Chessmaster 9000
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…
Chessmaster 9000 is a puzzle developed by Ubisoft Bucharest, released 27 August 2002 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Chessmaster 9000 is
Chessmaster 9000 is a puzzle game developed by Ubisoft Bucharest and released in 2002. It was published by Akella. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Chess Engine: The King.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
Chessmaster 9000 launched on 27 August 2002, within three weeks of Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, Battlefield 1942, Kingdom Hearts and Mafia.
Released around the same time: Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, Battlefield 1942, Kingdom Hearts, Mafia.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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Quick answers
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