Cheap Chessmaster 10th Edition (Video Games) (Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP) Price
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| PLATFORM: | Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP |
| AGE GROUP: | 5 years and up |
| CATEGORY: | Video Games |
| MANUFACTURER: | UBI Soft |
| ESRB RATING: | Everyone |
| FEATURES: | CD-ROM, Chess teacher, mentor, and ultimate opponent with intuitive user interface, Chessmaster Academy teaches the basics, plus a variety of simple strategies, Animated chess sets; whimsical 3D sets; simple and efficient learning tools, Full-featured online chess module; comprehensive chess engine, Intermediate and advanced player options; for ages 6 and older |
| MEDIA: | CD-ROM |
| MPN: | 68194 |
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| UPC: | 008888681946 |
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Customer Reviews of Chessmaster 10th Edition
Great tool to learn chess. Chessmaster is a very useful tool if you are thinking of learning chess. The academy section makes learning chess fun and easy. It teaches you the basic movements and then it builds up and teaches you about pawn structure and strategy. Very useful exercises that will make you think, instead of making mechanical movements. My complaints are that I wish there were more endgame exercises. Also, it teaches one how to mate with rook and queen, but neglects to teach how to mate with two bishops and bishop and knight. It is difficult to mate with bishop and knight and it would have been a BIG plus if they had a section about that. Overall though this is a very good buy. You will learn a lot and it is not that expensive.
Good for playing, not so good for serious training
It all depends on your level of playing and your seriousness about chess. For a beginner the many features it has are great to make you like the game. Training modes, Graphics, Tutor, Chess Academy, Different players of different strengths.
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>The nice features about the product are:
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>1- Visually appealing
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>2- Training materials for beginners and various nice training options
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>3- Large database of games with position search (however the Internet makes this really not needed) and they are not annotated.
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>4- Chess puzzles
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>But what I personally like most are:
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>5- So many players of so many different levels and strengths specified by their ELO rating which Chess Master claims it is close to real and they got it from playing real human opponents.
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>6- You can hold tournaments between you and other computer players at your level
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>7- You level evolves as you play more and your accurate ranking is computed after 20 games.
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>8- The Price!!
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>Now what I don't like most about the program is:
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>1- Had to put the CD to play, until I learned about the patch that you can get from ubisoft or [...] Great annoyance has been solved and downloading the patch is nothing it's less than 4MB.
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>but the most personally annoying is:
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>2- Players at a low level do non-human like stupid blunders. You are in the middle of a strong game with threats here and there and then your opponent makes the most stupid (and disappointing) move that makes you win the easy way. I don't know if this happens per level or it's just the personality you play cuz that didn't happen with everyone. On the other hand Fritz has the "friend" mode which it claims it just plays weak moves not straight blunders.
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>3- The analysis feature is lacking. Fritz has more powerful analysis with variations and possibility to try different lines and play your own line in the middle of a position.
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>I have both products, Chess Master for playing, and Fritz for Analysis.
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>If you are a beginner or intermediate or even a strong player who wants to play from time to time then this is a good software. If you are serious about chess and care about game analysis and a strong engine to continue from certain positions, etc, then couple that with Fritz or get Fritz and play online. You will miss however all the bells and whistles and visually appealing features of Chess Master. Under $20, I would give it a try.
CHESS MASTER
I WAS NOT ABLE TO USE IT WITH MY COMPUTER BECAUSE IT REQUIRES TOO MUCH MEMORY USE. YOU HAVE TO INSTALL 3 OR 4 C/D'S INTO YOUR COMPUTER. I HAVE A 2 G/B COMPUTER THAT I JUST GOT AND MORE THAN HALF OF MY MEMORY WAS USED BECAUSE OF THIS GAME. IT GAVE ME WARNING ABOUT THE MEMORY SO I UNINSTALLED. I AM GOING TO HAVE TO BUY EXTERNAL MEMORY FOR THIS ONE.