Chessmaster 9000

About Chessmaster 9000

The game comes with a downloadable endgame database generator that uses a proprietary database format, called FEG (Final Endgame Generator). The series on the PC features for the first time true 3D boards that can be rotated and zoomed in and out. Over 60 chess sets and boards have been added to the game. Josh Waitzkin returns with a new eight-part course, "The Psychology of Competition". There's several new tutorials: "follow the game", "memorize the position", a "blunder alert" feature, and an endgame quiz authored by Grandmaster Larry Evans. It consists of 50 endgame positions where the player is asked to provide the next best move for a given side by a multiple-choice question. Other new features added are blindfold chess, hidden opponents and random opponent. Network multiplayer is either through the internet or LAN. The internet play, Chessmaster Live, is using ubi.com instead of MPlayer.com.