Chessmaster

Chessmaster is a powerful chess playing computer program, mentor and analyzer by Ubisoft. It includes different tutorials for players of all levels of the game.

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Chess - Computer program - Analyzer - Ubisoft

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The Chessmaster series started in 1986 with Chessmaster 2000. It was published for Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and DOS. In 1991, Chessmaster 3000 was published for Windows 3.x and in 1995 for PlayStation. The most current version, Chessmaster 10th Edition, published in 2004, is only available for Microsoft Windows and Xbox.

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1986 - Amiga - Apple II - Atari ST - Commodore 64 - DOS - 1991 - Windows 3.x - 1995 - PlayStation - 2004 - Microsoft Windows - Xbox

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The Chessmaster chess engine is called The King. According to the July 2005 Swedish Chess Computer Association (SSDF) rating list, Chessmaster 9000 has an estimated ELO rating of 2715 on a Athlon-1200 PC. http://web.telia.com/~u85924109/ssdf/list.htm If multiple versions of other engines are stripped out of the top list, Chessmaster 9000 ranks as the 8th best chess engine in the world.

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Chess engine - Swedish Chess Computer Association - ELO rating

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Chessmaster 9000 defeated then U.S. Chess Champion Larry Christiansen in a four game match held in September 2002. Chessmaster won the match 2.5-1.5.

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Larry Christiansen - September 2002

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To date, various versions of Chessmaster have appeared on Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, PC, Mac, Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance, Sega Game Gear, Sony PlayStation, Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox, and mobile phones.

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Amiga - Apple II - Atari ST - Commodore 64 - DOS - PC - Mac - Nintendo Entertainment System - Super Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Game Boy - Nintendo Game Boy Color - Nintendo Game Boy Advance - Sega Game Gear - Sony PlayStation - Sony PlayStation 2 - Microsoft Xbox - Mobile phones

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