Chessmaster 5000

Chessmaster 5000
Cover art featuring Will Hare[3]
Developer(s)Mindscape[4]
Publisher(s)Mindscape[4]
SeriesChessmaster
Platform(s)Windows
Release1996 (5000)[1]
1997 (5500)[2]
Genre(s)Computer chess
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Chessmaster 5000 is a 1996 chess video game developed and published by Mindscape for Windows. It is part of the Chessmaster series. An upgraded version, Chessmaster 5500, was released in 1997.[5] An online game, Chessmaster Live, was included with 5500. The chess engine was designed by Tasc ChessSystem.[6]

  1. ^ "Back cover of the game's box". Chessmaster 5000. Mindscape. 1996. © 1986-1996 Mindscape, Inc.
  2. ^ "Game CD-ROM". Chessmaster 5500. Mindscape. 1997. ©1995-1997 Mindscape, Inc.
  3. ^ Plunkett, Luke (31 August 2012). "The Life, and Death, of PC Gaming's Most Famous Cover Star". Kotaku. G/O Media. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
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  6. ^ "Chessmaster 5000". Chessmaster.com. Mindscape. Archived from the original on 5 June 1997. Retrieved 27 May 2023.