MacChess - Dedicated to chess on Mac

Downloads & Links

Name	Description
belofte-2.1.5, belofte-2.x.x	Self-written program. Source code is available on sourceforge .
	Mac OS X application. 2.1.5 (64bit), 2.1.5 (32 bit)
	Linux binary. 2.1.5 (64bit), 2.1.5 (32 bit)
	Windows executable. 2.1.5 (64bit), 2.1.5 (32 bit)
	Android package 2.1.1 (32+64 bit & ARM+x86)
belofte-0.2.7, belofte-0.2.8, belofte-0.9.0, belofte-0.9.3, belofte-0.9.8	Mac OS X application. 0.9.0 (64bit)
	Linux binary. 0.2.7 (64bit), 0.2.8 (64bit), 0.9.0 (64bit), 0.9.8 (64bit) 0.9.12 (64bit)
	Windows executable. 0.2.7 (32bit), 0.2.8 (32bit), 0.9.0 (32bit), 0.9.3 (64bit) (32 bit needs cygwin dll)
	Hp Unix version 0.2.8
	Solaris 10 version 0.2.8

Download other programs

Name	Description
Stockfish 14.1 mac Stockfish 14.1 bmi2 linux	Stockfish binary (and source code) for macOS and linux.
Crafty_16.1_YDE.sit	Mac OS 7-9 or Mac OS X classic command line version of Crafty. Attention, this is not an official Crafty distribution. Contains source code and the Codewarrior project file so you can easily recompile.
GCM40b6k2.sit	Mac OS 7-9 or Mac OS X classic command line version of GNU Chess 4.0. Beta distribution of Dan Oetting. No source code included.
crafty-19.17.tgz	Mac OS X binaries optimized for dual processor and for G4 or G5 processor. Does not run on earlier processors. To use the second processor, add the `-smpmt=2` parameter.
el-turco-0.89-2.tgz el-turco-0.90.1.tgz	A Mac OS X compilation of this program. Original package but with windows and linux binaries removed and Mac OS X binary added.
engines.json	Configuration file for cutechess-cli. Tested with version 1.1 and 1.2
demoscripts.zip	Zip file with some example scripts.
tournament.command	Tournament script. How to use Xboard to run tournaments against each other. I strongly recommend to use Arena or Cutechess as they provide more features.
FourInst.exe	Windows 32 bit installer package for connect 4.
Strategic-Games-V1.2.EXE	Windows 32 bit installer package for strategic games. Contains different games and different search algorithms.
PrjChess.exe	Windows 32 bit chess (portable) program with UI.

Go to the downloads folder...

Disclamer: some of the programs in the download folder have been recompiled or modified by me. If the original author of the program has any objection with it, or wants to provide a dirct download link to a newer version instead and remove the version listed here, please drop me a note and I will update the information asap. macchess at internetcontact.be

Links to programs

Name	Link	Works on
BanksiaGUI	www.banksiagui.com	X
Computer chess engines (*)	www.computer-chess.org/ ... :chess_engine_list#releases	n.a.
Belofte (*)	sourceforge.net/projects/belofte	X, X11, Terminal(X)
Apple chess	www.apple.com/macosx	X
Apple X11	www.apple.com X11	X (10.1 till 10.7)
Apple XQuartz (*)	Wikipedia XQuartz	X (10.3 till 10.9+)
MacChess	members.aol.com/Macchess	7 till classic
GNU Chess (*)	www.gnu.org/software/chess	all systems
Sigma chess	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	jose-chess.sourceforge.net	X (10.3 and up)
Big bang chess	www.freeverse.com/bigbangchess	X (10.3 and up)
Chess browser	www.kevingong.com/ChessBrowser	X
Chessic (**)	http://baldwin.orcsoftware.com/~jocke/	X (10.1 and up)
ExaChess	www.exachess.com	8.6 till X
ChessWorks	www.ekimsw.com/chessworks	8.6 till X
Crafty 14.11B (**)	http://www.limunltd.com/crafty/	Terminal(X)
Crafty 18.08 (*)	ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/macintosh	Terminal(X)
Chessmaster (**)	http://www.feralinteractive.com/chessmaster9k	X
Chess-Rikus	www.rikus.com/Chess
Fixation (**)	http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/cknelsen/fixation/fixation.html	7.6 till X
Jin	www.jinchess.com	X
j2chess	www.j2chess.com	X
Project Gridlock (**)	http://homepage.mac.com/seppak/ProjectGridlock/	X (10.2 and up)
Scid	scid.sourceforge.net	X, X11
Hiarcs (**)	http://www.acc-ltd.demon.co.uk	X, Terminal(X)
Freeverse (**)	http://www.freeverse.com/boardgames.mgi
XBoard (*)	www.tim-mann.org/chess.html	Apple X11

*: These programs are not intended for regular end-users. A lot of computer knowledge is required in order to get them running.

**: These programs are no longer available.

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More links

Name	Link
Commercial links	www.chesscentral.com/software/mac-chess-software.htm
Exachess	www.exachess.com/downloads.html
More links	www.chessopolis.com/cchess.htm
More links	www3.sk.sympatico.ca/cknelsen/chess/software.html
Winboard tournaments	wbec-ridderkerk.nl
Shredder	www.shredderchess.com
Winboard information	www.aarontay.per.sg/Winboard
XBoard information	www.tim-mann.org/xboard.html
Wikipedia	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_chess
Internet Chess Club (ICC)	www.chessclub.com/interface download_mac.html
Microsoft Mac	www.microsoft.com/mac
Elo calculator	/www.chez.com/crohee/echecs/calcelo2.htm

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