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* 2007: Chessmaster XI - The King 3.50
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=Endgame Tablebases=
Chessmaster '''9000''' and later versions support their own compact 3-5-man [[Endgame Tablebases|Endgame Tablebases]] designed by [[Johan de Koning]], which can be generated with the ''Final Endgame Generator'' (FEG) via the [[Windows]] [[CLI|Command Prompt]] <ref>[ftp://ftp.ubisoft.com/games/chessmaster/other/FEG-Readme.TXT An Introduction to FEG and Endgame Databases]</ref>. Tablebase researcher [[Marc Bourzutschky]] further created some theoretically important six piece EGTBs in 2003 <ref>[http://www.volny.cz/evcomp/dkas2.htm De Koenig's endgame databases] by [[Emil Vlasák]]</ref>.
=Publications=
* [https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/1989/james-trunzo James V. Trunzo] ('''1986'''). ''[https://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue78/027_1_Reviews_Chessmaster_2000.php Chessmaster 2000]''. [[Compute!]], [https://archive.org/stream/1986-11-compute-magazine/Compute_Issue_078_1986_Nov#page/n67/mode/2up Issue 078]
* [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/tim-carter/17/620/80a Tim Carter] ('''1992'''). ''Knight Stalker - Software Toolworks' Chessmaster 3000''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Gaming_World Computer Gaming World], 08/1992, [http://pdf.textfiles.com/zines/CGW/1992_08_issue97.pdf pdf]
* [[Shawn Benn]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1993'''). ''The Bratko-Kopec Test Recalibrated.'' [[ICGA Journal#16_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3]] » [[Bratko-Kopec Test]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=86638 Potential STRONG Chessmaster personality] by [[John Merlino]], [[CCC]], January 07, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=99410 Re: Chessmaster on winboard?] by [[John Merlino]], [[CCC]], February 28, 2000 » [[WinBoard]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=163590 CM8 Utzinger strongest chess program of the world??] by [[Kurt Utzinger]], [[CCC]], April 15, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=166208 CM8 Utzinger: Latest results] by [[Kurt Utzinger]], [[CCC]], April 26, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=112355 An open call to all USCF rated players from the Chessmaster developers] by [[John Merlino]], [[CCC]], May 24, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=120408 Chessmaster 8000 FAQ] by [[John Merlino]], [[CCC]], July 19, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=277597 Chessmaster 2000 for Amiga, Release: 1986] by [[Eli David|Omid David]], [[CCC]], January 16, 2003
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=287267 Re: Just Curious - Does anyone know Johan de Koning of Chessmaster fame?] by [[John Merlino]], [[CCC]], February 28, 2003
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=297506 Re: Kurt Utzinger: I don't understand why you stop testing The King engine] by [[Kurt Utzinger]], [[CCC]], May 21, 2003
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=324722 Usage of general.ctg book+CB learner by ChessMaster in SSDF testing] by [[Gian-Carlo Pascutto]], [[CCC]], October 30, 2003
'''2004'''
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=71765 Strongest currently available Winboard engines for import to Chessmaster?] by Matthew Power, [[CCC]], September 09, 2019
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=71774 ChessMaster:Worlds Greatest Chess Program Or Corrupt Criminal Enterprise?] by supersharp77, [[CCC]], September 09, 2019
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==CM11 Settings and Testing==
<ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=50819&start=1 Re: Which is the best personality CM XI ? (in elo strength)] by [[Graham Banks]], [[CCC]], January 07, 2014</ref>
* [http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discussion-board/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5162 CM11 Slugfest II (completed)] by [[Graham Banks]], [[Computer Chess Forums|CCRL Discussion Board]], May 30, 2010
* [http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discussion-board/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5991 CM11 Champions 2011 (completed)] by [[Graham Banks]], [[Computer Chess Forums|CCRL Discussion Board]], July 18, 2011
* [http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discussion-board/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=6130 Arrival Of The Conqueror (completed)] by [[Graham Banks]], [[Computer Chess Forums|CCRL Discussion Board]], September 17, 2011 <ref>[http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/cgi/engine_details.cgi?match_length=30&each_game=1&print=Details&each_game=1&eng=Chessmaster%2011%20Conqueror#Chessmaster_11_Conqueror Chessmaster 11 Conqueror]] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/15]]</ref>
* [http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discussion-board/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=12089 The Conqueror] by [[Graham Banks]], [[Computer Chess Forums|CCRL Discussion Board]], May 30, 2020
=External Links=
* [http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/896/the-chessmaster-died-in-1997 VC&G | The Chessmaster Died in 1997] by Benj Edwards, August 27, 2012
* [http://kotaku.com/5939503/the-life-and-death-of-pc-gamings-most-famous-cover-star The Life, and Death, of PC Gaming's Most Famous Cover Star]
* [http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/404/cgi/compare_engines.cgi?family=Chessmaster&print=Rating+list&print=Results+table&print=LOS+table&print=Ponder+hit+table&print=Eval+difference+table&print=Comopp+gamenum+table&print=Overlap+table&print=Score+with+common+opponents Chessmaster] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/4Blitz]]* [http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/cgi/compare_engines.cgi?family=Chessmaster&print=Rating+list&print=Results+table&print=LOS+table&print=Ponder+hit+table&print=Eval+difference+table&print=Comopp+gamenum+table&print=Overlap+table&print=Score+with+common+opponents Chessmaster] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/4015]]
==CM 2000==
* [http://www.mobygames.com/game/chessmaster-2000 The Chessmaster 2000] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobyGames MobyGames]
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