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Chessmaster is a chess playing computer program, mentor and analyzer by Ubisoft. It includes different tutorials commented by International Master Josh Waitzkin for players of all levels of the game. A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video games. ...
Ubisoft Entertainment (formerly Ubi Soft) is a computer and video game publisher and developer with headquarters in Montreuil, France. ...
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Ubisoft Entertainment (formerly Ubi Soft) is a computer and video game publisher and developer with headquarters in Montreuil, France. ...
Feral Interactive is a young publishing company that was set up towards the end of 1996 to publish games and other software that for various reasons did not fit with the release programs of the large established publishers. ...
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Ubisoft Entertainment (formerly Ubi Soft) is a computer and video game publisher and developer with headquarters in Montreuil, France. ...
Joshua Waitzkin (born December 4, 1976, New York City) was a child-prodigy chess player who won the U.S. Junior Chess championship in 1993 and 1994. ...
The Chessmaster series started in 1986 with The Chessmaster 2000 by The Software Toolworks. It was published for Amiga, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Macintosh, and DOS. In 1991, Chessmaster 3000 was published for Windows 3.x and in 1995 for PlayStation. The current version, Chessmaster 10th Edition, published in 2004, is only available for Microsoft Windows and Xbox. 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The original Amiga 1000 (1985) with various peripherals The Amiga is a family of home/personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation as an advanced home entertainment and productivity machine. ...
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Chess engine The Chessmaster chess engine is called The King, written by Johan de Koning of the Netherlands. According to the July 2005 Swedish Chess Computer Association (SSDF) [1] rating list, Chessmaster 9000 has an estimated ELO rating of 2715 on an Athlon-1200 PC. If multiple versions of other engines are stripped out of the top list, Chessmaster 9000 ranks as the eleventh best chess engine in the world. As of March 2007, the 10th Edition has not been rated yet. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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A chess engine is a computer program that can play the game of chess, it can also refer not just to a program, but to a whole hardware machine. ...
The Swedish Chess Computer Association (Svenska schackdatorföreningen (SSDF) in Swedish) is an organization that tests computer chess software by playing chess programs against one another and producing a rating list. ...
Chess Go The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess and Go. ...
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The King engine allows users to create new playing styles, also 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, came with over 150 different personalities ranging from International Grandmaster strength down to Stanley, who is described as a monkey and plays what are essentially random moves. The title Grandmaster is awarded to world-class chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. ...
The personality feature has inspired many amateur computer chess enthusiasts to attempt to find more optimum personalities. Notable among these are Kurt Utzinger [2], Wilhelm Hudetz, Jason Kent [3], Dom Leste, Milorad Madjar, Graham Banks and Ray Banks. In Chessmaster 10th Edition the creation of new personalities has been made even easier than before. 1990s Pressure-sensory Chess Computer with LCD screen The idea of creating a chess-playing machine dates back to the eighteenth century. ...
Chessmaster 9000 defeated then U.S. Chess Champion International Grandmaster Larry Christiansen in a four game match held in September 2002. Chessmaster won the match 2.5-1.5. 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. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1126x768, 335 KB)Chessmaster 9000 showing the Opera game from its database of classic games. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1126x768, 335 KB)Chessmaster 9000 showing the Opera game from its database of classic games. ...
The title Grandmaster is awarded to world-class chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. ...
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2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for September, 2002. ...
Alexander Alekhine Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine (sometimes spelled Aljechin or Alechin) (IPA: ; Russian: ; other members of his family pronounce it , French: Alexandre Alekhine) (October 31 or November 1, 1892 – March 24, 1946) was a Russian-born naturalized French chess grandmaster (officially naturalized in 1927 only three days before the World Champion...
Robert James Bobby Fischer (born March 9, 1943) is a United States-born chess Grandmaster and in 1972 became the only US-born chessplayer to become the official World Chess Champion. ...
Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik (IPA: ; Russian: ) (August 17 [O.S. August 4] 1911 - May 5, 1995) was a Russian International Grandmaster and long-time World Champion of chess. ...
Platforms To date, various versions of Chessmaster have appeared on Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari 8-bit, 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. The Mac version is ported by Feral Interactive, and the latest Mac version available as of December 2006 is Chessmaster 9000. The original Amiga 1000 (1985) with various peripherals The Amiga is a family of home/personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation as an advanced home entertainment and productivity machine. ...
The Apple II was one of the most popular personal computers of the 1980s. ...
The Apple IIGS, the fifth model inception of the Apple II, was the most powerful member of the Apple II series of personal computers made by Apple Computer. ...
An Atari 800XL, one of the most popular machines in the series. ...
The Atari 520ST Atari 1040STF with SC1224 color monitor The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was commercially popular from 1985 to the early 1990s. ...
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Feral Interactive is a young publishing company that was set up towards the end of 1996 to publish games and other software that for various reasons did not fit with the release programs of the large established publishers. ...
Interface Chessmaster 10th Edition has a completely revised interface from earlier versions. It includes both 2D and 3D designs, and a large number of different chess piece styles.
Others enjoy the 'whimsical Animated 3D' sets[4][5], where the pieces 'walk' between squares and have simulated battles when a piece is taken, reminicent of Battle Chess. It also evokes similarity with the Harry Potter chess set. Battle Chess is a computer game version of chess released for the 3DO, PC, Apple IIGS, Commodore 64, Amiga, Amiga CDTV, CD32, Atari ST, Apple Macintosh, Acorn Archimedes and Nintendo Entertainment System in which the chess pieces came to life and battled one another when capturing. ...
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The 'Fun' part of the program has a simplified interface.
10th Edition also comes (in the full boxed set) a pair of red/blue glasses, to view the set in 'enhanced 3D'.[6]
Trivia Chessmaster 3000 MPC, by Mindscape, included commentary by Anatoly Karpov. Anatoli Karpov Anatoli Yevgenyevich Karpov (Анато́лий Евге́ньевич Ка́рпов) (born May 23, 1951) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. ...
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