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''Chessmaster'' is a Chess playing Computer Program , mentor and Analyzer by Ubisoft . It includes different tutorials for players of all levels of the game. The ''Chessmaster'' series started in 1986 with ''Chessmaster 2000''. It was published for Amiga , Apple II , Atari ST , Commodore 64 , and DOS . In 1991 , ''Chessmaster 3000'' was published for Windows 3.x and in 1995 for PlayStation . The most current version, ''Chessmaster 10th Edition'', published in 2004 , is only available for Microsoft Windows and Xbox . The ''Chessmaster'' of 2715 on an Athlon-1200 PC. If multiple versions of other engines are stripped out of the top list, ''Chessmaster 9000'' ranks as the 8th best chess engine in the world. The King engine allows users to create new playing styles (also called "personalities") by manipulating several dozen different settings, such as King Safety, Pawn Weakness, Randomness, Mobility and others. Individual piece values can also be adjusted. ''Chessmaster 9000'' comes with over 150 different personalities ranging from International Grandmaster strength down to Stanley, who is described as a monkey and plays what are essentially random moves. This simian personality has inspired a humorous Chess Variant called Stanley Random Chess {Link without Title} . The personality feature has inspired many amateur Computer Chess enthusiasts to attempt to find more optimum personalities. Notable among these are Kurt Utzinger Wilhelm Hudetz, Jason Kent [http://www.freewebs.com/jakent/ , Dom Leste, Milorad Madjar, Graham Banks and Ray Banks. ''Chessmaster 9000'' defeated then U.S. Chess Champion , Bobby Fischer and Mikhail Botvinnik . The final game of the match used the default "Chessmaster" personality. Christiansen won the first game, lost the second and third games, and the fourth game resulted in a draw. VERSIONS To date, various versions of ''Chessmaster'' have appeared on Amiga , Apple II , Atari ST , Commodore 64 , DOS , PC , Mac , Nintendo Entertainment System , Super Nintendo Entertainment System , Nintendo Game Boy , Nintendo Game Boy Color , Nintendo Game Boy Advance , Sega Game Gear , Sony PlayStation , Sony PlayStation 2 , Microsoft Xbox , and Mobile Phones . The Mac version is ported by Feral Interactive , and the latest version available as of February 2006 is Chessmaster 10th Edition. EXTERNAL LINKS
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