The game engine was written by Fidelity Electronics, makers of various chess computers, and reached a master rating of 2325 Elo.

[citation needed] The program has 17 levels of play.

The Fidelity Ultimate Chess Challenge was met with mostly positive reception.

[12] Robert A. Jung reviewed the game which was published to IGN, and gave it 7 out of 10.

He was positive to its gameplay, but was critical to its lack of board set-up option.