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The Chessmaster

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First release
1992

The Chessmaster is a game where the player has the chance to play against the CPU controlled Chessmaster at a standard game of chess. To play the game the player must pick up the chess pieces with there hand cursor and place it in the desired location, within the rules a standard chess game. There are 16 different difficulty levels that includes 2 beginner levels, 13 standard levels (ranging from an average of 5 seconds to 4.5 minutes per shot depending on level), and a infinite level that will keep thinking of a shot until a perfect shot can be made or it is forced to move. There is also a teaching mode that shows the player all the possible moves with the selected piece. Two players can play each other with two controllers and there is also an option of letting the Chessmaster play itself.

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Release dates
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
1992
Super Famicom
Feb 17, 1995
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Mar 14, 1997
Age ratings
ESRB E
Game modes
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Keywords
chess, grid-based movement, tactical turn-based combat, sega channel, chessboard
… All 7, retroachievements, sega channel exclusive

How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface
IGDB · recorded 19 Oct 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 19 Oct 2026