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Chessmaster 5000

Windows 9x · 1996

Also known as: 国际象棋大师5000 (CN) · Guoji Xiangqi Dashi 5000

Mindscape, Inc. Mindscape, Inc. Board Game Chessmaster

Publisher: Mindscape, Inc. · Developer: Mindscape, Inc. · Genre: Board Game

Chessmaster 5000 is the 10th Anniversary release of the game. This implementation features a revised Windows interface, new tutorials, a new chess database with over twenty seven thousand entries, new time controls, sound effects and music. The game can be played against an AI opponent, against another person or against a remote player. The game's documentation lists the following as the top fifteen new features of this game;* New engine optimised for a 32-bit Pentium * New graphics including more than ten new chess sets both 2D and 3D plus a number of new boards * A new chess database with twenty seven thousand entries. This is not installed with the game, it stays on the CD-ROM * Over 20 new tutorial courses written by Eric Schller, the Californian State Champion * A new Windows 95 interface which makes use of pop-up menus and context sensitive help. Chessmaster 5000 also supports long file names * A NEW Coach window which shows a quick summary of all possible moves. * Custom True Type chess font which lets Chessmaster 5000 support figurine notation and embedded board diagrams in annotations. * Over sixty new opening books customised to simulate the play of a famous grand master. * Over thirty new personalities of all levels * New time controls including the Fischer time control, the hourglass time control and a new LCD-style digital clock in addition to the analog clocks. * Two thousand named opening variations, a great increase on earlier versions which recognised two hundred. Among the new openings are the hippopotamus, the tumbleweed gambit, and the Latvian Defence/Corkscrew counter gambit * A glossary with over sixteen hundred entries * Enhanced annotator now generates summary statistics for the game and additional commentary on inadvisable moves.

Known dumps

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CF4D331F C176D8871133… 139,999,739 — exodos

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