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Sep 19, 2021 This is the LAST Chessmaster Program that will STILL run in MAC OS X -as long as its Ver.10.6.8 'Snow Leopard' -which is the LAST Mac OS that Apple supported the use of the 'Shell' Program known as 'Rosetta' in, which must be installed to allow Chessmaster (and. Chessmaster 6000 (aka 国际象棋大师6000, Guoji Xiangqi Dashi 6000), a really nice strategy game sold in 1998 for Windows, is available and ready to be played again! Also available on Mac, time to play a board / party game and chess video game title. Mar 10, 2005 Chessmaster 9000 is the best chess game you can buy for the Mac. It’s an absolute must-have for chess fans who want serious competition and training. May 04, 2012 Operating Systems Mac OS X 10.4 PPC, Mac OS X 10.5 PPC, Mac OS X 10.4 Intel, Mac OS X 10.5, Mac OS X 10.5 Intel, Mac OS X 10.6 Intel, Macintosh, Mac OS X 10.4.

System Requirements Chessmaster 9000 for MAC

Minimum System Requirements (Macintosh) Mac OS 10.2 PowerPC G3/G4 700 MHz 256 MB RAM Hardware accelerated 3D Graphics Card with 16 MB VRAM DVD Drive 1.3 GB free hard disk space Mouse and Keyboard QuickTime 6

Recommended System Requirements (Macintosh) Mac OS 10.3 or later PowerPC G4 1 GHz 512 MB RAM Hardware accelerated 3D Graphics Card with 16 MB VRAM 1.3 GB free hard disk space Mouse and Keyboard.

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Do you have Rosetta installed? I think it was optional in 10.6, but can be done from the Install Disc.

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Chessmaster is a chess-playing computer game series which is now owned and developed by Ubisoft. It is the best-selling chess franchise in history, with more than five million units sold as of 2002.^[2]

Since Chessmaster 3000 for Windows 3.x the moves are explained with voice output.

Timeline[edit]

• 1986: The Chessmaster series started with The Chessmaster 2000 first published by Software Country, and soon after by The Software Toolworks. It was published for Amiga, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, MSX, Macintosh, and DOS. The game had a chess engine written by David Kittinger and the manufacturer rated the game at 2000 Elo. USCF rated it 2100; in reality, it is unknown at what strength it plays because the testings were done on slow 1980s computers. In July 1986, CM became the first commercially available software to win the Personal Computer class of the United States Open Computer Chess Championship in Mobile, Alabama.^[3]
• 1988: The Fidelity Chessmaster 2100 was published for the Apple IIGS.
• 1989: The Fidelity Chessmaster 2100 was published for DOS.
• 1990: The Chessmaster was published for the NES, and the Game Boy.
• 1990: The Fidelity Chessmaster 2100 was published for the Amiga.
• 1991: The Chessmaster was published for the SNES.
• 1991: The Chessmaster was published for the Game Gear.
• 1991: Chessmaster 3000 was published for DOS, Windows 3.x.
• 1993: Chessmaster 4000 Turbo was published for Windows 3.x.
• 1993: Chessmaster 3000 was published for Macintosh.
• 1995: Chessmaster 4000 was published for Windows 95.
• 1995: Chessmaster 3D for PlayStation had the Chessmaster 4000 engine.^[4]
• 1996: Chessmaster 4000 was published for Macintosh.
• 1996: Mindscape publishes Chessmaster 5000 for Windows 95.
• 1997: Chessmaster 5500 was published for Windows 95.
• 1998: Chessmaster 6000 was published for Windows 95 and Windows 98 and Macintosh.
• 1999: Chessmaster 7000 was published for Windows 98 and Chessmaster II was published for PlayStation.^[5]
• 2000: Chessmaster 8000 was published for Windows 98.
• 2002: Ubisoft publishes Chessmaster 9000 for Windows 98/ME/XP
• 2004: Chessmaster 10th Edition was published for Windows XP.
• 2004: Chessmaster 9000 was published for Mac OS X by Feral Interactive.^[1]
• 30 October 2007: The current version, Chessmaster XI, was released for Windows XP/Vista (titled Chessmaster: Grandmaster Edition) and Nintendo DS (titled Chessmaster: The Art of Learning), and 12 February 2008 for PlayStation Portable (also titled Chessmaster: The Art of Learning). It includes numerous tutorials by International MasterJoshua Waitzkin and GM Larry Christiansen for players of all skill levels.^[6] Also contains the minigames Fork my fruit (which practices forking), Minesweeper (practices safety of pieces) and the tail game (where the player chooses a long-range chess piece, then trying to make a long tail using captured pieces, and avoiding the enemy pieces to capture the main piece or tail parts).

