raulcapanegra wrote:
Any suggestions for us Mac weirdos?
Very good and free, I wish there was a windows version of this GUI (there is glaurung engine for win, but not GUI)
Do I really need Shredder Classic?
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Thank you, gardelin. Glaurung is a hidden gem!
Nov 11, 2008
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For Macs, the best solution is probably to install Crossover Mac, Darwine, VMWare Fusion, Apple's Boot Camp, Parallels Desktop or onmac.net's Bootloader, and then run a Windows database like Chess Openings Wizard, Chessbase, Chess Assistant or Aquarium. The main chess programs for Mac are Exachess, SCID, Sigmachess or Chessmaster.
For Linux, SCID will run or one of its variants, Jose or ChessDB. XBoard is a simple program for playing and running engines. Or install Wine, and run a Windows prog.
Nov 14, 2008
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#26
Winboard doesn't have a move list where you can input different variations, so it is only of limited use for correspondence chess. To install Rybka in Shredder Classic, just copy rybka2_2.exe to the Engines folder under Program Files-ShredderChess-Shredder Classic, and then choose Extras, Engines, Install Engine, UCI Engine, browse to the Engines folder, and select rybka2_2.exe. You should be able to use it after that.
Jose works well here in Linux[Debian]. Thanks!
stwils wrote:
My only experience with Fritz was buying the child's software called something like Fritz and Chester learn chess. It was horrible. There was no way to navigate beyond the talking characters. Read on Amazon. They all say it is impossible to navigate.
I was going to give it to a young member of my family. Instead, I threw it in the trash!
stwils
I thought Fritz and chesster was great for teaching kids. It teachs different concepts using different mini-games, for example the sumo wrestler game to teach opposition.
No. I had thought it would be a fun program for a child, or even a beginning adult, but I was wrong. You can't cut short all the talking to the game. Each time you start to play, you have to go through all that chatter again.
Please go to Amazon and read the reviews. Everyone is frustrated.
stwils
Mar 18, 2009
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If you're a Mac user and want a great database application, check out ExaChess. They have a freeware version that you can check out. You can play against its built-in engine (Fruit 2.1) as well, or use it for analysis - or use a different UCI engine like Hiarcs if you wish. You can even pit multiple engines against each other in match play.
It's database features are quite excellent.
Or us Linux geeks?