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{{Short description|1992 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title         = Sargon V: World Class Chess
| image         = Sargon V cover.jpg
| caption       = European cover art
| developer     = 
| publisher     = [[Company:Activision|Activision]]<ref name="GP"/>
| producer      = Nic Lavroff<ref name="credits">{{cite video game |title=Sargon V: World Class Chess |trans-title= |developer=undetermined |publisher=[[Company:Activision|Activision]] |date= |platform=[[Software:MS-DOS|MS-DOS]] |version=1.10 |scene="About" page (includes game version and staff credits) |level= |language= |quote= }}</ref>
| designer      = {{unbulleted list|Nic Lavroff|Chuck Romberger<ref name="credits"/>}}
| programmer    = Dr. Destructo<ref name="credits"/>
| artist        = Rich Payne<ref name="credits"/>
| writer        = 
| composer      = Russell Lieblich<ref name="credits"/>
| engine        = 
| series        = 
| platforms     = [[Software:MS-DOS|MS-DOS]], [[Software:Classic Mac OS|Classic Mac OS]]
| released      = {{unbulleted list|February 1992 (DOS)<ref name="Gen4"/>|June 1995 (Mac)<ref name="macworld">{{cite magazine |title=New Products - Sargon V: World Class Chess |journal=Macworld |date=June 1995 |page=48 |publisher=International Data Group |url=https://archive.org/details/MacWorld_9506_June_1995/page/n49/mode/2up |access-date=27 April 2023}}</ref>}}
| genre         = [[Software:Computer chess|Computer chess]]
| modes         = Single-player, multiplayer
}}

'''''Sargon V: World Class Chess''''' is a 1992 [[Software:Computer chess|chess video game]] published by [[Company:Activision|Activision]]. It is part of the ''[[Software:Sargon (chess)|Sargon]]'' series.

==Gameplay==
''Sargon V'' features VGA graphics and supports [[Engineering:Sound card|sound card]]s. The game supports 2D and 3D game views.<ref name="playtime"/> The game features a mode where the computer replays famous games by chess masters. Another mode has the player take a role of a chess master and guess the moves they made.<ref name="macworld"/>

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| Gen4 = 84%<ref name="Gen4">{{cite magazine |title=Micro Test - World Class Chess |journal=Génération 4 |date=February 1992 |issue=41 |page=94 |url=https://archive.org/details/generation4-magazine-041/page/n47/mode/2up |access-date=27 April 2023 |language=French}}</ref>
| TILT = 18/20<ref name="tilt">{{cite magazine |last1=Harbonn |first1=Jacques |title=Hits - PC - World Class Chess |journal=Tilt |date=February 1992 |issue=99 |pages=58–60 |url=https://archive.org/details/Tilt099/page/n57/mode/2up |access-date=27 April 2023 |publisher=Editions Mondiales S.A. |language=French}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''Amiga Joker''
| rev1Score = 71%<ref name="amigajoker">{{cite magazine |title=Knobeln & Schieben - Schach dem Computer |journal=Amiga Joker |pages=66–69 |url=https://archive.org/details/AmigaJokerSonderheft5Strategie/page/n67/mode/2up |access-date=27 April 2023 |publisher=Joker-Verlag |language=German}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''MacFormat''
| rev2Score = 63%<ref name="macformat">{{cite magazine |title=Game Reviews - Sargon V |journal=MacFormat |date=May 1995 |issue=24 |pages=126–127 |url=https://www.macintoshrepository.org/41651-macformat-24-may-1995- |publisher=Future plc}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''PC Joker''
| rev3Score = 77%<ref name="pcjoker">{{cite magazine |title=Brainstorm - Sargon V World Class Chess vs. Chessmaster 3000 |journal=PC Joker |date=March-April 1992 |issue=2/92 |page=32 |url=https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=18521 |publisher=Joker-Verlag |language=German |access-date=27 April 2023}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''Play Time''
| rev4Score = 69%<ref name="playtime">{{cite magazine |last1=Borovskis |first1=Thomas |title=Review - Sargon V World Class Chess |journal=Play Time |date=1992 |issue=8–9/92 |page=40 |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/f/ff/PlayTime_DE_1992-0809.pdf |access-date=27 April 2023 |language=German}}</ref>
}}
''Game Players PC Entertainment'' wrote: "Activision's chess title isn't quite as challenging as [[Software:Grandmaster Chess|Grandmaster Chess]], but the vast majority of chess fans will find Sargon V more than strong enough to keep them playing for quite a while."<ref name="GP">{{cite magazine |title=Puzzles, Board, Card & Word Games - Sargon V |journal=Game Players PC Entertainment |date=1992 |volume=5 |issue=7 |page=56 |publisher=GP Publications, Inc. |url=https://archive.org/details/Game_Players_PC_Entertainment_Volume_5_Issue_7_Holiday_1992/page/n57/mode/2up |access-date=27 April 2023}}</ref> ''PC Joker'' rated the game about equal to ''[[Software:Chessmaster 3000|Chessmaster 3000]]'', the German language option was noted as the most significant feature above the competition.<ref name="pcjoker"/> ''Amiga Joker'' compared the DOS version with 12 other chess programs in a special ''Strategy'' issue and ''Sargon V'' was rated the fourth highest.<ref name="amigajoker"/> ''Play Time'' compared the game unfavorably to ''Chessmaster 3000''.<ref name="playtime"/> ''Génération 4'' called the game a "classic" and "perfectly realized".<ref name="Gen4"/> ''Tilt'' said: "if it is not the most beautiful chess program, World Class Chess is currently the strongest (even superior to the remarkable [[Software:Chess Champion 2175|Chess Champion]])."<ref name="tilt"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{moby game|id=/17/sargon-v-world-class-chess}}
*{{Internet Archive game|msdos_Sargon_5_-_World_Class_Chess_1991|Sargon V: World Class Chess}}


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[[Category:Chess software]]
[[Category:DOS games]]
[[Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games]]
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