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Chessmaster 9000

Windows - 2002

Description from the publisher:

The world's best-selling chess brand invites you to master history's greatest game. Whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or advanced player, Chessmaster 9000 promises to improve your skills and elevate your level of play.

  • Fun chess game for beginner, intermediate, or advanced players
  • Learn from more than 800 classic games; new Blunder Alert function
  • Improved chess engine; compete against 150+ different opponents
  • Over 30 new chess sets and optional, true 3-D gameplay
  • QuickStart and "speed chess"; variety of online, multiplayer options

How to Play

Install the game, then install the patch 1.02a. After that, use the fix by beha_r which allows you to run the game on modern systems (copy and replace cm256.dll to the folder with installed game). Optionally install NoCD. The game with has been tested with patch 1.02a and fix by beha_r on Windows 7 64-bit, works with no problem.

How to run the game on 64-bit systems: set the game to compatibility mode with Windows XP or Windows 200, then launch the game. If nothing happens - open Task Manager and look for processes chessmaster.exe and rundll32.exe. Close Chessmaster 9000 process but don't touch rundll32.exe, then try to run the game again, it must work (don't forget to close rundll32.exe process after you finish playing).

Comments and reviews

pampa 30 Jun. 2026

amateur en este juego

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Bon Johnny jon 23 Jun. 2026

Yes this is very good, we can absorb every step like a bed of roses and of course we hope that the forest will be fertile again. So there is no golf course in the head, yes of course. Thank you

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kike 24 May. 2026

lets play!!!!

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William 18 May. 2026

When I play chess games with this game I feel a deeper and deeper, yes of course because it is deep.and without me realizing itchronic baldness has occurred, and of course it is difficult to find a cure, all of it is very deep, yes of course in a deep thing. Thank you and respectful greetings

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Paul G 08 May. 2026

i just want to say OH MY GOD.thank you very much and respectful greetings

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jhonny houdart 18 Apr. 2026

I've seen this pattern in the computer chess community for years. First people praise something, then they get used to receiving updates, features, and upgrades for free and that's a very good thing. We saw similar attitudes around previous engines and GUIs - Rybka, Houdini, Komodo, HIARCS Chess Explorer and others. Many people want professional-grade software, enterprise-grade stability, impeccable documentation, constant updates, and open-source access, completely free and legal. I think sharing will make life happier than being a stingy human being, making hair falling, pathetic and a golf course in the head. Thank you and respectful greetings

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carol 16 Mar. 2026

When I play this game, I feel like I'm playing chess. And that, of course, because it's a game of chess, yes, of course it's a great feeling, it's hard to explain why hair falls out and of course in the end there's a golf course on the head, yes of course. Thank you

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berg 12 Mar. 2026

This is an exciting game, I have been talking to the chess board for a long time but until now there has been no answer, even though it was a hint from my chess teacher. This made me even more confused, because the chess board never answered anything? Then I asked my friend, and my friend suggested that I talk to the surfboard and now frankly from the bottom of my heart I am getting more and more confused.

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silyvian 10 Mar. 2026

Now there are so many free chess programs and chess machines, on the one hand I am very happy and on the other side I feel sad, I am afraid that my hair will fall out and cause strange chronic baldness, maybe I just feel jealous of the current generation in my time when I have very few options and have to buy. But thank you so much, because sharing makes your life happier than being a stingy human being.

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johan 09 Mar. 2026

Het schaakspel is een spannend iets, we moeten goed nadenken, met het schaakbord praten en de haarlokken vragen die uitvallen, en in de laatste schaakfase vinden we het antwoord op chronische kaalheid die niet meer te genezen is. Respectvolle groeten en hartelijk dank.

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Bishnu Das 28 Feb. 2026

I can't download this page.plz help.

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pico 21 Feb. 2026

Me gusta mucho este juego, el ajedrez te hace pensar en cómo lidiar con la caída del pelo, tienes que preguntar al tablero de ajedrez y escuchar la inevitable calvicie crónica. ¡Muchas gracias

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aaron 17 Feb. 2026

Les bonnes décisions viennent de l'expérience, et l'expérience vient des programmes/moteurs gratuits ! Cela réduit la perte de cheveux et la calvitie chronique ! Impressionnant, j'adore

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George 11 Feb. 2026

This game is very good, we have to look at it from a different point of view, we have to talk to the chessboard and permeate the strands of hair that fall out as an undeniable form of chronic baldness accumulation. Therefore I would like to express my gratitude and respectful greetings

