Chessmaster
Chessmaster includes plenty of features to improve your chess skills, no matter what level you are. In Chess School, you can learn basic and advanced tactics before challenging computer-controlled opponents in…
Chessmaster is a card & board game developed by Ubi Soft Studios SRL, released 25 April 2003 on PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
What Chessmaster is
Chessmaster is a card & board game game developed by Ubi Soft Studios SRL and released in 2003. It was published by Ubi Soft Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Chessmaster includes plenty of features to improve your chess skills, no matter what level you are. In Chess School, you can learn basic and advanced tactics before challenging computer-controlled opponents in single-player or multiplayer modes. The game includes a variety of gameplay modes, such as Quick Game, Rated Play, Handicap, Setup Position, and Puzzle. Watch as each piece attacks each other on the checkered battlefield. The iteration of the Chessmaster series on the PlayStation 2 contains most of the features available in the corresponding PC game - which, in this case, is Chessmaster 9000. You can play training games (with all the hints and analysis tools available), rated games…
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 and Single player.
How it was received
Chessmaster holds a critic score of 76 out of 100. That places it above 57% of the 303 rated card & board game games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 7 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Chessmaster launched on 25 April 2003, within three weeks of Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Fire Emblem, NBA Street Vol. 2 and Eve Online. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Fire Emblem, NBA Street Vol. 2, Eve Online.
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