Chessmaster 9000
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Published by

Ubi Soft Entertainment Software

Developed by

Ubi Soft SRL

Released

Sep 10, 2002

Platforms

Macintosh, Windows

Genre

Educational, Strategy / tactics

Perspective

Bird's-eye view, Top-down

Pacing

Gameplay

Interface

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Description

The Chessmaster series returns, offering three variant opponents for players to compete with.

The Teacher: Chessmaster teaches beginning and advanced players the best openings and the best endings, alerts players to damaging moves, explains why certain moves are illegal, and spots checkmates as many moves in advance as the player wishes.

The Mentor: Get advice on your next move, see tutorials from chess coach Bruce Pandolfni, study classic games and endings.

The Ultimate Opponent: Play against Chessmaster's The King AI, compete against over 150 opponents or create your own, or take Chessmaster online and play against human opponents around the world.

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Chessmaster 9000 Windows Would you like to play a game?

Chessmaster 9000 Windows If you're moderately skilled at chess, the Chessmaster offers lessons, drills, and other activities to help you improve your game.

Chessmaster 9000 Windows Chessmaster 9000 has the game records for over a thousand real life games. And one fictional one.

Chessmaster 9000 Windows You can select from a few dozen different graphics for both the board and the pieces

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Alternate Titles

"Chessmaster 9000: The World's Most Popular Chess Program" -- Tag-lined title
"Chessmaster 9000: O Mais Popular Jogo De Xadrez Do Mundo" -- Brazilian tag-lined title
"Chessmaster 9000: Le Jeu d'Echecs Le Plus Célèbre Au Monde" -- French tag-lined title

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User Reviews

Great way to play chess when all your friends think they're too cool for it!	Windows	Asinine (1006)

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Critic Reviews

AppleLinks.Com	Macintosh	Jul 05, 2005		100
Game Chronicles	Windows	Oct 10, 2002	10 out of 10	100
Macworld	Macintosh	Apr, 2005		90
PCG	Windows	Nov, 2002	9 out of 10	90
CanadianGamer	Windows	Nov 17, 2002	82 out of 100	82
IGN	Windows	Sep 17, 2002	8.2 out of 10	82
Jeuxvideo.com	Windows	Dec 13, 2002	16 out of 20	80
UOL Jogos	Windows	Dec 03, 2002		80
About This Particular Macintosh	Macintosh	Mar, 2006		80
Level	Windows	Nov, 2002	80 out of 100	80

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Related Web Sites

Develop Your Endgame (An Apple Games article about the Mac version of Chessmaster 9000, with commentary provided by Producer Ioan Palalau (January, 2005).)
Official Webpage (Mac) (The official product page for the Mac version of Chessmaster 9000 on the publisher's website, which provides a profile of the game, patches (including a Universal Binary patch), a desktop wallpaper, and ordering information, among other such things.)

Contributed to by Terrence Bosky (5463) and Kabushi (256614)