Chessmaster Computer Chess Finally a Great Computer Chess Game
Chessmaster
a great chess game has come out with a new release called "Chessmaster:
The Art of Learning Grandmaster Edition." Now this new release is a
great game to learn chess from. However, if you have the 10th
edition of Chessmaster you might not notice any major differences in
this game. I can tell you that the game has many pluses, with very few
negatives that I could find.
Now one of the major pluses that I
found about this game is that for me as a never playing chess before
can understand the concepts presented in this game. The instruction in
the game is very straightforward and will help you learn at your own
pace. If you do not even know what the pieces look like the game will
show you. The learning portion of the game will even show you on the
board how each piece moves. So if you did not know that the knight
moves in L shaped movements then you will learn that here.
The
second big plus that I found while playing this Chessmaster game is
that you are able to play against players on the computer that are
generated by the computer. Now they are supposedly rated fairly, but I
know that some of the players that are rated really high will make a
mistake that people just starting chess know better than to make.
However, some of the lower ranked players will be playing like they are
the chessmaster.
Now for the negative that I found about this game is that my husband has Chessmaster the 10th
edition and we both found it really hard to find any changes between
the two games. You will probably notice a few changes, but they are
very minor and not very noticeable. So in that respect the game is
probably not worth the upgrade if you already own the 10th
edition. The teaching all appears to be the same so it is not that hard
to figure out the game, but some of the boards in the play area are
different. This can be nice, but at the same time is not really worth
the cost in price.
"Chessmaster: The Art of Learning Grandmaster
Edition" is a very nice game for the beginner or people who have a
limited chess knowledge base. The teaching sections in the game are the
best that I have ever seen and keeps the learning entertaining for
anyone to learn off of. The downside is if you already have the 10th edition you might not want to upgrade because of the similar game play.
