Chessmaster 10th Edition review:1 stars (Forget chessmaster) - I dumped this annoying to use, overglorified piece of crud and went out and got Fritz. Fritz rocks!5 stars (Excellent program, exceeds expectations!) - I have read the negative reviews of this program here and I do not share these views. First, the program runs great on my computer and does not crash. Not even occasionally. And I only have 256 ram or whatever. The interface is excellent. The tutorials are fantastic. For a beginning player trying to move to intermediate level, I am finding this program to be great. I looked at Fritz 8, and I understand it is excellent. But for someone other than an expert, I think this program is the way to go. And I do not see the big deal about the copyright protection, I am used to keeping the disc in my drive when running complex computer games. I do not get the negativity on some of these reviews.

Also, the program is worth its purchase price based on the excellent tutorials it contains, especially those by Josh Waitzkin. I think Josh is our most interesting Chess personality to emerge since Bobby Fischer.

A first rate Chess program, highly recommended.3 stars (Not for a serius chessplayer.) - I play chess for about 20 years now, and the chessmaster series is not the best for a tournament player (Fritz 8, Junior8, Tiger 15 are).
For a beginer is a must to have, all the other programs that i mentioned are very strong and never gave an advice for how to play. The chessmaster series teach you how to move the pieces and also includes a kid section.
I really don't know what the other people are taking about the instalation of the cd, i use my dvd driver and instaled the full version, i can play with no problems and never have to insert the first cd to playy, i play whit no cd.
I agree with some coments about the strnght of many players, some give material all the way, and even if you play a very good move to win the game, the chessmaster say that you won with the help of a mistake of your oponent.
Maybe I'am a luky player after reading all the coments, but i can tell you, this game is for beginers and not for a professional o tournament players.
Chessmaster 10th Edition Features:
Computer Games
Board
Chess
CD
Intermediate and advanced player options; for ages 6 and older
Chess teacher, mentor, and ultimate opponent with intuitive user interface
Chessmaster Academy teaches the basics, plus a variety of simple strategies
Animated chess sets; whimsical 3D sets; simple and efficient learning tools
Full-featured online chess module; comprehensive chess engine

Chessmaster 10th Edition is the CD-ROM version. The full version can be purchased by clicking on the "CLICK HERE TO ORDER" button below for around  29.99USD.