Macintosh

Macintosh

Macintosh Links

• Sigma Chess 5.1 Lite [Freeware] Master strength free Macintosh chess program with 3D set, prints games with diagrams. Many awards, ExaChess compatible[v. 5.1.3 released Feb 18 2001]
  
  
• MacUpdate: ChessKing 1.0 ChessKing 1.0 - Challenge a friend to a game of chess.
  
• MacChess [Freeware] Master strength freeware program, English/German/Dutch/Italian versions available. v4.0e is ExaChess compatible. Many awards.
  
• HIARCS 7.0 Mac Grandmaster strength. Rated the world's strongest microcomputer program by "Selective Search" in 12/98.
  
• Crafty Mac 18.08 text [Freeware] Master strength chess engine, text interface only. Updated March 2001.
  
• MacUpdate: ChessMate 6.3.5 ChessMate 6.3.5 - Play chess against your computer or friend.
  
• GNUChess 4.0b5 Freeware download, expert-strength Mac chess program.
  
• Crafty 11.14 GUI [Freeware] Master-strength chess program, with graphic chessboard.
  
• Crafty 14.11B [Freeware] Version of Crafty with code added so that ExaChess can be used as a GUI interface and computer-computer umpire.
  
• Virtual Chess [Commercial $15] Grandmaster strength chess program for PowerMacs. Currently must be run from CD or top level of hard drive / RAMdisk named "VIRTUALCHESS"
  
• Chessmaster 6000 [Commercial] CM6000 uses the senior master strength CM4000 chess engine plus many new training features. CD-ROM must be in drive to launch.
  
• RChess 2.2.2 [Freeware] Chess playing program with many easy levels for beginners to win against.
  
• Chess++ Download link [Freeware] A weak free Macintosh chess program - doesn't know castling or en passant.
  
• Hoyle Board Games (with chess) Mac/PC CD-ROM includes chess, checkers, backgammon, 13 other games.
  
• Vanessa Chess Shareware $10 Beautiful antialiased chess set, easy-to-beat levels, speech, color printing, ExaChess compatible. V2.01 posted 11/2000.
  
• Screamer [Freeware] Master strength program, also works as ExaChess engine. Separate PPC and 68K versions.