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The Chessmaster

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Also known as
Sega Chess チェスマスター

Challenge the CPU across 16 difficulty levels or play a friend in this classic board game simulation.

The NES version of The Chessmaster was released in 1990 by Hi-Tech Expressions, while the original game debuted in 1986 on home computers.

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Released
1990
Original release
1986
Perspective
Diagonal-down, Top-down
Size
160.02 KB
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About The Chessmaster

The Chessmaster presents a digital chess experience where players compete against a computer opponent. Moves are executed by manipulating a hand cursor to pick up and place pieces according to standard rules.

Opponent difficulty is highly adjustable, with settings that can make the game easy for beginners or challenging for experts. The computer's calculation time per move varies significantly across these levels. A special teaching function highlights legal moves for a selected piece, and a two-player human versus human mode is supported. Additionally, the software can be set to operate in a mode where the computer plays against itself.

The Chessmaster Screenshots

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Title Screen
The start of the game
Black is checkmated so white (which is me) wins
You have defeated the Chessmaster screen
The options screen, from here the player can edit the difficulty and number of players among other things
The teaching mode with all the O and Xs to indicate possible moves with the selected piece in this case a bishop
A mode where the player can add, move, and remove pieces to set up the board to there liking before playing it
The War Room view where the player can see past moves, captured pieces, and a chance to see the Chessmaster ‘think’ in the top right.