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After Installing as admin and installing the two patches off ubisoft website. The game runs flawlessly. It takes me back 20 years when i used to play the first chessmaster 9000 when i was a kid. Happy i found it again.
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The seller said it would work on any version of windows so I purchased it have a bad hab it of taking people on their word new but that's the problem it was on the computer stores shelves back 20 years ago and so it was of course made for windows XP who has XP now days ? not me so it caused me so much grief two agonizing weeks of trying to make it work on my windows computer finally it caused a very bad problem with my laptop the the library directory of dlls so now i can not install anything it anymore, no software or anything the install shield scripting runtime and I have no idea how to fix it its a difficult fix
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My review is mixed. -- Name is deceptive. GM edition is basically for beginners. -- Has instructive videos anyone would like. These videos are definitely worth your money. If you buy similar videos online, they actually would cost you more. -- Follow the Grandmaster's moves does not explain why the move was made. It is kind of puzzle, where you have to figure it out for yourself. It is no better than watching a chess game and guessing the reason why the move was played. -- Opening Trainer, though vast, partially explains a opening and ignores explaining some moves. Either do not explain, explain everything. CM leaves us guessing. -- User Interface is decent but not to my expectations. I did have many choices for 2-D boards, but was expecting more choices for 3d. -- Software bugs like unable to flip the board during Position Setup. -- ELO of Chessmaster is still low after all these years. I would prefer to link it to free UCI like Rybka 2.2n but CM supports only winboard engines. Endgame strength can be increased by buying the EGDB tablebase from their store. -- Hardly any one plays at their online chess portal. I also have Fritz installed and I use that more often for analysis. I only use CM for videos.Read full review
Altogether,the ChessMaster series is hard to beat.From beginner to master there is something for every Chess player in Chessmaster. I started in with 6000 back in the W98 days. I skipped over 7000 somewhere and continued on with 8000,9000,and then 10th edition.Everyone can benefit from all the tutorials that grow with every version.Finally, I found a copy of Grandmaster.Gotta love Ebay for the money you can save. The 1st thing to learn about Ubisoft Chessmaster software is the quirkiness/finickiness of O/S used.Up through 8000,W98/ME are absolutely required.9000 must be patched to run stable on XP and don't waste your time trying to run any Chessmaster versions on W2000.Did I mention quirky/finicky?10th Edition also requires XP and Grandmaster requires XP or Vista.I have no experience on Vista to date but XP and Grandmaster are better than ever.Naturally ,the game engines have gotten stronger over time and if your serious about engine strength you can download an EGDB{End Game Data base} zip file to generate your own 5 man EGDB file{about 5 gb}and redirect Chessmaster to target your new EGDB in the .ini file to really enhance Chessmaster's strength of play. A 6 man file would be nice but that's slightly larger than a TERABYTE in space for both Black and White.I've done this{5 man} for 9000,10th Edition, and Grandmaster versions with ease.Compiled once{About 4 days}and "copy/target to" over and over. So don't be afraid to pick up a copy of 9000 ,or 10th Edition on the cheap while you wait for that affordable copy of GrandMaster.Make sure you go to Ubisoft and download the latest patches and install.And to my knowledge, Chessmaster will not currently run or install on WINE emulators as of 06/01/2008. EnjoyRead full review
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This game is fine if you do not have an XBOX, which has been discontinued approximately the year 2004! The XBOX version is better because it looks beautiful and is fun to play. I guess the PC version is too computer-like, and the XBOX version makes you feel like you are playing a human! After every game, you see advice which makes you learn a little at a time! Thank God, Jesus Christ, if you are able to get your hands on the XBOX version.
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