Chess engine[edit]

The Chessmasterchess 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 Adventures. The second edition had an engine designed by Kate and Dan Spracklen of Sargon fame.

According to the September 2009 Swedish Chess Computer Association (SSDF) rating list, Chessmaster 9000 had an estimated Elo rating of 2718 on an Athlon-1200 PC.^[7] If multiple versions of other engines are stripped out of this list, Chessmaster 9000 ranked 14th among all engines tested. As of May 2008, Chessmaster 9000 remained the most recent version rated by the SSDF.

The latest version, Chessmaster 11th Edition, was released in 2007, and has lagged behind more current chess engines. CCRL placed it 121st on its August 2020 list (15th among engines only available via purchase).^[8]

The King engine allows users to create new playing styles, called 'personalities', by manipulating several dozen different settings, such as King Safety, Pawn Weakness, Randomness, Mobility and others. Individual piece values can also be adjusted. Chessmaster 9000, for example, features over 150 different personalities ranging from International Grandmaster strength down to Stanley, a chimpanzee who, in most situations, plays completely random moves. The Stanley chimpanzee personality inspired the Stanley Random Chess Variant.^[9]

Notable games[edit]

• Larry Christiansen vs. Chessmaster 9000 (September 2002), annotated at GameKnot: Game 1, Game 2, Game 3, Game 4

Chessmaster won the four-game match against Christiansen held in September 2002, by a score of 2½–1½.^[10] The Chessmaster program was operated by John Merlino, the Project Manager of Chessmaster at the time of the match. Four different personalities were used in the match, the first three of which were based on famous human Grandmasters: Alexander Alekhine, Bobby Fischer, and Mikhail Botvinnik. The final game of the match used the default 'Chessmaster' personality. Christiansen won the first game, lost the second and third games, and the fourth game resulted in a draw.

Platforms[edit]

To date, various versions of Chessmaster have appeared on Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Commodore 64, DOS, PC, Macintosh, Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Sega Genesis (as a Sega Channel exclusive), Sega Game Gear, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and mobile phones.^[11] Early Macintosh versions Chessmaster 3000 and 4000 were developed by Sebastian Rapport and Troy Heere that leveraged the Kittinger and de Koning engines respectively.^{[citation needed]} Later Macintosh versions were ported by Feral Interactive, and the latest Macintosh version available is Chessmaster 9000. Ubisoft also offers a downloadable version of the game, Chessmaster Challenge, which differs from Chessmaster 10th Edition in its simplified interface and scaled-down tutorials.^[12]

The more recent editions of Chessmaster include both 2D and 3D designs, and a large number of different boards and themed chess piece designs. The interface was revised for Chessmaster 10th Edition and features animated 3D sets in which the pieces 'walk' between squares and have simulated battles when a piece is taken, reminiscent of Battle Chess or the Wizard's chess set from Harry Potter. Chessmaster 10th Edition also comes packed with a pair of red and blue glasses to view the set in 'enhanced 3D'.

Xbox Live Arcade[edit]

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An Xbox Live Arcade version with Xbox Live multiplayer and Xbox Live Vision camera support for the Xbox 360 called Chessmaster Live was released on 30 January 2008, but is no longer available.

This version of Chessmaster contained a bug allowing the white player to indefinitely hold up a match until a player resigned. The game was eventually patched so that neither player would gain or lose Elo points if they resign before the first move.

