Chessmaster 10th Edition
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Product Summary
Brand: UBI SoftRelease Date: 2004-08-10
Platform: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP
Publisher: Ubisoft
Product features:
- Chess teacher, mentor, and ultimate opponent with intuitive user interface
- Chessmaster Academy teaches the basics, plus a variety of simple strategies
- Animated chess sets; whimsical 3D sets; simple and efficient learning tools
- Full-featured online chess module; comprehensive chess engine
- Intermediate and advanced player options; for ages 6 and older
Video Game Reviews of Chessmaster 10th Edition
Customer Review: Errors even a 1300 can see
Summary: 3 Stars
Our "instructor" Josh Waitzkin shows us the following position in his "Chess Mastery" Quiz:
8/8/8/7k/R7/8/2K5/1R6 w - -
The text reads: Here white has a mate in four. What's the first move?
The problem is... this is a mate in two! Silly IM. I even saw this and I suck at chess.
1. Rg1 Kh6 (forced)
2. Rh4#
I believe he's trying to make this a problem geared for someone who's never mated with two rooks, but the problems should still be accurate. All he had to do was put the white king on c1. This would interfere with the rook's access to g1. That would be a real mate in four problem.
The VERY NEXT program gives this position:
K7/8/1R6/6k1/8/8/8/5R2 b - -
Waitkin calls it a "mate in five". It's a mate in four.
There's a few different ways to mate in four from this position. Here's one:
1. Rf1 Kg4
2. Rg6+ Kh5
3. Rg8 Kh4
4. Rh1#
Finally, on his second "monster knight" skill building exercise (page 38 of 82) he gives this position:
3K4/bq6/2r5/kb1p4/1p1n3n/2p1pn2/p3p1p1/6N1 w - -
The only difference is I put a White King on d8 so it would load into normal chess programs. I saw the sequence: e2, c3, a2, b4, d5, e3, g2, h4, f3, d4, b5, a7, c6, d8, b7, a5, which picks up all the dark pieces. After playing c3, Josh says "No, that's not quite it.". Sorry Josh, it is. Strike three.
It's kind of hard to rely on anything this guy says after such elementary errors. I do remember some of the other Waitzkin lessons being decent tho, but I'm really not in a good position to judge them, except for the obvious errors outlined above.
Personally I MUCH prefer "Deep Shredder" http://www.shredderchess.com/ (I have Version 10, but Version 11 is available now). The nice thing about this program is that you can turn down its ELO rating and it plays pretty much like a person would at that rating. You can do this with Chessmaster 10th also, I just like the game you get with Shredder better.
Finally, if I hear "Don't move until you see it" just one more time....
Description of Chessmaster 10th Edition
ChessMaster 10th Edition is designed to improve your game, regardless of your level of experience. All-new feature upgrades and updated graphics make this a must-have for those who'd like to learn or master chess.Chess Games
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