Dedicated to chess on Mac

Mac OS 7-8-9

Most nostalgic sites on Mac chess handle programs compatible with Mac OS 7, 8 and 9. Below list is included for information. Since 20 years, new systems based on BSD Unix have replaced the old version of macOS.

• MacChess. (Not Mac Chess 2.0 and not related to this site!) A free chess application. Amateur strength.

• Sigma chess lite. (Os 8.6 and up) Amateur strength. Supports replacable engines. See also Sigma chess pro.

• Sigma chess pro. (Os 8.6 and up) A commercial (15€) chess application. Integrated games collections. Master strength. Supports replacable engines.

• ExaChess Lite. A free chess application with demo database functions. Allows support for external chess engines. Amateur strength but upgradable through the use of additional free engines.

• ExaChess Pro. A commercial (100 €) application with integrated database functions. Same as the lite but with bigger database and opening books.

• Vanessa. Freeware chess application that also supports HTML export. Amateur strength. No longer available

• RChess. Freeware chess application.

• GNUChess 4.0. Freeware command line chess application. Downloadable from the download folder.

• Crafty 16.1 Freeware command line chess application. Downloadable from the download folder.

The following are not chess applications to play against the computer but to play against other partners.

• ChessWorks. A helper application to play a game against another partner using the same software.

• Fixation. A helper application to run on FICS (free internet chess server) and other internet chess servers. Free.