Is The Fidelity Ultimate Chess Challenge on Steam?

No. The Fidelity Ultimate Chess Challenge is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.

What platforms is The Fidelity Ultimate Chess Challenge on?

The Fidelity Ultimate Chess Challenge is available on Atari Lynx.

When did The Fidelity Ultimate Chess Challenge release?

The Fidelity Ultimate Chess Challenge was first released on December 31, 1991.

The Fidelity Ultimate Chess Challenge

Dec 31, 1991StrategyCard & Board GameAtari Lynx

The Fidelity Ultimate Chess Challenge — frequently asked questions

Is The Fidelity Ultimate Chess Challenge on Steam?: No. The Fidelity Ultimate Chess Challenge is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
What platforms is The Fidelity Ultimate Chess Challenge on?: The Fidelity Ultimate Chess Challenge is available on Atari Lynx.
When did The Fidelity Ultimate Chess Challenge release?: The Fidelity Ultimate Chess Challenge was first released on December 31, 1991.

About The Fidelity Ultimate Chess Challenge

This handheld chess game uses Chessmaster 2100's basic game engine. This includes such items as en passant attacks for pawn, castling, check and checkmate, and draws for various reasons. Move time limits are optional, and the CPU's thinking time can be specified. If you need a hint, you can press the B button and the computer may or may not give you a hint. You can also play against another human opponent, alternating.

Summary via IGDB.

The Fidelity Ultimate Chess Challenge on Wikipedia

The Fidelity Ultimate Chess Challenge is a chess video game released in 1991 by Telegames for the Atari Lynx. Players can either play against the game or against another player using the same console. The game engine was written by Fidelity Electronics, makers of various chess computers, and reached a master rating of 2325 Elo.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

Game details

Developer: Telegames
Publisher: Telegames

Details via IGDB.

Collector value & authenticity

Atari Lynx · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-08-07

Loose

$19

Complete

$32

Sealed

$43

Region: NA+EU
Released: 1991
Authenticity: Low

Never re-released — the original cartridge is the only way to playLow counterfeit risk

Atari Lynx prices, all games & how to spot a fake

A serious chess engine on a handheld — and NOT a ComLynx game, whatever the lists say.

Telegames both developed and published it in 1991, during the licensed Atari era, built around Fidelity's chess engine — a genuine computer-chess name rather than a game studio.

It is routinely listed as ComLynx-compatible. It is not. Its two-player mode is two people sharing one console and alternating turns, which the period Lynx FAQ flags explicitly. Nobody needs a second Lynx and a second cartridge to play chess against a friend, and this is exactly the conflation that makes most published ComLynx lists unreliable.