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Grandmaster

Grandmaster is a one player chess game where you play the computer at chess with ten skill levels (0-9). As well as adjusting the skill level you can also watch the computer play itself, receive hints, force…

31 December 1982

Grandmaster is a strategy developed by Kingsoft, released 31 December 1982 on Commodore 16, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore Plus/4 and Commodore VIC-20.

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What Grandmaster is

Grandmaster is a strategy game developed by Kingsoft and released in 1982. It is available on Commodore 16, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore Plus/4 and Commodore VIC-20.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Grandmaster is a one player chess game where you play the computer at chess with ten skill levels (0-9). As well as adjusting the skill level you can also watch the computer play itself, receive hints, force the computer to play the move it is currently thinking and change board colour. You use the keyboard to type in your moves and the default setting is skill level one and you play as white.
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Grandmaster launched on 31 December 1982, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong, Evolution and Xevious.

Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Evolution, Xevious.

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When did Grandmaster come out?
Grandmaster was released on 31 December 1982 for Commodore 16, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore Plus/4 and Commodore VIC-20.

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