Reception[edit]

The combined sales of the Chessmaster series had reached 1 million copies by September 1996.^[13] The series surpassed 5 million units in sales by 2002, making it the highest-selling computer chess series ever at the time.^[14]

In 1989, Computer Gaming World found Chessmaster 2100's features 'the clear winners' over Sargon 4,^[15] in 1992 reported that Chessmaster 3000 had added 'a lot' to its predecessors, with new tutorial features and a variety of computer opponents making the game 'a truly impressive sequel',^[16]and in 1994 approved of Chessmaster 4000 Turbo's new AI 'personalities' based on historical chess players.^[17]4000 Turbo received a perfect 10 out of 10 score from Electronic Entertainment.^[18]

In Japan, Famitsu magazine scored the 1991 Super Famicom version of the game a 23 out of 40,^[19] and the 1994 Game Boy version a 21 out of 40.^[20]

Critical reaction to the Chessmaster series has been mostly positive. GameSpot commented that 'Chessmaster has remained the consummate standard in console chess games since the '80s.'^[21]IGN said that 'the series itself remains the best way to play and learn about chess on the PC.'^[22]

Chessmaster: Grandmaster Edition, the most recent PC edition of the series, scored positive reviews, with PC Gamer saying: 'this one-stop shop for an entire chess-playing and learning family should last until you're all grandmasters.'^[23]Chessmaster 10th Edition holds an 84% rating on review aggregator site GameRankings.^[24] IGN gave Chessmaster 10th Edition a score of 8.4/10, calling it 'the best chess game in town.'^[22] GameSpot's review of Chessmaster 10th Edition said, 'If you're looking for a good chess program that's packed with a plethora of features and all the bells and whistles, you'll be very happy with Chessmaster 10th Edition.^[25]

The mobile phone version of Chessmaster received a score of 9/10 from IGN, who called it 'an absolutely superlative product that will be enjoyed for week after week by fans of the mental contest.'^[26] IGN criticized the Nintendo DS version of Chessmaster: The Art of Learning for its lack of multiplayer, but gave it an overall positive review, with a score of 7.8/10.^[27] IGN criticized the 'boring' presentation of the PlayStation Portable version of Chessmaster: The Art of Learning, but added that 'there's no doubt that the information is valuable and can teach you the finer points of the game.'^[28]

Although the Chessmaster engine is generally not as strong as the engines of other commercially available chess programs such as Fritz,^[29][30] critics have praised the Chessmaster series for its comprehensive tutorials aimed at players of amateur and moderate skill levels. In its review of Chessmaster 9000, IGN said that 'the series has always distinguished itself with first-rate chess teaching tools,' and welcomed the game's 'appeal towards inexperienced and mid-level players. With all manner of tutorials, detailed analysis and exercises, the game helps ease newbies into the experience.'^[31] GameSpot's review of Chessmaster 10th Edition commented positively on the game's 'huge bundle of features aimed at everyone from the neophyte who's looking to learn the basics to the advanced wood pusher who may need practice for tournament play.'^[25]

A common criticism of the series has been the lack of new features in successive installments. IGN's review of Chessmaster 10th Edition commented, 'it simply doesn't add enough over any of the last two versions to make it a necessary upgrade.'^[22]

Awards[edit]

The editors of Computer Games Strategy Plus named Chessmaster Online the best online game of 1997.^[32]

In 1994, PC Gamer UK named Chessmaster 4000 Turbo the 20th best computer game of all time, calling it the best of the series so far and accessible to all skill levels. The editors wrote, 'A chess game? In the Top 50? Well, why not?'^[33] In June 1994 Chessmaster 4000 was a finalist for Computer Gaming World's Strategy Game of the Year award, losing to Master of Orion The editors wrote that 'Software Toolworks still has the capacity and the will to improve their best-selling chess engine'.^[34]

Chessmaster 3000 was named the 40th best computer game ever by PC Gamer UK in 1997. The editors wrote that 'it remains [..] the premier PC chess title, with just the right balance of fancy game options and high-end gameplay. ChessMaster 3000 runs much faster than subsequent versions of the game and makes a welcome change from guns and guts'.^[35]

