If you re looking for a good chess program that s packed with a plethora of features and all the bells and whistles, you ll be very happy with Chessmaster 10th Edition.

The minimum system requirements for running Chessmaster 10th Edition are:
Supported OS: Windows-« 98/ME/XP (Chessmaster 10th Edition does not officially support Windows 2000 or NT)
Tested Service Packs: Win 2000 - Service Pack 4, Win XP - Service Pack 1
Processor: Pentium III 450 MHz or AMD Duron 600MHz
RAM: 128 MB
Video Card: 4Mb
(For 3D game play, the supported graphic cards are GeForce 1/2/3/4/FX Families and ATI Radeon 7500/8000/ 9000 Families)
Minimum Screen Resolution: 1024x768 (lower resolutions not supported, even if most of the game modes should work)
Sound Card: optional but recommended
DirectX Version: DirectX 9
CD-ROM: 4X CD-ROM or better
Hard Drive Space: 540 MB
Multiplayer: 56 Kbps or better for Internet or LAN play

The recommended system requirements for running Chessmaster 10th Edition are:
Supported OS: Windows 98/ME/XP (Chessmaster 10th Edition does not officially support Windows 2000 or NT)
Tested Service Packs: Win 2000 - Service Pack 4, Win XP - Service Pack 1
Processor: Pentium III 1Gz or more recent
RAM: 512MB
Video Card: ATI Radeon 9000 family, GeForce FX family
Screen Resolution: 1280x1024
Sound Card: recommended
Direct Version: DirectX 9
CD-ROM: 16X CD-ROM
Hard Drive Space: 1650 MB, allowing a full install
Multiplayer: broadband