MacChess

Dedicated to chess on Mac

Information for Chess players, Chess programmers and Apple users

Updated on : 04/01/2022
Version 1.58
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Links

Name Link Works on
Computer chess engines http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list#releases X
Belofte GIT repository https://sourceforge.net/projects/belofte/ Clone your git
Apple chess http://www.apple.com/macosx/ X
Apple X11 (*) http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/x11/ X (10.1 and up)
MacChess http://members.aol.com/Macchess/ 7 till classic
GNU Chess (*) http://www.gnu.org/software/chess/ all systems
Sigma chess http://www.sigmachess.com 9, X
Vector 3 http://www.schubert-it.com X
Vanessa http://www.schubert-it.com/vanessa/ 8.6 till 9.2
Jose chess database http://jose-chess.sourceforge.net/ X (10.3 and up)
Big bang chess http://www.freeverse.com/bigbangchess/ X (10.3 and up)
Chess browser http://kevingong.com/ChessBrowser/ X
Chessic http://baldwin.orcsoftware.com/~jocke/ X (10.1 and up)
ExaChess http://www.exachess.com/index.html 8.6 till X
ChessWorks http://www.ekimsw.com/chessworks/ 8.6 till X
Crafty 14.11B http://www.limunltd.com/crafty/ ?
Crafty 18.08 (*) ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/macintosh/ Xboard
Chessmaster http://www.feralinteractive.com/chessmaster9k X
Chess-Rikus http://www.rikus.com/Chess/index.html
Fixation http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/cknelsen/
fixation/fixation.html
7.6 till X
Jin http://www.jinchess.com/ X
j2chess http://www.j2chess.com/ X
Project
Gridlock
http://homepage.mac.com/seppak/
ProjectGridlock/
X (10.2 and up)
Scid https://sourceforge.net/projects/scid/ Apple X11, X
Scid vs PC https://sourceforge.net/projects/scidvspc X
ChessX https://sourceforge.net/projects/chessx/ X
Hiarcs http://www.acc-ltd.demon.co.uk/
Freeverse
deluxe
http://www.freeverse.com/boardgames.mgi
XBoard (*) http://www.tim-mann.org/chess.html Apple X11
Fink (*) http://fink.sourceforge.net Apple X11
EBoard (*) http://eboard.sourceforge.net/index.html Apple X11
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Commercial
links
http://www.chesscentral.com/software/
mac-chess-software.htm
More links http://www.exachess.com/downloads.html
More links http://www.chessopolis.com/cchess.htm
Mac links http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/cknelsen/
chess/software.html
Winboard tournaments http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/
Shredder http://www.shredderchess.com/index.html
Winboard information http://www.aarontay.per.sg/Winboard/ Personal Crashmachine
XBoard information http://www.tim-mann.org/xboard.html
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_chess
Internet Chess Club (ICC) http://www.chessclub.com/interface/
download_mac.html
Sun http://www.sun.com/
Microsoft Mac http://www.microsoft.com/mac/
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Elo calculator http://www.chez.com/crohee/echecs/calcelo2.htm Browser
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*: These programs are not intended for regular end-users. A lot of computer knowledge is required in order to get them running.

Quick picks:

Search on VersionTracker for Chess software on Mac OS X.
Search on Google for Chess software on Mac OS X
Hyperactive old software list (lots of chess titles).

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