Editing Chessmaster (section)

==Platforms==
[[Image:Chessmaster Nintendo DS.jpg|thumb|Cartridge ''Chessmaster: The Art of Learning'' for [[Nintendo DS]]]]
To date, various versions of ''Chessmaster'' have appeared on Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, [[MSX]], Commodore 64, [[IBM compatible]]s, Mac, [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]], [[Game Boy]], [[Game Boy Color]], [[Game Boy Advance]], [[Nintendo DS]], [[Sega Genesis|Genesis]] (as a [[Sega Channel]] exclusive),<ref name="TimeExtension-SegaChannel">{{cite web |last1=McFerran |first1=Damien |title=Two Lost Sega Channel Games Have Been Found And Preserved |url=https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/11/two-lost-sega-channel-games-have-been-found-and-preserved |website=[[Time Extension]] |publisher=[[Hookshot Media]] |access-date=15 November 2024 |date=15 November 2024}}</ref> [[Game Gear]], PlayStation, [[PlayStation 2]], [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]], and [[Mobile games|mobile phones]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.gamefaqs.com/search/index.html?game=chessmaster&platform=0 | title = Search Games - Chessmaster | work = [[GameFAQs]] | access-date = 19 September 2007 }}</ref>

Early Mac versions ''Chessmaster 3000'' and ''4000'' were developed by Sebastian Rapport and Troy Heere that leveraged the Kittinger and de Koning engines respectively.{{Citation needed|date=February 2014}} Later Mac versions were ported by [[Feral Interactive]], and the latest Mac version available is ''Chessmaster 9000''. Ubisoft also offers a downloadable version of the game, ''Chessmaster Challenge'', which differs from ''Chessmaster 10th Edition'' in its simplified interface and scaled-down tutorials.<ref>[http://www.ubi.com/US/Downloads/Info.aspx?dlId=789 ''Chessmaster Challenge''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609155512/http://www.ubi.com/US/Downloads/Info.aspx?dlId=789 |date=9 June 2007 }} Ubisoft</ref>

The more recent editions of ''Chessmaster'' include both 2D and 3D designs, and a large number of different boards and themed chess piece designs. The interface was revised for ''Chessmaster 10th Edition'' and features animated 3D sets in which the pieces "walk" between squares and have simulated battles when a piece is taken, reminiscent of ''[[Battle Chess]]'' or the [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#Wizard's Chess|Wizard's chess]] set from [[Harry Potter]]. ''Chessmaster 10th Edition'' also comes packed with a pair of red and blue glasses to view the set in "enhanced 3D".

An [[Xbox Live Arcade]] version with [[Xbox Live]] multiplayer and [[Xbox Live Vision]] camera support for the [[Xbox 360]] called ''Chessmaster Live'' was released on 30 January 2008, but is no longer available.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chessmaster LIVE |url=https://delistedgames.com/chessmaster-live/ |website=Delisted Games|date=28 August 2019 }}</ref>