ChessMaster 9000 for Mac Goes Golden Master; Out by Xmas
ChessMaster 9000 for Mac Goes Golden Master; Out by Xmas
by , 1:00 AM EST, December 5th, 2004
British Mac gamer maker Feral Interactive announced Friday the Mac OS X incarnation of its strategy game ChessMaster 9000 has gone golden master and will ship before Christmas.
ChessMaster 9000 has over 800 classic games, including the best of 2001 and 2002 Grand Master games. Features include on-screen guides to learn the best opening chess moves, a new and improved chess engine that allows players to compete against more than 150 different opponents, from beginning to Grandmaster level, 30 new chess sets, a variety of online, multiplayer options , including rated chess games and chess games just for fun, and the new 'Blunder Alert' feature that immediately notifies a player of better moves when ChessMaster you move you pieces into danger.
Around since 1986 with over five million copies sold, the game has not been available for the Mac platform for over five years. It can now be pre-ordered online for US$40.
Observer Comments
Sun Dec 05, 2004 7:54 am Subject: and the answer is ...
A lot! The more, the better
Seriously, there a few nice chess programs for OS X with a GUI (sigmachess, Vector Chess) but these are no top chess programs. Then there are some programs that you can use with xbord under X11 (ruffian, crafty, gothmog), but a state of the art program like chessmaster with a professional GUI is a welcome addition to my chess program collection !
Sun Dec 05, 2004 11:17 pm Subject: I'm glad to see this chess program
I have the PC verison and I'm glad to see it being ported to Mac OS X. I am getting rid of all my computer games except for 3. Hoyle Casino, Warcraft III, and Chesmaster 9000. The first two because they come with OS X support right out of the box and the other because I want to learn how to play chess to become a better strategic thinker.
I'm planning on switching sometime in the new year when I have the money. (Which might be a while.) I like knowing that Chessmaster 9000 is available on OS X, so I can keep training on the same program on both OS'es.
The thing with Chessmaster is that it can be your personal tutor. Chess in OS X can give you hints but never explain why you should make the move it recommends. Train with Chessmaster for a while and you might have a chance beating Chess in OS X.
QuoteSmall White Car wrote:
The chess program that comes with OS X already kicks my butt in roughly 4 minutes. There's no way I'm gonna actually get a BETTER program just so that I can lose even faster.
With Chessmaster 9000, I can select from opponents of varying skill levels. Mac's chess game, on the other hand, is a good teacher but it's much too humbling (it's not good to be perpetually humbled). I haven't beaten it yet. It does indeed impress me though the way it so skillfully advances its pawns in the end game. Masterful!
Now that I know I can get it for my new iMac I will definitely purchase it.
Well, when someone says that ChessMaster is better, they don't mean that it's better at beating you (though this could be the case as well). It's a much more well rounded program, giving you beginning-to-end analysis and training.
Besides, there are many chess AI players in ChessMaster of various levels. You choose one that's at your level and work your way up through training. It's awesome!
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