MacChess - Superb Free Macintosh Chess
MacChess is a free, master-strength Macintosh chess program.
Every Macintosh chess player should have MacChess! Download it now and tell your friends!
MacChess 2.5 was selected "file of the day" (8/1/96) and "staff pick" on AOL.
Over 50,000 copies of MacChess have been downloaded from AOL alone.
MacChess will play against you, analyze positions for you, and make diagrams for Web pages and newsletters. It has more features than many commercial Macintosh chess playing programs, including high-end features like PGN/EPD support, batch position analysis and "next best move". English, German, Dutch, and Italian versions are available.
MacChess is written by Wim van Beusekom (not me).
MacChess 5.01 PPC (522Kb) is the latest Power Macintosh version
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CHESS 5.01 English
MacChess 2.5.1 68K (506Kb) is the latest 680X0 version
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CHESS 2.5.1
MacChess is available in several languages besides English:
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5.01 German/Deutsch
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5.01 Dutch
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4.0 Italian
MacChess 4.0e can battle other Mac chess programs using ExaChess:
ExaChess Software Download Page
Get another wonderful free Macintosh chess program
Sigma Chess Lite
Download more free Mac chess programs at the GambitSoft site
Links to download Mac Chess Software
Visit a comprehensive index of Mac chess software
Macintosh Chess Software Index
See an animation of MacChess defeating GNUChess
MacChess Defeats GNUChess
See an animation of MacChess defeating a master at a tournament
MacChess Defeats a Master
See screenshots of the MacChess interface and piece sets
MacChess Screen Shots
Read a quick features list
MacChess (short) Features List
Peruse the manual: describes every menu option and dialog box item (long)
MacChess Manual
Just learning chess? Here are some chess tutorials on the Web
Free Web Chess Tutorials