Chessmaster occurs as right chess playing computer program, mentor & analyzer by Ubisoft. It includes different tutorials for players of completely levels of the game.

A Chessmaster series began within 1986 with Chessmaster 2000. It was published for Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and DOS. Around 1991, Chessmaster 3000 was published for Windows 3.x and in 1995 for PlayStation. A virtually all todays version, Chessmaster 10th Edition, published around 2004, is only available for Microsoft Windows and Xbox.

A Chessmaster chess engine is called The King. Based on data from a July 2005 Swedish Chess Computer Association (SSDF) rating list, Chessmaster 9000 has an figured ELO rating of 2715 on the Athlon-1200 PC. [http://web.telia.com/~u85924109/ssdf/list.htm] In case multiple versions of more engines come stripped away from a top names, Chessmaster 9000 ranks when a 8th better chess engine in the globe.

Chessmaster 9000 defeated so U.S. Chess Champion Larry Christiansen around a quaternity stake match held in September 2002. Chessmaster won a match Deuce.Five-One.Quint.

Up to now, various versions of Chessmaster use appeared in Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, PC, Mac, Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance, Sega Game Gear, Sony PlayStation, Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox, and mobile phones.