Stockfish is great if you just want to play games, and probably one of the better options for the mac right now. Shredder is also still a thing for the Mac, but not sure what it has that would justify paying $50 for. They seem to have a free demo version though if you want to try that out. If you want a chess database that you can plug engines. HIARCS Chess Explorer is the best chess database, analysis and playing program for Apple Mac. It offers a truly innovative and intuitive new graphical user interface with powerful features together with the World Chess Software Champion HIARCS 14 chess engines (Deep multiprocessor or single processor versions).
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World class chess database, analysis and playing program
Suitable for all players from beginners to the World Chess Champion with human-like play
Playing ability: Beginner (750 Elo) to World Chess Championship strength (3200+ Elo)† with human-like play
GUI Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish
Platform: Intel based Apple computers.Supports latest Apple macOS™ 12 Monterey, and all previous macOS versions since 10.10
10.10 Yosemite, 10.11 El Capitan, 10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra, 10.14 Mojave, 10.15 Catalina, 11 Big Sur, 12 Monterey
May 2021 edition supports latest Apple macOS Big Sur
HIARCS Chess Explorer for Apple Mac OS
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A new version 1.10.1 of HIARCS Chess Explorer is now available for you to download and install.
It is compatible withany Mac OS 10.13 (High Sierra) or later including the new Big Sur (macOS 11).
You can upgrade previous HIARCS Chess Explorer versions directly to the new v1.10.1 version.
Please ensure you have exited HIARCS Chess Explorer before installing the update. There is no need to uninstall before running this installer, it will automatically update your installation to the latest version.
HIARCS Chess Explorer v1.10.1 (free update for customers, 25th May 2021)
Click to download (Deep) HIARCS Chess Explorer v1.10.1 Installer for Mac OS X (10.13 or later)
Updates both single and multi-core/processor (Deep) versions.
This product has now been superceded by our Mac OS product Sigma Chess HIARCS 9.6 for Apple Macintosh which is now available for free download and trial. Online secure payment now available to buy Sigma Chess HIARCS now!
Below you will find the features of Hiarcs 7.0 chess for the Macintosh. This version was released in 1999 as the clear strongest chess program on the Macintosh.
Hiarcs 7.0 for the Macintosh is stocked by good computer chess retailers like ICDChess in the USA and Chess and Bridge in the UK.
HIARCS Master 7.0 is the world's strongest chess program for Macintosh computers. It has been developed from the 1992 World Computer Olympiad Chess Champion, 1993 International Uniform Platform PC Chess Champion, 1993 World Microcomputer Chess Champion, 1995 Top Computer at the International AEGON Human/Computer Tournament (TPR Fide Elo 2631) and 1997 World's top rated chess program. HIARCS was the first program micro computer chess program in history to defeat a titled FIDE International Master in a match at tournament time controls. HIARCS also won the Godesburg Open ahead of Grand Masters and International Masters. The program will run on all Macintosh computers having MacOS 7.1 or later, a 68020 (or later) or a PowerPC processor and at least 8Mb of RAM.
HIARCS has been designed with the serious chess player in mind and contains a host of useful features for chess players of all strengths. It has a huge new opening library containing over 488,000 unique positions, and is able to automatically identify and display the ECO code and name of the opening played and select an appropriate strategy. The program has an excellent mix of tactical wizardry combined with a sound grasp of positional play which enables it to play a more human-like game including true speculative sacrificing. The program can look ahead up to 31 moves enabling more long term strategic issues to be understood.
The HIARCS 7.0 software package comes complete with an extensive general user manual, Mac specific manual and quick reference card. It is not copy protected.
System requirements: All Macintosh computers running MacOS 7.1 or later, a 68020 (or later) or a PowerPC processor and at least 8Mb of RAM. CD drive. Hard disk drive with 6Mb free disk space. On the latest Mac operating system MAC OS X, HIARCS 7 for Mac runs in the 'Mac Classic' downward compatibility environment as a subtask (so it is really running under Mac OS 9).
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There is also an excellent and popular Macintosh Chess program called SigmaChess which you may be interested in.
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The following is a list of features offered by HIARCS 7.0: