Author: Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com)
Date: 19:17:06 12/24/98
I've added a lot of links to the directory, and I'm still looking for
more information/updates, if anyone has some:
http://directory.mozilla.org/Games/Board_Games/Chess/Software/Macintosh/
... check it out. I now have links for most of this chess software
Chess Chess Chess Internet
Playing Databases Tutorial Interface
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HIARCS 6.0 ChessBase Chess Mentor Internet Chess for Macintosh
CM 4000 ExaChess Dr. Schiller Fixation
SigmaChess 4 BookUp Maurice Ashley PowerICS-Z
Crafty 14.5 SmartChess Chess Mates
MacChess 4.0 Think Like a King
Virtual Chess
and more - for example, the tournament management program "Chess Event".
Here's a quick list of what links are in the index:
http://directory.mozilla.org/Games/Board_Games/Chess/Software/Macintosh/
* Apple 3rd party product directory - Search this directory for
"chess" - 17+ Mac chess products
* Bookup Mac - Chess database program. Reviewed at Virginia Chess,
below.
* Chess Club Manager - Software for school chess clubs. Reviewed at
Virginia Chess, below.
* Chess Mates (Mac) - Teaches chess rules, tactics - targeted for
9-11 yr olds. Amusing animated pieces.
* Chess Mentor Mac - Chess training software - includes downloadable
Mac demo
* Chess Writer - [Shareware] Mac chess database and chess publishing
program.
* ChessBase Mac - Chess database. See "Chess on the Macintosh" and
"ExaChess" reviews at Virginia Chess site, below.
* ChessEvent - [Freeware/Commercial] Tournament manager software.
English/French/Dutch.
* Chessmaster 4000 Mac - Senior master-strength chess program.
Includes tutorials, variable playing style.
* Crafty 9.31 Mac - [Freeware] Master-strength Mac chess program.
Old, has GUI.
* Crafty Mac Text - [Freeware] Most up-to-date version of
Master-strength Mac chess program. Text interface only..
* Downloadable Mac Chess Software - Freeware/Shareware/Demoware -
10+ products
* Essentia Mac - CD-ROM with 1,000,000 chess games, game browser,
chess program. Reviewed at Virginia Chess, below.
* ExaChess - [Freeware and commercial versions] Database program,
top-rated by Virginia Chess (below).
* Fixation 1.41 - [Freeware] Interface to play chess on internet at
free and commercial chess servers.
* Fonts: Alpine - Three chess fonts for Macintosh (Truetype and
PostScript): Linares, Hastings, Zurich.
* Fonts: Freeware - [Download link] Several freeware Macintosh chess
fonts.
* GNUChess 4.0b5 - [Freeware Download Link] Expert-strength Mac
chess program
* HIARCS Mac - "Selective Search" magazine rated HIARCS 7 the
world's strongest microcomputer program in 12/98. Review at
Virginia Chess below.
* Hypernetwork Chess - $25 shareware program to play other Mac users
over modem or Appletalk.
* Internet Chess for Macintosh - Interface for the commercial
"Internet Chess Club" server (ICC)
* MacChess - [Freeware] Master-strength Mac chess program. Many
awards.
* Macintosh Chess FAQ - Links to many Mac chess sites - last updated
Jan. 1997
* MacPGN 3.0 - [Download link - shareware] Viewer for chess games in
PGN format (Portable Game Notation)
* Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess (Mac) - Chess Training software -
targeted to beginning teens.
* PGNTalk - [Shareware] Views chess games in PGN format, and can
them out loud to you.
* PowerICS - [Download link - freeware] Interface to play chess on
free internet chess servers.
* RChess 2.2.2 - [Freeware download link] A beatable Mac chess
program.
* Sigma Chess 4.0 Lite - [Freeware] Master-strength Mac chess
program. Many awards.
* SmartChess Reader - [Demo] Mac chess database and chess server
client. Reviewed at Virginia Chess below.
* Sniper - Commercial Chess Program - PowerPC required.
* Virginia Chess Software Reviews - Reviews of seven of the Mac
programs listed above (plus some non-Mac programs)
* Virtual Chess - Demo of a Mac chess program due out 12/97 (Only
demo is available - 12/98)
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