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Chessmaster3000

← IBM PC and MS-DOS

This game ran in a Java applet (jDosBox), and browsers no longer run Java. Try the JavaScript version.
Double right-click to release the mouse.
Press right Alt+Enter to enter and exit Full Screen mode.
To save CM played games To play back (replay) CM saved games
  1. In ChessMaster:
    1. Click and hold the mouse's right button
    2. Select Game in the menu bar
    3. Select Export
    4. Select ASCII Move List...
    5. Give it a name (e.g., CM1.txt) and save in the C: drive
  2. Exit ChessMaster
  3. In your local computer:
    1. Create a folder in the C: and name it "temp"
  4. In DOSBox:
    1. Type "z:" <ENTER>
    2. Type "mount d c:\temp" <ENTER>
    3. Type "c:" <ENTER>
    4. Type "copy CM1.txt d:" <ENTER>
  5. The CM1.txt file should be copied (transfered) from DOSBox to your local c:\temp folder
  1. Exit ChessMaster
  2. In your local computer:
    1. Create a folder in the C: and name it "temp"
    2. Copy the ChessMaster (.txt) file to the "c:\temp" folder
  3. In DOXBox:
    1. Type "z:" <ENTER>
    2. Type "mount d c:\temp" <ENTER>
    3. Type "d:" <ENTER>
    4. Type "copy CM1.txt c:" <ENTER>
    5. Type "c:" <ENTER>
    6. Type "cm.exe" <ENTER>
  4. In ChessMaster:
    1. Click and hold the mouse's right button,
    2. Select Game in the menu bar
    3. Select Import
    4. Select ASCII Move List...
    5. Select the file you just copied (e.g., CM.txt) from drive c:
    6. Select Coordinate (it may take some time, but < 2 minutes)
    7. Click and hold the mouse's right button,
    8. Select Action in the menu bar
    9. Select Takeback, all moves...
    10. Press <ALT>+R to replay move by move
   

Here are some games to try out. Make a right-click on the saved games, select to save the link to your c:\temp folder, and then follow the guidelines above to replay them: Game1