Recommended Chess Software

» Chessmaster 10th Edition
Chessmaster is one of those pieces of software that you probably are familiar with, it's been around for quite awhile, the engine is rated high enough to beat 99.9% of all users but you can pick from opponents that are closer to your own rating. While I like Chessmaster I don't use it to play against, I use Chessmaster for the lessons by Larry Christiansen and Josh Waitzkin, both are accomplished players (Larry is a GM and Josh an IM) in the Chess world and you can pick up some pointers by watching their lessons, also included are chess puzzles by GM John Nunn, an endgame quiz by GM Larry Evans and Bruce Pandolfini filling in other areas. For those wanting to practice their Openings, that's included although the program just touches on them. There is a feature that allows you to play online chess against other Chessmaster users but when I tried there was only a handfull of players online, your much better off going with the Fritz software or sign up with ICC or FICS if your looking for online play. It does have a significant database of chess games, there again your alot better off buying Chessbase as it contains just as many games and offers just a ton of additional features that are out of the scope of Chessmaster. I highly recommend Chessmaster 10th Edition for those rated under 1700 as the lessons are worth the price for what you will get out of it.

"The chess pieces are the block alphabet which shapes thoughts; and these thoughts, although making a visual design on the chess-board, express their beauty abstractly, like a poem. .I have come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists."

Marcel Duchamp
French Artist

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Recommended Chess Software

"The chess pieces are the block alphabet which shapes thoughts; and these thoughts, although making a visual design on the chess-board, express their beauty abstractly, like a poem. .I have come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists."

Marcel Duchamp French Artist

Marcel Duchamp
French Artist