Chess fans talk about Alekhine, Steinitz, Fischer, and other great masters of the past like baseball purists discuss Sandy Koufax fastballs or Babe Ruth's home runs. And like baseball, chess history survives in the
"box scores" of classic games.

Chessmaster 8000 has more than 800 games expertly analyzed in detail by leading Grandmasters-more than 100 new games annotated this year-which include everything from wild swashbuckling affairs of the 19th century to Kasparov vs. the World played over the Internet.

Once you've gone through the annotated games, check out Chessmaster 8000's huge database. There are over half a million games, and you can search by players (with either the white or black pieces), opening, position, and event. So, if you want to know how Lasker, in his last major tournament, managed to beat opponents half his age, you can play through the games, move by move-and even add your own commentary.

You can also add games to the database, including those you've played against in Chessmaster.