Editing Chessmaster (section)

===Awards===
The editors of ''[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]]'' named ''Chessmaster Online'' the best online game of 1997.<ref name=cgmawards1997>{{cite web|author=Staff |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050206152953/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/009/194/1997_cgsp_awards.html |url=http://www.cdmag.com:80/articles/009/194/1997_cgsp_awards.html |title=The winners of the 1997 ''Computer Games'' Awards |date=19 January 1998 |work=[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]] |archive-date=6 February 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1994, ''[[PC Gamer UK]]'' named ''Chessmaster 4000 Turbo'' the 20th best computer game of all time, calling it the best of the series so far and accessible to all skill levels. The editors wrote, "A chess game? In the Top 50? Well, why not?"<ref name=pcgameruktop50>{{cite magazine | author=Staff | magazine=[[PC Gamer UK]] | title=The ''PC Gamer'' Top 50 PC Games of All Time |date=April 1994 | issue=5 | pages=43–56 }}</ref> In June 1994 ''Chessmaster 4000'' was a finalist for ''Computer Gaming World''{{'}}s Strategy Game of the Year award, losing to ''[[Master of Orion]]'' The editors wrote that "Software Toolworks still has the capacity and the will to improve their best-selling chess engine".<ref name="cgw199406">{{Cite magazine
 |date=June 1994
 |title=Announcing The New Premier Awards
 |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=118 
 |magazine=Computer Gaming World
 |pages=51–58
 }}</ref>

In 1997 ''Chessmaster 5000'' was a finalist for ''Computer Gaming World''{{'}}s Classic/Puzzle Game of the Year award,<ref name=cgwpremiernominees1996>{{cite magazine | author=Staff | magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] | title=Best of the Bunch; Finalists Named for ''CGW'' Premier Awards |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1997&pub=2&id=153 |date=April 1997 | issue=153 | pages=28, 32 }}</ref> losing to ''[[Baku Baku Animal]]''.<ref name=cgwpremier1996>{{cite magazine | author=Staff | magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] | title=The ''Computer Gaming World'' 1997 Premier Awards |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1997&pub=2&id=154 |date=May 1997 | issue=154 | pages=68–70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80 }}</ref>