Chessmaster
Chessmaster is the mobile version of the long running PC chess game series. It is similar to the Palm OS game released two years earlier but has some differences in available game modes and features. It is…
Chessmaster is a card & board game developed by Gameloft, released 26 February 2009 on Android, BlackBerry OS and Windows Mobile.
What Chessmaster is
Chessmaster is a card & board game game developed by Gameloft and released in 2009. It is available on Android, BlackBerry OS and Windows Mobile.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Chessmaster is the mobile version of the long running PC chess game series. It is similar to the Palm OS game released two years earlier but has some differences in available game modes and features. It is played from a simple top down perspective with 2D graphics but there are several different chess sets to choose from. Games can be played either human vs. human or human vs. computer with eleven different computer skill levels to choose from. During games it is possible to ask for a quick advice and the game then suggests the next move. It is also possible to show opening hints as well as info on legal squares and threatened pieces. There are also options to take back moves and to switch…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
How it was received
Chessmaster holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 46% of the 303 rated card & board game games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 4 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Chessmaster launched on 26 February 2009, within three weeks of Demon's Souls, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Resident Evil 5 and Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Demon's Souls, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Resident Evil 5, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned.
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