In 1997 Chessmaster 5000 was a finalist for Computer Gaming World's Classic/Puzzle Game of the Year award,^[36] losing to Baku Baku Animal.^[37]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^ab[1]
2. ^Chessmaster 9000 Review
3. ^Oxner, Bill (November 1986). 'The Chessmaster 2000'(PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 32. p. 44. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
4. ^Chessmaster 3d Review
5. ^Chessmaster II at GameFAQs. Accessed 24 March 2013.
6. ^[2]
7. ^'The SSDF Rating List'. Retrieved 30 April 2008.
8. ^'CCRL 40/40'.
9. ^Verdra H. Ciretop (12 March 2004) 'Stanley Random Chess Introduced & Explained for Beginners'. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
10. ^'Chessmaster 9000 Defeats Reigning US Chess Champion Larry Christiansen; Chessmaster Wins Four Game Match 2.5 to 1.5 Via Live Internet Broadcast on ChessClub.com'. Business Wire. 1 October 2002.
11. ^'Search Games - Chessmaster'. GameFAQs. Retrieved 19 September 2007.
12. ^Chessmaster ChallengeArchived 9 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine Ubisoft
13. ^Coleman, Terry (September 1996). 'Pawn to Infinity'. Computer Gaming World. No. 146. pp. 159, 160.
14. ^IGN Staff (5 December 2002). 'Who's the Master?'. IGN. Archived from the original on 7 February 2004. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
15. ^Wagner, Roy (September 1989). 'Chessmaster 2100 vs. Sargon 4'. Computer Gaming World. pp. 20–21. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
16. ^Carter, Tim (August 1992). 'Software Toolworks' Chessmaster 3000'. Computer Gaming World. pp. 42–43. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
17. ^Coleman, Terry (January 1994). 'The Ultimate Gambit'. The Ultimate Gambit. pp. 42, 44, 46.
18. ^Brenesal, Barry (March 1994). 'Chessmaster 4000 Turbo'. Electronic Entertainment. 1 (3): 88, 89.
19. ^New Games Cross Review - チェスマスター. Weekly Famitsu. No.323. Pg.39. 24 February 1995.
20. ^NEW GAMES CROSS REVIEW: チェスマスター. Weekly Famicom Tsūshin. No.307. Pg.40. 4 November 1994.
21. ^Chessmaster mobile review, GameSpot, 15 June 2004
22. ^ ^abcChessmaster 10th Edition review, IGN, 26 August 2004
23. ^PC Gamer, Chessmaster: Grandmaster Edition review, April 2008, p.64
24. ^Chessmaster 10th Edition, GameRankings
25. ^ ^abChessmaster 10th Edition review, GameSpot, 7 September 2004
26. ^Chessmaster mobile reviewArchived 21 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine, IGN, 7 July 2004
27. ^Chessmaster: The Art of Learning - DS review, IGN, 4 December 2007
28. ^Chessmaster: The Art of Learning - PSP review, IGN, 28 February 2008
29. ^Chessmaster 8000 vs. Fritz 6Archived 20 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Roger McIntyre, Logical Chess
30. ^Chessmaster 9000 vs. Fritz 6Archived 9 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Roger McIntyre, Logical Chess
31. ^Chessmaster 9000 review, IGN, 17 September 2002
32. ^Staff (19 January 1998). 'The winners of the 1997 Computer Games Awards'. Computer Games Strategy Plus. Archived from the original on 6 February 2005.
33. ^Staff (April 1994). 'The PC Gamer Top 50 PC Games of All Time'. PC Gamer UK. No. 5. pp. 43–56.
34. ^'Announcing The New Premier Awards'. Computer Gaming World. June 1994. pp. 51–58.
35. ^Flynn, James; Owen, Steve; Pierce, Matthew; Davis, Jonathan; Longhurst, Richard (July 1997). 'The PC Gamer Top 100'. PC Gamer UK. No. 45. pp. 51–83.
36. ^Staff (April 1997). 'Best of the Bunch; Finalists Named for CGW Premier Awards'. Computer Gaming World. No. 153. pp. 28, 32.
37. ^Staff (May 1997). 'The Computer Gaming World 1997 Premier Awards'. Computer Gaming World. No. 154. pp. 68–70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80.

External links[edit]

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Chessmaster 6000

Windows - 1998

Also available on: Mac

Description of Chessmaster 6000

Chessmaster's latest incarnation

The Chessmaster series is one of the oldest chessplaying programs around, and by far the best-selling chess program; the latest incarnation is Chessmaster 6000, which adds a number of enhancements to the previous one (Chessmaster 5500). Although the previous Chessmaster programs were good, each of the Chessmaster series had some features that did not work properly and a number of bugs. Chessmaster is no different in this respect: although it is certainly of the best chess programs that you can buy, Chessmaster 6000 has a number of bugs, and some poor features. But don't let that deter you - this may be the chess program for you, especially if you are on a tight budget.

