Chessmaster 3000

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title: "Chessmaster 3000" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1991-video-games", "chess-software", "chessmaster", "classic-mac-os-games", "dos-games", "sequel-video-games", "the-software-toolworks-games", "video-games-developed-in-the-united-states", "windows-games"] description: "1991 video game" topic_path: "technology/operating-systems" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chessmaster_3000" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 1991 video game ::

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Field	Value
title	Chessmaster 3000
image	Chessmaster 3000 video game cover.jpg
caption	Cover art with Will Hare
developer	The Software Toolworks
publisher	The Software Toolworks
series	Chessmaster
platforms	Classic Mac OS, MS-DOS, Windows 3.0
released	1991: MS-DOS, Windows
October 1, 1993: Mac
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The Chessmaster 3000 is a 1991 video game published by The Software Toolworks and an installment of the Chessmaster series.

Gameplay

The Chessmaster 3000 is a game in which the computer opponents range in skill from Novice to Chessmaster.

Reception

Computer Gaming World reported that Chessmaster 3000 had added "a lot" to its predecessors, with new tutorial features and a variety of computer opponents making the game "a truly impressive sequel".

Chessmaster 3000 was named the 40th best computer game ever by PC Gamer UK in 1997. The editors wrote that "it remains [...] the premier PC chess title, with just the right balance of fancy game options and high-end gameplay. ChessMaster 3000 runs much faster than subsequent versions of the game and makes a welcome change from guns and guts".

References

References

1. (31 August 2012). "The Life, and Death, of PC Gaming's Most Famous Cover Star". [[G/O Media]].
2. Coates, James. (August 27, 1993). "The Chessmaster captures Fisher et al". [[Chicago Tribune]].
3. Carter, Tim. (August 1992). "Software Toolworks' Chessmaster 3000".
4. (July 1997). "The ''PC Gamer'' Top 100".

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