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List Price: $19.99
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Seller: GoGamer
Rating:  151 reviews
Sales Rank: 4576
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP
Genre: Chess Games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 98
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.3 x 1.5
MPN: 68194
ISBN: 0439799694
UPC: 008888681946
EAN: 9780439799690
ASIN: B00023XXMM
Release Date: August 10, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: PC IMPORT CD-ROM
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 CM10 is a fairly good program with flaws (does run on Vista) December 5, 2007
CS (Acton, MA, USA)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a pretty good chess program for beginners & intermediate players, has a lot that helps you learn, including of course not-too-bad player simulation. It's not perfect, but I would recommend it if you're looking for something for anyone who wants to learn or get better.
There is a long list under "how this program could have been better". See some of the other reviews, but my top 3 gripes are: (1) dumb programming that chews up the CPU even when the program is supposed to be idle; (2) bugs, especially a "hang" problem on single-cpu/single-core machines, where the game program just gets stuck somewhere (looks like a race condition; solution is to temporarily lower the priority of the TheKing processes by using TaskManager); (3) explanations of bad moves, or recommendations of good moves, provide detail but not the big picture.
Finally, it does appear to run fine in Vista: I installed it normally and have been playing it without problems. (I haven't seen the hang problem, but since I have a dual-core machine now I don't expect the race condition to occur.)
 Chessmaster 10th Edition a HIT October 31, 2007
Chess Nerd (Kansas USA)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this software and Fritz 9 in the same order. I figured I would probably prefer the Fritz 9. After downloading some patches I changed my mind.
Upon installation Chessmaster asked me if I had an official rating. I plugged it in and Chessmaster used that as my rating from my first "ranked" game. It went on the regular formula rather than the provisional formula from there. I find this very useful as I have not played in a tournament for over 4 years and with this tool I can find out where my game is before I become active again.
In the "training" mode, after each game an evaluation window pops up with a summary of how you did. It gives you the worse move you made in the game. This has aided me in spotting my weaknesses. The evaluation window also suggests an opponent for you to play next. Fritz has a mode called the friend mode that I always liked because it adjusts itself to my level of play. But I feel this feature of chessmaster is even better. It seems to be more accurate and quicker reacting than the self adjusting mode of Fritz.
I am not one for a lot of fancy graphics as far as chess sets. Ordinarilly I consider them a waste of hard drive space and memory. But I must admit I have had fun with the animated boards on chessmaster. I do realize they are a novelty that will wear off quickly with me but they were fun none the less.
These are the only features I have explored or probably ever will explore but they all made my purchase well worth while.
Stick with Chessmaster 9000 October 2, 2007
Roland J. Provost (Dover, NH United States)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I upgraded from Chessmaster 9000 to Chessmaster 10 expecting better graphic and tutorials, although they tried unfortunately neither is realized.
The 3D Graphics in Chessmaster 10 are fuzzy and not even close to the sharpness of Chessmaster 9000. It is very annoying to look at the 3D set on a PC with a good graphics card and see red outlines and fuzzy graphics. This alone is enough of a reason to buy the less expensive and very functional Chessmaster 9000. The graphics upgrade was definitely a failure.
The new tutorials are wordy and possibly interesting to people who want to hear Josh Waitzkin of "Looking for Bobby Fisher" fame babble on about how great he is. I prefer the Chessmaster 9000 version.
I haven't tried it but the word seems to be that most folks can't get Online Play to work in Chessmaster 10.
The Chessmaster Series is an excellent tool for most of us, players rated under 2200, and highly recommended. But I'd recommend Chessmaster 9000 or 7000. These versions work just fine with the patches and are less expensive.
 Great game, but has bugs. September 17, 2007
Akash Bhakta
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The best thing about his game is the chess academy. It has English audio, which you won't get if you just download this game from some torrent site. Just buy it, it's only $20. Josh Waitzkin's teachings and commentary is excellent. His academy alone is enough to buy the game.
The bad and disappointingly things about this game are the bugs, many of them. The "play online" feature doesn't work; it returns error 50, great, nice error message, as if I'm supposed to know what do now. The software also aborts when you're playing a chess game and your switch boards, so avoid doing that. The 2D board selection is poor. Chessmaster 9000 had a much better selection of 2D boards.
Great teacher and great fun September 6, 2007
W. Merkel
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
As a long time chess player I am always looking to improve my game. I bought this expecting nice simple teaching software instead i got much more. This has puzzles, three types of academies, more AI Players with distinct really styles. It seams in most chess games that you can memorize plays and defeat them regardless of skill. This game is different and so adaptive.
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