What do you want from a chess program?

If all you want from a chess program is an engine that can beat the stuffings out of you, you should know that unless you are a Master, there are a number of free programs that can beat 99.9% of chess players; ok, but maybe you absolutely need to have the strongest chess program. There is an ongoing endless debate about which chess program is the strongest, and Chessmaster 6000 is up there among the contenders of Grandmaster strength, so if you buy this program, you can rest assured that if some of the other contenders (Fritz, Junior, Hiarcs and so on) are stronger, they are not much stronger. But just a minute, if you are rated at say, 1800 (which puts you much above the average level), what difference does it make if you play against a program rated 2400 or one rated 2500? In both cases, you are going to have your head handed to you on a platter...

If all you are going to do is play chess, why buy a program when plenty of free chessplaying games much stronger than you are available? The answer is 'for the bells and whistles'. And this is where Chessmaster 6000 shines. Maybe you want to play against different styles or against different strengths, maybe you want to study openings, maybe you want to evaluate your playing strength, maybe you want to have chess lessons, maybe you want to analyze games; Chessmaster can do all that and more.

Chessmaster 6000 features and bugs

This program has most of the features that a modern chess program should have: one of the strongest chessplaying engines available, customizable computer opponents, a 300,000 game expandable database with multiple search criteria, over 2000 named opening variations, one of the best chess tutorial series by chess coach and author Bruce Pandolfini, voice-annotated games by Josh Waitzkin (subject of the Searching for Bobby Fischer movie) and the ability to play chess on the Internet. Waitzkin's voice-annotated games in particular are an original and useful feature (the pieces move about the board while Waitzkin explains the ideas) that can help even strong players to improve their chess. The interface is generally user-friendly.

Most chess players have their own favorite features in a chess program; one of mine is the ability to interactively analyze chess lines, which Fritz 5 does extremely well (see my Fritz review). Although Chessmaster 6000 can analyze games, it cannot do so interactively in real time during a game in player vs player mode, which in my book is a serious defect.

Another key feature for me is the opening repetoire of the game; to be blunt, I consider Chessmaster 6000 's opening repetoire to be a joke. For example, two of my favorite lines are the Goring Gambit and the Morra Gambit against the Sicilian Defence. If you try to practice those openings against Chessmaster, you will be sorely disappointed, because the computer's knowledge extends only to five or six moves for those openings.

The program has a number of bugs (v1.01 is the latest version I played), many of them in the tutorials; things like positions on the board that do not correspond to the text or crashes caused by trying to move pieces. And you can't play the game without the CD, which can be a major headache for those who want to play on a portable when they travel. Mindscape has put out a couple of patches that fix some of the bugs, but some still remain. The CD 'feature' still remains for some players, although the latest patch was supposed to fix it. Let me add that the bugs are not serious enough to warrant not buying the game if it has the features that you want.

The bottom line

So should you buy this program or not? It depends, opinion is divided and polarized on the chess forums on the Internet. My view is that despite its flaws, this program is one of the best available, and the price is very low. For weaker players or for those for whom the more complex features of a program like Fritz 5 might be overwhelming, this is the chess program of choice. On the other hand, if one wants to use the program primarily to analyze lines in real time or to practice openings, or as a database program, one should consider another program like Fritz 5 or Chessbase. Chessmaster 's variety of opening styles, which allow the player to modify not only the playing strength of the opponent but its style, is the best available, and the tutorials are excellent.

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One pundit recommends Chessmaster 6000 for players with ratings below 2000 and other programs for players rated more highly, but at least one player above 2000 uses Chessmaster 6000 all the time. If the features that count for you in a chess program are price, learning, playing strength, and variety of playing styles, you can't go wrong with this program; on the other hand, if real time analysis, opening knowledge and strong database capabilities are your features of choice, you should have a close look at some of the other programs on the market.

In my opinion, Fritz 5 is a better program for advanced players, and there may be better programs for very specific applications (database, tutoring, etc), but if I had to rate the programs that I have played, I would rate Chessmaster 6000 second only to Fritz. For beginners or for a first chess program, Chessmaster 6000 leads the pack and is highly recommended.

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