''Kasparov Chessmate'' is a

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for which

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is co-credited as

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. Kasparov also makes an appearance as the last computer profile which has to be defeated in order to win the "Kasparov Chess Club" tournament. The program has two basic

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s. The first allows a player to set up the board, time and difficulty level for a single game and allows for undoing mistakes. The second, the "Kasparov Chess Club", sets up a series of opponents of increasing skill, all of which have to be defeated in order to win. The game also allows for playing human opponents locally. Unlike the

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series, it has no real training or tutorial section. It does however feature the option to synchronise the PC version with the

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version, so the player's rating and progress in the tournament can be preserved across platforms. The game was ported to in-flight entertainment platforms by DTI Software.

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