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Chessmaster 10th Edition is a 2004 chess video game developed and published by Ubisoft for the Windows and Xbox. It is part of the Chessmaster series. The Xbox version is titled simply Chessmaster. [5] The PC version was announced on June 22, 2004 and the Xbox version on August 2, 2004. [6] [7]
Chessmaster: The Art of Learning (alternatively Chessmaster XI and known on the PC as Chessmaster: Grandmaster Edition [6] [7]) is a 2007 chess video game developed and published by Ubisoft for the Windows, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation Portable. It is part of the Chessmaster series. The game was announced on August 10, 2007. [6]
The Chessmaster chess engine is called The King, written by Johan de Köning of the Netherlands.It was introduced in Chessmaster 4000; the first edition featured a chess engine written by David Kittinger, who went on to develop the engines for Interplay's USCF Chess, WChess for the German company Millennium 2000, and Sierra Entertainment's Power Chess, Majestic Chess and Disney's Aladdin Chess ...
Chessmaster 5000 received generally positive reviews. In a 1995 comparison between 11 chess programs, Computer Gaming World rated a pre-release version of Chessmaster 5000 the highest. [17] In a 1996 review, Computer Gaming World liked the quality of the computer opponents and the tutorials but disliked the MIDI music and the rating system.
The Chessmaster 2000 is a computer chess game by The Software Toolworks. It was the first in the Chessmaster series and published in 1986. It was released for Amiga , Apple II , Atari 8-bit computers , [ 2 ] Atari ST , ZX Spectrum , Commodore 64 , Amstrad CPC , MSX , Macintosh , and IBM PC compatibles .
The Chessmaster 4000 Turbo received universally positive reviews.Computer Gaming World compared the game to Kasparov's Gambit and said that Chessmaster 4000 has a less accurate rating system but better game analysis system and opponents have more variety in playstyle.
Chessmaster 8000 received an aggregated score of 80 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [7] GameSpot said the internet play is worse than in previous installments. They concluded that "[i]f you're looking to improve your chess game, Chessmaster 8000 is hands-down the best choice out there.
Chess software comes in different forms. A chess playing program provides a graphical chessboard on which one can play a chess game against a computer. Such programs are available for personal computers, video game consoles, smartphones/tablet computers or mainframes/supercomputers.