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Gian Carlo Pasqual 07 Feb. 2026

Gli scacchi sono una conversazione con la scacchiera, a volte con rocce, muri, e può persino essere considerato folle. La nostra macchina ti insegna come ascoltare la perdita di capelli affinché non si verifichi calvizie cronica. Grazie

0
jose 05 Feb. 2026

Este juego es muy interesante y te hace pensar en cómo prevenir la calvicie por la caída del cabello, porque piensas demasiado, no hay cura efectiva y puede llevar a una calvicie crónica. Parece una broma, pero esta es la etapa final del ajedrez. Tenemos que encontrar un buen remedio, gracias

0
Jesse 03 Feb. 2026

Very cool! I love the FREE PROGRAM. Plus, the free chess machines are awesome! Best regards

0
Marky 03 Feb. 2026

I am checking games with Free Program. It's totally crazy! I haven't seen any Program play like this! AWESOME

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Dragao 29 Jan. 2026

Quando jogo esse jogo, sinto como se estivesse jogando xadrez. E isso é claro porque é um jogo de xadrez, sim, claro que é uma sensação incrível, difícil de explicar

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robert 25 Jan. 2026

What seems like a fairy tale today may become a reality tomorrow. Here we have a fairy tale the day after tomorrow.... It is possible that we can grow hair on our heads that become bald from the thought of chess....we asked for an explanation but satisfying answers did not came.... I hope the dear admin does not delete my comment, because what I am saying is a fact, without intending to offend any party. Thank you

0
Brendan 22 Jan. 2026

I am very touched by this game...every time I play this game, I always cry..I remember my ex who left me...I love seahorses

0
Rudy 22 Jan. 2026

I think chess is in coins. Humans forever play in one face. Now I'm playing on another face: "Antichess". Computers are like fortres where the owner forgets to close the small door at the back. You must enter through this door. Forget the front, but I forgot the side door, and in the end I chose to breed donkeys, oh it's so beautiful

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Pete 19 Jan. 2026

I think it's a good game, I've been analyzing chess for decades, and finally now I've found the answer, which is to raise ducks, maybe even raise ducks. Thank you. The Duck Rules!!!

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DEEDS 17 Jan. 2026

I just give likes and comments here to appreciate, I don't download them, I have all these programs, I used to buy them, and I'm not a parasite, it's just a small thing for me, for people who like to comment on parasite please don't post it for free download, because it's so sad now it's 2026 man, it's still lucky that there are people who want to see this game from ancient times!! THANK YOU

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berg 16 Jan. 2026

I remember when I was a kid I kept rabbits, and those were beautiful times, but now it doesn't feel like I'm old, I think now I'm just going to keep guinea pigs

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man 15 Jan. 2026

Without change, something sleeps inside us, and rarely wakes up. Those who sleep must wake up, those who pay must be free, that is the change!! FREE RULES!! Thank you.

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Mobexer 15 Jan. 2026

For me I have loved chess since I was a child, it is a real passion, but when I am an adult I like the opposite sex, and it is a hidden passion, thank you

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Ipwoman 12 Jan. 2026

Play + Study + Think + Learn + Analyze = Free Program !! Thank you very much

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madsen 11 Jan. 2026

When you see a good program, look for a better free program.

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ASTROLIMA 07 Nov. 2025

Habia un parche en forma de pescadito verde CM9000 OPK que servia para destrabar el motor The King 23.3 ya que salia una ventana negra diciendo Temporal the king despues respondia el motor unas 6 jugadas y se trababa quedaba congelado sin responder entonces apretaba el Patch-CmK9-opk.exe y se solucionaba el motor volvia a responder tengo windows 7 el archivo me lo baje en taringa pero ya no existe habia otro archivo en forma de pescado o cocodrilo era para destrabar el motor the king 3.33 lo tenia en un viejo disco duro samsumg que ya no funciona

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Alex 21 Sep. 2025

if old games like "Chessmaster 9000" dont render properly @windows 10, just extract the 4 DLL files of the "dgVoodoo2" zip [under its "MS x86" folder] inside the installation folder of game. I tested this with both the "Fairlight CD images" & "GOG" versions of Chessmaster 9000 & it fixed both the 2D boards [newspaper] & 3D boards... cheers! :)

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jvan 25 Mar. 2025

very good very excellent game

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FarCry 05 Oct. 2024

This game can run on Windows 10. There was a gog release in the past which has been taken down. So you can run the gog release as abandonware now.

