Chessmaster 8000 is a 2000 chess video game developed and published by Mattel Interactive for the Windows.

But once you sharpen your skills, you'll probably wind up turning to some other outlet for competing with human players.

It's still the best mass market chess game you can buy at your local software shop, but with a few bugs squashed and the fuller featured online features of last years' version revived, it could be a much better program."

AllGame concluded: "Due to its incredible content and easy interface, the game is one of the best of its kind on the market for both casual and professional players.

"[8] Gry-Online gave a positive review but recommended to those with a limited budget the free Crafty, or to those who are more serious Fritz 6 supplemented with ChessBase 8.0.