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Chessmaster, The (USA)

Super Nintendo (SNES)
🇬🇧
Reviewed in
1992
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✪ Reviewed on October 19, 2024
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Solid chess with respected AI. Austere look, plenty of options, ideal training tool, few competitors on the platform.

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Category
Board / Card Game 1 player 3+
Description
The Chessmaster chess simulation on SNES.

Chessmaster, The review

2/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Decent"
2/5
Music
★★★★★
"Decent"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"Mild"
Addictiveness
"Light"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Average"
Ranking
43rd in Top 50 best card games
Technical info
💾0,11 MB 📅01/11/1992
Published by Mindscape

Chessmaster, The (SNES) price, value & rarity

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Q1 loose
 $9 Q6 complete
 $24 Q10 new
 $60 !
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Chessmaster, The
Europe
01/11/1992
🇬🇧
Chessmaster, The
Japan
01/11/1992
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Is Chessmaster, The still worth playing in 2026?

An adaptation of the famous chess software, The Chessmaster offers an engine well regarded for its day, several difficulty levels and teaching options to improve. The polished board presentation and the option to play the computer or two players make it an honest chess companion on console. The game stays functional but flavourless against the far more powerful modern engines. A title for chess fans nostalgic for a time when the console served as a patient opponent.

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