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Bear 21 Jul. 2024

great game, great memories playing chess 9000

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Victorio 10 Mar. 2024

It's now march 2024, i managed to install it on an old pc running windows10. no problems, but when i started playing i realized... why am I here all by myself when I can go online and play with a community of life players. Yep. closed the program and probably wont open it again. oh well.

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shankss2018 26 Jan. 2024

I have installed it in Windows 8.1 and Windows 7. It works beautifully.
But I want to make the contents into a DVD for giving to my students (I am running a Chess School). Can someone guide me how to do that?
Shankss2018

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florin 24 Jan. 2024

it works perfectly on windows 10. thanks tom.

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OhAdam 18 Jan. 2024

Tom you're a frickin genius.

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Alan 09 Jan. 2024

Install Windows XP in a virtual machine (VMWare, VirtualBox either one. Both are free). Then start up Windows XP and install Chessmaster 9000.

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CCPULL3 12 Dec. 2023

For some reason, I don't understand, the disk 2 download keeps getting BLOCKED. The PATCH, when clicked, does nothing, and the same for the FIX. Whats up? I'm running win 10 what do you think? I've had this game & love it, but couldn't use it on Win 10. I didn't have the patch or the fix so I just tossed it. BIG MISTAKE!!!
Got any ideas? thanks, you're doing good work with this site!
CCPULL3

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Joe Smooth 04 Dec. 2023

All this huffing about difficulty installing.
ISO's are not difficult to manage for most all.
I would have written an installer (.exe) for the ISO's, as I can.
Perhaps I will, if by popular demand.

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Tom 13 Sep. 2023
Top comment

Have this working on Win11 64 pro, you can try the following:
1) Get WinCDEmu and install it (https://wincdemu.sysprogs.org/download/)
1b) Forget about WinCDEmu for now.
2) Download all Chessmaster files to a local folder (I.e. C:\Chessmaster_9000\)
3) unzip CD1 and CD2 files to new folders (I.e. C:\Chessmaster_9000\Chessmaster_9000_CD1), same with the patchfile (1 file was not zipped as download I believe)
4) Delete the dowloaded zips, you dont need them anymore.
5) Open the folder CD1 , double-click the BIN file and use WinCDEmu to mount it to V: (or any other virtual drive letter).
6) Same for CD2, mount that one to W:
7) you now have 2 fake-cd-rom drives, you can open V: using explorer and search for Setup.exe , run it
8) When asked for CD2, refer to W:
9) after installing, do not run the game yet (just close it if you did, no biggy) de-mount V: and W: (eject them, should be on top of explorer), go to your installation folder of the installed game and copy-paste the earlier (downloaded and unzipped) patch-file in there, then run the patch.
10) Since the game was made for Windows 1958 , the program may act a tad goofy on first run; Try running from newly created destop icon (not sure but I think I mounted CD1 one more time) - I did NOT use the Chessmaster-fix-by-beha_r at all if I remeber correctly. Maybe rebooting your system is also a good idea.
11) After all that, I can run the program straight from a desktop-icon now (without mounting any CD's or whatever), works fine.

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HOLA VIEJO 21 Aug. 2023

Es un excelente entretenimiento

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Jean 16 Jun. 2023

chessmaster9000 est excellent. J'ai les deux disques depuis 2002 avec windows 7. J'ai windows
11 maintenant cheesmaster9000 ne fonctionne pas.

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Manuela Borges Elias 14 Jun. 2023

o jogo e muito bom em graficos,problemas,e em tufo

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Johan 25 Feb. 2023

Can use poweriso to extract the files from bin/cue. Not necessary to change the file extension. Works on Windows 10. Didnt run patch or fix.

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NEO 10 Feb. 2023

It's an image file of a disk, you need a virtual disk like daemon tools or WinCDEmu. You should be able to just mount it on newer Windows versions, try changing the file extension from bin to iso, then right click on the file and mount.
You could also use an emulator like pcem to play old games youtu.be/mWEE2RJj3YI

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Pissed off 05 Feb. 2023

Chess master 9000 like all pc software is impossible to install, it was on the old computers and if it were possible to be more impossible , it is now.

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Downloads

Windows version
Disk 1
United Kingdom English
710 MB
Disk 2
United Kingdom English
622 MB

Extras

Manual Manual 1
Extra file
Windows 958 KB English English
Patch Patch 1
Patch 1.02a
Windows 753 KB English English
Fix Fix 1
fix by beha_r
Windows 5 MB English English

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