Author: Richard A. Fowell
Date: 21:56:29 10/25/01
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For a list of your choices, see the Macintosh Chess Software Index page: http://dmoz.org/Games/Board_Games/C/Chess/Software/Macintosh/ There are many programs that will review your game and give their evaluation of the best continuation for each move for a specified side (or both). The strongest (in order) are HIARCS 7 Mac, Chessmaster 6000 for Mac, Crafty 18.01 Mac, Sigma Chess and MacChess. For tournment results for some of the programs, see: http://www.atpm.com/7.02/chess.shtml My HIARCS 6/7 Mac review is at: http://www.gambitsoft.com/chess/games/hiar6me.htm This will all look a bit dry, though - just move sequences and a numerical rating. Chessmaster will give you "english" commentary, if you like, but many of the comments will be pitifully inane (as one other respondent indicated, this is pretty much true of any chess program that tries to provide "english" commentary.). Still, if that's what you want, Chessmaster is the only current Mac program that offers this option. Sigma Chess has a nice feature where it will only provide its proposed moves for moves where it disagrees sufficiently with the game continuation. With HIARCS, for example, you get comments on every move you request one, even if it simply matches the game continuation. On the other hand, HIARCS comments are coming from a much stronger engine. -Richard For places that sell HIARCS and Chessmaster, see: http://dmoz.org/Games/Board_Games/C/Chess/Software/Macintosh/Stores/ On October 25, 2001 at 14:56:01, Steve Melancon wrote: >I've got a G4 Mac, running system 9.1 I'd love to get some chess >analysis/playing software, but the choices are limited. Specifically, I'd like >an application where I can enter my games and have the application analyze them >and add appropriate comments. I've seen my buddies do this using Fritz for >Windows, and I'd like to be able to do this on my Mac. > > >I saw HIARCS 7 for the Mac, but I'm not sure whether it will do what I want, and >the good folks Your Move Chess & Games weren't sure, either. > >So, what should I do? Will HIARCS for Mac do what I want? Or can I buy Fritz >and use it on my Mac with Virtual PC (or some other Windows emulator)? Or am I >out of luck here? > >Thanks for all replies.
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