I have a chess board that can connect to a computer. Can I get it to work with Chessmaster?
While Chessmaster 8000 does not internally support any physical electronic chess boards, some people have written “drivers” (programs that Windows can run to allow hardware to interface with Windows) that might help you “disguise” your chess board to make Chessmaster 8000 think that it is an XBoard chess engine. At the time of this writing, three boards have had drivers written for them: the Novag Universal Chess Board, the Saitek Kasparov PC Autoboard and the DGT Electronic Chessboard. You can download the drivers for these boards by going to: www.tim-mann.org/xboard.html Just scroll down to the “Extensions and Drivers” section at the bottom of the page to see the links to these drivers. Follow the directions on how to make the chess board work with WinBoard, and then try importing the driver’s EXE program just like you would any other chess engine, via the “Import XBoard Engine” feature in the Game Room. Please note, however, that Ubi Soft’s Technical Support will not support any of
