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Chessmaster 9000

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Chessmaster 9000
Chessmaster 9000 cover
Developers
Ubisoft
Release dates
Windows August 31, 2002
macOS (OS X) July 25, 2004
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Key points

Online multiplayer services have been discontinued.[1]

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
DRM: Disc check once per several days.[citation needed]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This game is no longer available digitally.[2]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2
LAN play
Online play
2 Online multiplayer services have been discontinued.[1]

Issues fixed

Piece overlap

In some systems, pieces may not be drawn correctly in True3D mode.

A temporary fix exists for Windows Vista:

  • Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to bring up the task manager menu, and press ESC to return to Chessmaster.

Alternatives:

  • Use a non-True3D setting (these boards aren't scaled, and will look small on high-resolution monitors).
  • Use a "flat" piece when using True3D.

Mentor opening book

You may get an error message "A fatal error occurred when loading the Mentor Opening Book. The application will shut down.". As found in Windows 7, this may happen when running an account other than the one in which the program was installed. So the administrator account may not show this error when running the program, but when running from a different account such as a limited user account, the error may show since a copy of the Chessmaster 9000 folder is not created in that users profile when running (only the administrator account has a copy).

There are two folders used to store data:

  • C:\Program Files\Ubi Soft\Chessmaster 9000\
  • %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Chessmaster 9000\

If you receive that error message, Mentor.obk is missing from one of those two folders. Find it in one of the main Chessmaster subfolders, then copy it to the corresponding folder.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 450 MHz
AMD K6-3 500 MHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 300 MB

References