How would stockfish fare against these engines?
A couple of strong engines for Chessmaster
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When Chessmaster came many years ago, it was considered pretty weak. Starting with CM 4000 I believe it was it was among the strongest chess programs out there. It is now pretty much abandonware and The King is nothing more than a mediocre engine in comparison to present day engines since it hasn't been updated since 2007.
However, the tutorials in it are still cream of the crop for young chess players and are considered among the best. Very few Winboard engines can compete with the UCI engines in playing strength but there are two that won't embarrass you. I have tried and they both work perfectly in the Chessmaster GUI.
I ran a 10 game 30 minuted per game tournament with Slow 64 (Slow Blitz Chess wv21) against The King and Slow 64 won all ten games playing Black with no draws. Schooner 2.2 is considered as strong or stronger than Slow 64 and even though I haven't played any serious games with that engine, it works perfectly well also.
I am using Chessmaster 11 Grandmaster Edition and I know there are other that like that program as well. Just wanted them to know there are a couple of very strong engines available.