Chessmaster 9000

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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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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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• Chessmaster series

User Reviews

Great way to play chess when all your friends think they're too cool for it!

Windows

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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
Games4Mac	Macintosh	2005	87 out of 100	87
IGN	Windows	Sep 17, 2002	8.2 out of 10	82
UOL Jogos	Windows	Dec 03, 2002		80
Joystick (French)	Windows	Dec, 2002	8 out of 10	80
GameZone	Windows	Sep 27, 2002	8 out of 10	80
Thunderbolt Games	Windows	Apr 19, 2003	8 out of 10	80
GameSpot	Windows	Sep 12, 2002	7.6 out of 10	76

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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.)