Chessmaster 7000

About Chessmaster 7000

Chess enthusiasts can improve their skills with Mindscape's Chessmaster 7000, a complete interactive chess resource. As another popular product in the Chessmaster series, it's tailored for beginners as well as advanced chess players. Using the complex engine we've all come to expect, Chessmaster 7000 shows you the basics and lets you get into the game at your own pace with numerous levels of difficulty -- from beginner to grandmaster. The game offers you the option to receive gameplay analysis with Bruce Pandolfini's Diagnostic Rating Exam so you can bookmark your current level of play for future improvement.

The rules have not changed -- they've only been increased with more features to quench your thirst for better knowledge of the game of chess, and then some. With options like the various "Personalities" you can challenge, and the ability to play others over the Internet, LAN, or modem, chess couldn't be more fun. Pick your colors and shapes for the board and the pieces for customization. You can even customize your own opponent with 24 different "style-of-play" attributes, taken from the powerful 500,000+ game database at your fingertips.

Other features include the Kids Room which is designed for ages 6-12, with fun boards made especially for kids. Compete in a tournament against 80+ human-like opponents or 35 grandmaster personalities like Kasparov and Fischer. In the Game Room, there's even Blitz Chess, a quick daily chess puzzle presented like those from local newspapers, yet where you finish off a computer-generated game in middle of play!

Whether you're playing from a bird's eye view or in plain 2D top-down mode, the realism is enhanced either way by the game's easy-to-use windowed interface. An in-depth "Illustrated Voice Analysis" system keeps you informed and lets you learn from the Chessmaster himself. Or even heed the advice of mentor Josh Waitzkin, International Master.