Chess Programs For Mac Os X

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“To improve at chess, you need to analyze your games and save them all in your own game database.” – Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk 12th Women’s World Chess Champion. System Requirements: DVD-Rom Drive, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.9 Mavericks. Buy your copy of Chess King 4 for Mac at Chess House.

HOT NEWS in 2020!! Belofte 0.9.12 & 2.0.8 released

Belofte 0.9.12 and 2.0.8 have been released under GNU GPL v2.0. Still more improvements and playing level. Git repository access here.


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MacChess info

  • Newer Macs with OS X can run older, pre-OS X software in what's called the 'classic' mode - programs open and look just they were designed to do, but have none of the newer OS X features. That said, chess software for Mac ranges from chess beginner material to chess playing engines like Shredder.
  • Arasan is a chess program for Windows, Linux and Mac OS. The latest version is Arasan 22.2, released in December, 2020. Arasan has both a native user interface (for Windows only) and a console-based chess engine for use with Winboard or xboard.
If you are an end-user, you will find information on this site about available programs and which do apply to you. Please go the end-users section.

If you are here for the first time, want to do something specific, like learning chess, go to the specials page.
If you are looking for independent information about Elo ranking for different engines, or if you are looking for the best engine available, some information can be found in the tournaments section.

If you are a developer, you will find advanced information on how to compile, port, install and use the different chess applications available for the Mac. Please go to the developers section.

You will find other chess related software that runs on the Mac. These include chess databases, tournament managers, study-aids, Elo calculators and the lot. Please have a look at the specials page.

If you are interested in my chess program 'Belofte', please go to the Belofte page.

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I am looking looking for Linux PPC owners so I can publish a Belofte PPC Linux version.


There are different sub-platforms on the Mac. There is Mac OS 7, 8, 9 and then Mac OS X with or without classic. While the older platforms are of use for the users who did not upgrade there machines recently, this site is mostly oriented towards Mac OS X. The users of the older platforms are not left alone though and their programmes are also listed.

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