Chessmaster Grandmaster Edition is the best chess program you will get on the market. It has the most unique features that make it the best.
It has a collection of "players" or the playing styles arranged in order of their rating. All the Grandmasters like Vishwanathan Anand, Alekhine, Kramnik, etc are in the list.
Also, we find more players suited for studying chess against different players/style of playing. If we win a game, our rating increases and vice versa.
Chessmaster has a tutorial section where we can learn chess. The most important feature is the chess tutorial by "Grandmaster Josh Waitzkin". We learn chess from its basics to the attacking styles and advanced tactics. "Larry Christiansen's Attacking Chess" tutorial section teaches the attacking style of chess through various games.
It also features a chess competition between the "Chessmaster" game and Christiansen himself. It really shows us what this program is capable of.
Many beginners of chess are interested towards "openings". Chess openings like the "Sicilian Defence", "Gambits", etc may seem to provide a psychological advantage towards the opponent who is unaware of it. But studying various opening moves is not really good. This program has the biggest collection of various opening styles along with audio descriptions of their merits and demerits. It helps a chess player to learn any kind of opening. But a basic idea of opening is only necessary. You improve by practise playing chess, not remembering thousands of openings. more
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