Chessmaster - Timeline

Timeline

• 1986: The Chessmaster series started with The Chessmaster 2000 by The Software Toolworks. It was published for Amiga, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, MSX, Macintosh, and DOS; the game had a chess engine written by David Kittinger, and the manufacturer rated the game at 2000 Elo USCF, in reality it plays at approximately 1550-1600 Elo (1750-1800 USCF).
• 1988: Chessmaster 2100 was published for the Apple IIGS.
• 1989: Chessmaster 2100 was published for DOS.
• 1990 The Chessmaster was published for the NES.
• 1991: The Chessmaster was published for the SNES.
• 1991: Chessmaster 3000 was published for DOS, Windows 3.x.
• 1993: Chessmaster 4000 Turbo was published for Windows 3.x.
• 1995: Chessmaster 4000 was published for Windows 95.
• 1995: Chessmaster 3D for PlayStation had the Chessmaster 4000 engine.
• 1996: Chessmaster 5000 was published for Windows 95.
• 1997: Chessmaster 5500 was published for Windows 95.
• 1998: Chessmaster 6000 was published for Windows 95, Windows 98.
• 1999: Chessmaster 7000 was published for Windows 98.
• 2000: Chessmaster 8000 was published for Windows 98.
• 2002: Chessmaster 9000 was published for Windows
• 2004: Chessmaster 10th Edition was published for Windows XP.
• 30 October 2007: The current version, Chessmaster XI, was released for PC (titled Chessmaster: Grandmaster Edition) and Nintendo DS (titled Chessmaster: The Art of Learning), and 12 February 2008 for PlayStation Portable (also titled Chessmaster: The Art of Learning). It includes numerous tutorials by International Master Joshua Waitzkin for players of all skill levels.