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Chess Software |
| Amateur
| A freeware chess engine by Will Singleton that can be used with Fixation
for using an automated computer account on the ICC, FICS or USCL.
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| Big Bang Chess
| Free chess application for Mac OS X 10.3 or later.
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| Blitzin
| Blitzin is the ICC's free client software. The ICC started on a Macintosh port
but it was never completed (due to lack of interest I believe).
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| Bookup
| BOOKUP is the world's only positional chess database. BOOKUP has been
described as a chess book that "comes to life on the screen." The most
common application is quick research and training in chess opening
theory. In contrast to game databases, BOOKUP stores each position and
finds any transposition (regardless of move order) instantly. This
feature makes BOOKUP ideal for keeping track of opening theory.
Latest version for the Mac is 2.5.
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| ChessBase
| Chess database software where you can search for and analyze positions and
create your own opening repertoire.
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| Chessic
| A free chess client for the Internet Chess Club. Requires Mac OS X.
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| Chess Master
| Chess Master, commercial software from Mindscape.
ChessMaster 10th edition is the latest version, released in 2004. ChessMaster 6000
is the latest Macintosh version. One annoying feature of CM 6000 is that you have
to put the CD-ROM in the drive to use it.
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| Chess Tutor
| A Java based online chess tutor.
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| ChessWorks
| ChessWorks is a multi-player chess game that is playable over the internet
or a LAN. ChessWorks is free and features its own built in tracker that
helps you find people to play against.
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| Crafty
| Crafty is a free chess engine written by Bob Hyatt. It is available for a number of
platforms including Macintosh and Unix. The
Internet Chess Club runs quite a few Crafty players which many GMs take a crack
at defeating. I have used Crafty for running summit on the ICC.
XBoard can be used to interface Crafty with the ICC.
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| ExaChess
| Commercial chess database software for the Macintosh. A free version called ExaChess Lite
is also available.
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Fixation 2.x
| Fixation is a Macintosh client for playing online chess at the ICC, FICS, USCL
or chess.net. Fixation 2.x is available for download from this site.
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| HIARCS
| A very strong chess program. The current Macintosh version is 7.0.
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| Internet Chess for the Mac
| Chess client for the Internet Chess Club by Strategy Labs. No longer being updated.
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| Kasparov Chessmate
| Endorsed by Garry Kasparov. Commercial software from MacPlay.
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| MacChess
| MacChess is a free, master-strength Macintosh chess program written by
Wim van Beusekom. MacChess will play against you, analyze positions for
you, and make diagrams for Web pages and newsletters. Features PGN/EPD
support, batch position analysis and "next best move".
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| Mac Chess Info
| Information on chess software for the Mac. Includes information on building
Xboard and crafty.
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| Rebel
| Rebel is a commercial chess program.
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| RoboFICS
| RoboFICS is a text based interface primarily used to run automated computer
accounts on the FICS. I use RoboFICS for running Talus on the FICS.
RoboFICS is designed to work on Unix and currently there is no Mac version
(not known if it runs on Mac OS X).
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| Screamer
| Screamer is a freeware chess engine for the Mac written by Will Bryant.
It features a graphical user interface, scripting and Apple Events support,
Exachess compatibility, opening book, 3,4,5 man EGTB support, PGN logging.
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Sigma Chess 6
| A freeware master strength program that runs on Power Macs and 68K systems.
A professional version is available with many more features with payment
of a shareware fee. Classic and Carbon versions available.
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| Vanessa Chess
| A multi-document, multithreading chess game. $10 Shareware. For Mac OS 8.6 - 9.2.
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| Vektor3
| A multi-document, multithreading chess game. $10 Shareware. For Mac OS X.
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| Virtual Chess
| Test your ability against the grand masters of chess. This award-winning
algorithm allows players to choose between skill levels that range from
beginner all the way to world champion. Commercial software from MacPlay.
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| XBoard
| XBoard, written by Tim Mann, is a free X11 interface to the
Internet Chess Club.
It can be used to interface crafty with the ICC to run an automated
computer account. XBoard will run on Mac OS X although you will need
build it yourself and install Apple's free X11 application.
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