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Chessmaster Collectors' Edition | 
| From: Encore
Category: Software
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $8.91
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Seller: SoftwareHouse
Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 2158
Format: CD
Platforms: Windows XP, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Home Edition
Genre: chess_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.3 x 1.2
MPN: 15660
Model: 15660
UPC: 705381156604
EAN: 0705381156604
ASIN: B0011UH18M
Release Date: March 18, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Includes a 6 month membership to World Chess Live | | • | The Chessmaster Academy: International Master Josh Waitzkin will personally walk players through the basics of chess | | • | Chessmaster online allows players to establish rankings, create tournaments, utilize teaching tools, and join a thriving chess community | | • | Features animated chess sets, a variety of whimsical 3D sets, and simple, efficient learning tools | | • | Intermediate and advanced player options |
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Product Description
Chessmaster Collector's Edition will hone your game no matter your experience level. From tips from International Master, Josh Waitzkin, who instructs you in the basics of chess to the best attacking moves as instructed by Larry Christianson, you will soon dominate other players online or against computer opponents.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 6
 Perfect Chess Program February 22, 2010
John W. Schumann
If you want a chess program you probably want this one. It's about the best value for the dollar of any software.
 Chessmaster is a taskmaster... February 6, 2010
Earl P. Dean (Lexington, KY USA)
This game gets very high marks among the chess programs
br /used in my limited experience, especially as a coaching and
br /teaching tool. The gameplay is also very challenging for me.
br /I'm currently an awful chess player-- I've never beaten CM,
br /but then I've only played it about 6 times. It's been many
br /years since I played regularly, and in this game even the
br /inexperienced players have given me trouble. Still, CM's game
br /assessment tool and very good teaching utilities are helping
br /me focus and think about Chess in more constructive ways, and
br /I do see myself progressing as a player. I bought this version
br /over others for one reason only: The Josh Waitzkin Chess Academy
br /tool. Josh's early progress at Chess was the subject of the movie
br /Searching for Bobby Fisher, which I've seen about five times on
br /DVD over the past 5 years. In the Academy, we hear Josh's voice
br /as he explains key chess objectives, strategies etc. while the
br /program illustrates Josh's ideas on a video chessboard. Josh also
br /tests us-- he poses challenges and we get to try and solve them
br /on the computer. Josh grades our efforts. This tool is pretty fluid in terms of interaction, although I did encounter one chess challenge that wouldn't let me complete it-- a minor setback that the computer program was able to recover from by moving to the next challenge. I do consider this issue to be a programming error, a minor one that does not affect the gameplay modes at all in the Chessmaster 10th Edition. Here are a few game specs and packaging details that aren't covered in the amazon.com page for the game:
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br /The game program included in this collector's edition is Chessmaster 10th Edition. It is probably the same game included in another chessmaster package offered by Amazon which is called Chessmaster 10th Edition. The difference in the collector's edition is the inclusion of a separate CD that gives six free months of membership to World Chess Live.
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br /This program is compatible with Windows XP and I seem to remember Windows 98. Mine is running on Windows 7, and it might be worth installing CM using the Windows XP Compatibility Troubleshooter included in Win 7. (this is actually an XP compatibility wizard of the sort included in Windows Vista-- but I've found it easier to use than Vista's because it provides well-selected recommended settings that you can choose in one click. It is often best to make sure the wizard installs using administrator privilege. If the wizard doesn't offer this and you need it, you can right-click any installed program icon and either find AP or the option to run as XP on the menu that comes up. Don't let "troubleshooter" scare you- it's purpose has little to do with that. The wizard might work best on single boot pc's running only Windows 7-- I am a programmer and use the wizard fairly often to install legacy programs. Also, I've had reports from a few agents in my insurance company that Windows 7 seems to have trouble getting ordinary executable programs past a Norton 360 firewall.)
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br /Overall, Chessmaster Collector Edition is a great value at a very good price.
$7 is about right if you don't mind inserting disk to use. August 28, 2009
R. Gonzalez
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I agree with the previous poster. After installing 3 disks (I did not bother with the World Chess CD), I became frustrated by the fact that it would only run with disk 1 inserted. In the past, this was once a great method to to protect copyrights, but is not 1991 anymore. Does ubisoft expect me to keep "disk 1" with me just so I can play it on my laptop when I am at the airport? For a person with a laptop, it is invertible that crucial disk 1 will get scratched, scuffed, or misplaced.
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br /Another poster noted that there you could circumvent this going to a ubisoft forum-- but seriously, I do not want to dig around online for a patch and install it. Like most people, I want it to be like that "out of the box." The price is great and the product is solid if you don't mind constantly inserting disk 1 OR looking for the patch online.
Chessmaster Collector's Edition = 10th Edition August 24, 2009
Gail Rhea
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Examining the "Collector's Edition" box, I found "Chessmaster 10th Edition" on the bottom flap and that's what is displayed on installation, running it, and in the User's Manual. The only differences between the 10th Edition and the Collector's Edition are that the Collector's Edition has a fourth CD with a six-month membership to World Chess Live and the packaging and CD labels which must have been done by Encore.
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br /Going over to the Ubisoft support page for the 10th Edition and downloading the 1.0.3 patch enables the game to be played without needing the CD in the drive. The FAQs have other tips as well including a link to unlock the locked sets if you're too impatient to play the 5-60 games required to have them unlocked automatically as rewards for playing.
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br /I know that Chessmaster XI and Grandmaster are available, but this is still a great game and the reduced price can't be beat. The 10th Edition is the first time animated chess sets are used and the three sets are a lot of fun to watch and hear especially when capturing. I suspect the Clash, Fairytale, and Rubber (colorful Staunton) animated sets were intended for boys and girls, but I get a kick out of them as well.
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br /I'm running it on XP Pro and haven't encountered any problems.
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br /The lower-rated reviews by the first two reviewers listed for the Collector's Edition aren't a fair representation of this product considering that the complaints of the one reviewer who was thinking about returning it are so easily resolved by visiting the Ubisoft website.
 Wouldn't open April 3, 2009
Albie Forshure (Rancho Cucamonga,CA)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
After downloading and installing all 4 cds I couldn't open the program. I was suprised to learn that one of the cds (cd 1)had to be in the computer (after all the downloading)for the game to start-up. Anyway, I never got to play because I always received a message from microsoft stating that the program had encountered an error and would close. Not good.
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