Chessmaster: Grandmaster Edition
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Developers | |
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Ubisoft Bucharest | |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 19, 2007 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Genres | Chess |
Series | Chessmaster |
⤏ Go to series page | |
The Chessmaster 2000 | 1986 |
The Fidelity Chessmaster 2100 | 1989 |
Chessmaster 3000 | 1991 |
Chessmaster 4000 Turbo | 1993 |
Chessmaster 4000 | 1995 |
Chessmaster 5000 | 1996 |
Chessmaster 5500 | 1997 |
Chessmaster 6000 | 1998 |
Chessmaster 7000 | 1999 |
Chessmaster 8000 | 2000 |
Chessmaster 9000 | 2002 |
Chessmaster 10th Edition | 2004 |
Chessmaster Challenge | 2005 |
Chessmaster: Grandmaster Edition | 2007 |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | English version. | |||
Retail | Russian versions use SecuROM v7 DRM. | |||
Steam (unavailable) |
- This game is no longer available digitally.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The v1.02 Patch updates the game to the latest version.
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename cmgm.bik[1] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Data\Users\<user-id>\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15260/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Data\Users\<user-id>\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15260/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Game exclusively uses windows. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | No separate sound groups needed, but no volume control. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Most speech does have text, but certain announcements (e.g. illegal moves) do not. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 2 | Versus |
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LAN play | 2 | Versus |
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Online play | 2 | Versus |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues unresolved
Drills don't work
The drills in Chessmaster: Grandmaster Edition do not function. About 50% of attempts to launch a drill will delay with a flickering "Waiting for drill" prompt. The drills that do function are restricted to a small subset - sometimes sticking with exactly the same puzzle for all ten drills.
Previous versions of Chessmaster do not have this issue.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz AMD K6 III 1.0 GHz |
Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 3400+ |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 600 MB | 2.3 GB |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 3 / 4 / FX / 6 / 7 ATI Radeon 7500 / 8000 / 9000 / X 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | 128 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/15260/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (15260) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Garrett on January 2, 2020