICKING CHESS software depends on how you want your humiliation served. If it’s dungeons and dragons you like, muck about in Sierra’s Power Chess ($89.95), where the sexy queen analyzes moves after the shadowy king has had your lunch. But hark: the two discs are as unwieldy as a broadsword. Extreme Chess, from Davidson ($54), comes with a built-in kibbitzer. Based on the pricier, state-of-the-art Fritz, Extreme’s charts and chat boxes coach you out of disaster, allowing you to develop a game free of dumb blunders. Plain vanilla for you? Davidson’s Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess ($49.96), a great beginners’ disc, walks you through basic moves and strategy and lets you play. And yes, all allow take-hacks.
